Warhammer Tone Pro release date, price, and all 30 colors: pre-orders October 10, full release October 24, 2026, with in-store demos from September 26.
Most hobbyists already have a rack full of half-used pots. So when GW rolls out another 150 colors for the Warhammer paint line, it gets your attention before they even start explaining what any of them actually do.
The range was announced during the Big Autumn Preview, confirming the Warhammer Tone Pro leak we covered earlier. Somebody claimed they’d already bought some from eBay, which sounded awfully convenient at the time, but apparently, they really did have them weeks early.
One part of the leak-era speculation didn’t make the cut, though: dropper bottles. After all the dropper bottle paints talk, the Warhammer Colour rename, and watching other companies in miniature painting move away from this style of packaging, Tone Pro is coming in pots.
Again.
Retailers Are Already Getting Lined Up for Warhammer Tone Pro
Updated on October 5th, 2026, by Rob Baer with the official Warhammer Tone Pro release date and pricing from retailers.
- The range: 30 colors at 5 numbered tones each, 150 paints total, hitting Warhammer Stores and independent shops on October 24th, 2026 (Pre-Order October 10th).
- The formulation: GW is showing one-coat coverage with white and yellow, self-leveling paint, a Shading Medium, a Blending Medium, and four new dry brushes.
- The big question: Tone Pro is supposed to sit beside the current Citadel line, not replace it, but 150 extra pots make this a much bigger addition than a handful of new colors.
Warhammer Tone Pro Retail Price & Release Date:
- Warhammer Tone Pro Release Date: October 24th, 2026 (Confirmed)
- In-Store Demo Date: September 26th, 2026 (Japan: October 3rd, 2026) (Confirmed by GW)
- Pre-Order Date: October 10th, 2026 (Confirmed)
- Retail Price (MSRP/RRP): $6.75 (US), CA$8.10 (CA), AU$9.95 (AU), £4.10 (UK), €5.45 (EU), DKK 50 (DK), SEK 56 (SE), NOK 56 (NO), PLN 24 (PL), NZ$11.60 (NZ), ¥850 (JP)*
- Retail prices of the mediums: $8.10 (US), CA$9.75 (CA), AU$11.90 (AU), £4.90 (UK), €6.50 (EU), DKK 60 (DK), SEK 67 (SE), NOK 67 (NO), PLN 28.50 (PL), NZ$14.00 (NZ), ¥1,050 (JP)*
*These are confirmed prices from retailers already solicited to buy the new paint rack, but not verified by GW directly.
So a complete set of Tone Pro paints costs slightly over $1000 before any discounts retailers are allowed to give, with no “getting started” or complete set boxes available currently. Also, a Pro Acryl Bottle is 22ml of paint, and Army Painter Fanatic is 18ml, while Tone Pro is only 12ml for $6.75, making it 56 cents per ml and the single most expensive miniature paint on the market now.
It literally costs 2x the price of Fanatic Paint, and 2.5x Pro Acryl!
Regardless, the new rack will sit right next to the two current Citadel paint, er Warhammer Color racks too, so GW isn’t exactly being shy about how much shelf space they want for this thing either.
The very GW part is that stores apparently weren’t actually told what the whole setup costs before being asked to get on the list. Basically, “Do you want the rack?” Sure. “How much is it?” We’ll get back to you.
Some reps had at least been giving stores a rough idea, but now we know the pricing is nowhere near the same as Pro Acryl and The Army Painter Fanatic paints. So GW looks like it’s aiming these more at the premium hobby paint crowd than just adding another batch of regular Citadel colors.
The question on everyone’s mind, though, is whether the world is ready for paint that’s nearly $7 a pot when the alternatives on the market are nearly $2 cheaper a pot.
Stores are also getting 18-pot Tone Pro demo sets this week, so people should be able to get some paint on a brush before the full line lands. Between the extra rack, the early retailer push, and the demo sets going out now, this definitely feels like GW wants Tone Pro to be a pretty big deal.
We’ve got the rest of what’s been floating around in our Warhammer Tone Pro Paints Look Like Fanatic Mixed With Pro Acryl editorial, if you want to see what the word on the street is.
Warhammer Tone Pro is 150 New Paints, and GW Swears It Replaces Nothing
GW says Tone Pro isn’t replacing the existing range. The current Citadel paints aren’t being retired, and anything you’ve already built a scheme around should stay supported.
For now, we’ll take GW at its word.
The awkward part now is figuring out where another 150 pots fit in a paint line that’s already huge. Anyone mixing Citadel with other brands knows how quickly paint matching turns into a scavenger hunt, so our paint conversion charts may be getting some extra mileage out of this launch.
Five Numbered Tones Per Color Makes Picking Paints Easier
The numbering system is probably the easiest part of Tone Pro to like.
Each color runs from one through five, darkest to lightest, so you don’t have to remember whether one oddly named blue is supposed to highlight another oddly named blue. Pick the color family, move up or down the numbers, and you’ve got your lighter and darker steps.
Army Painter already uses similar thinking with its triad system, and there’s a reason painters like having those recipes spelled out for them. If you’ve spent time bouncing between the Citadel paint chart and painting guides trying to find the next highlight without throwing the whole scheme off, numbered tones cut out a lot of that guesswork for sure.
All 30 Warhammer Tone Pro Paint Colors
So yeah, every Warhammer Tone Pro color comes in five numbered tones, from 1 (darkest) to 5 (lightest), which is how just 30 colors add up to 150 paints. Here is the full list of colors:
- Carmine Blades
- Bloodtoof Red
- Chotec Orange
- Ta’unar Ochre
- Khemri Sands
- Hawkshroud Yellow
- Megaboss Yellow
- Plague Toad Venom
- Kruleboyz Green
- Lustria Green
- Kasrkin Green
- Hierotek Green
- Green Morkshroom
- Seraphon Blue
- Craventhrone Cloak
- Stormwolf Blue
- Scinari Blue
- Blue Gorkshroom
- Ultramar Blue
- Shalaxi Violet
- Enrapturess Dusk
- Hive Fleet Purple
- Magnus the Red
- Eye of Terror
- Carthalos Skin
- Celestine Skin
- Gnarlwood
- Necrolith Bone
- Dataslate Grey
- Blackstone Void
Single Coat White and Yellow is a Bold Claim
White and yellow are where Tone Pro could win over a lot of painters fast, though. GW shows both colors covering other paints in one coat, and anyone who’s fought through layer after layer of either knows why that’s so important.
Smooth coverage is usually where the fight starts. Push too hard, and you get chalkiness. Thin it too far, and you’re staring at another coat.
GW says Tone Pro self-levels as it dries and uses one formulation for basecoating, layering, highlights, glazing, and drybrushing. There’s also a Shading Medium that can turn the paints into shades or glazes, plus a Blending Medium for keeping them workable longer.
Those are good claims for the label, but paints earn their reputation on somebody’s actual desk. Citadel Contrast paints and Army Painter Speedpaint both taught hobbyists plenty once people started using them beyond the launch hype. Tone Pro demo pots reach Warhammer stores and independent shops on September 26th, and the full range lands on October 24th, so painters won’t have to wait long to see how these look on their own models.
Four New Dry Brushes Ride Along With The Range
Tone Pro is getting four new dry brushes too, sized from XS through L. GW says they’re designed around the new paint formula to help drybrush without leaving as much of that dusty, chalky finish behind.
Anyone who’s drybrushed a clean armor panel and then gone back over it trying to smooth everything out knows the problem. It’s also the sort of thing our hobby hacks have been trying to avoid for years.
The size spread of these new brushes makes sense too, at least. You’ve got smaller brushes for tighter areas and larger ones for big surfaces like a Knight’s leg armor, rather than trying to make one brush do every job or sacrificing something old from the model paint drawer.
Final Thoughts on Warhammer Tone Pro
September 26 is when this stops being a list of claims and starts becoming a paint range hobbyists can try in person, and October 24 is when it finally lands on their own desks.
The White and yellow coverage will probably get tested first, and it won’t take long before people figure out whether the self-leveling formula, numbered tones, and new drybrush setup are useful enough to justify making room for more paint that comes in pots instead of dropper bottles.
Get your new Warhammer Tone Pro Paints via pre-order now.
Related Reads:
- Warhammer Tone Pro Paints Look Like Fanatic Mixed With Pro Acryl
- GW’s Autumn Preview Reveals: New 40k Codexes, LoTD and More
- Warhammer Colour is the New Name for Citadel Color Paints
- Best Model Paints for Warhammer Miniatures: Ranked By Brand
- The Ultimate Guide to Citadel Contrast Paints and Their Best Alternatives
- Top 4 Paint Conversion Charts for Miniatures
- How to Paint Miniatures: Warhammer and 40k Painting Guide
What do you think of Warhammer Tone Pro, and are the pots a dealbreaker for you?
so they ripped off the system used by Warcolours for a decade. Right.
Yeah, they seem to resemble that system 1:1 more closely. Lol, and Warcolours will tell you about it too. 🙂
Droppers suck to begin with. The GW pots also suck, but droppers don’t change anything. They need to bring back the 90s pots, that SOLVED minis paint containers and then everyone went backwards with droppers (which are a downgrade) and the various 2000s GW failures.