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I was reading another thread about the Citadel paint pots and came across one opinion that the Vallejo Game Colour paint range has identical colours to GW, just under different names. I'd like to buy the range for its better value, having used a small number of GW paints at home and doing most of my painting at the GW store. Having done some research, I then saw that the paints were divided into different colour schemes for historical themes. Is it better that I buy the full set for Vallejo Game Colours, or keep going with GW paints? I'm in the middle of painting an army and wish to keep the same colour scheme, and I need the colours to be identical to the GW paints. Please tell me, are the Vallejo Game Colours identical to the GW range?

I have used the Citadel paints and there Vallejo equivalents and can safely tell you that they are near Identical. For instance, I have been painting my skavens robes with the Vallejo equivalent of blood red and did not notice any difference between the new ones and the old ones which I used the citadel blood red to paint. I dont no if this is helpful, but hear is a citadel to Vallejo conversion chart:

Vallejo Game Color / Games Workshop

#1 White / Skull White

#2 White Primer / Smelly Primer

#3 Pale Flesh / Palid Flesh

#4 Elf Skintone / Elf Flesh

#5 Bald Moon Yellow / Bad Moon Yellow

#6 Sunblast Yellow / Sunburst Yellow

#7 Gold Yellow / Golden Yellow

#8 Orange Fire / Fiery Orange

#9 Hot Orange / Blazing Orange

#10 Bloody Red / Blood Red

#11 Gory Red / Red Gore

#12 Scar Red / Scab Red

#13 Squid Pink / Tentacle Pink

#14 Warlord Purple / Warlock Purple

#15 Hexed Lichen / Liche Purple

#16 Imperial Purple / Royal Purple

#17 Dark (Sick) Blue / Nauseating Blue

#18 Stormy Blue / Storm Blue

#19 Night Blue / Midnight Blue

#20 Imperial Blue / Regal Blue

#21 Magic Blue / Enchanted Blue

#22 Ultra Marine Blue / Ultramarine Blue

#23 Electric Blue / Ice Blue

#24 Falcon Turquoise / Hawk Turquoise

#25 Foul Green / Vile Green

#26 Jade Green / Jade Green

#27 Scurf Green / Scaly Green

#28 Dark Green / Dark Angels Green

#29 Sick Green / Snot Green

#30 Goblin Green / Goblin Green

#31 Camouflage Green / Camo Green

#32 Scorpy Green / Scorpion Green

#33 Livery Green / Bilious Green

#34 Bonewhite / Bleached Bone

#35 Dead Flesh / Rotting Flesh

#36 Bronze Flesh / Bronzed Flesh

#37 Filthy Brown / Vomit Brown

#38 Scrofulous Brown / Leprous Brown

#39 Plague Brown / Bubonic Brown

#40 Cobra Leather / Snakebite Leather

#41 Dwarf Skin / Dwarf Flesh

#42 Parasite Brown / Vermin Brown

#43 Beasty Brown / Bestial Brown

#44 Dark Fleshtone / Dark Fleshtone

#45 Charred Brown / Scorched Brown

#46 Ghost Grey / Ghostly Grey

#47 Wolf Grey / Space Wolves Grey

#48 Sombre Grey / Shadow Grey

#49 Stonewall Grey / Fortress Grey

#50 Cold Grey / Codex Grey

#51 Black / Chaos Black

#52 Silver / Mithril Silver

#53 Chain Mail / Chainmail

#54 Gunmetal / Boltgun Metal

#55 Polished Gold / Burnished Gold

#56 Glorious Gold / Shining Gold

#57 Bright Bronze / Dwarf Bronze

#58 Brassy Brass / Brazen Brass

#59 Hammered Copper / Beaten Copper

#60 Tinny Tin

#61 Khaki / Kommando Khaki

#62 Earth / Graveyard Earth

#63 Desert Yellow / Desert Yellow

#64 Yellow Olive

#65 Terracota / Terracota

#66 Tan / Tanned Flesh

#67 Cayman Green / Catachan Green

#68 Smokey Ink

#69 Glaze Medium

#70 Matt Varnish / Matt Varnish

#71 Satin Varnish

#72 Gloss Varnish / Gloss Varnish

#73 Thinner

#74 Metallic Medium

#85 Yellow Ink / Yellow Ink

#86 Red Ink / Red Ink

#87 Violet Ink / Purple Ink

#88 Blue Ink / Blue Ink

#89 Green Ink / Dark Green Ink

#90 Black Green Ink

#91 Sepia Ink

#92 Brown Ink / Brown Ink

#93 Skin Wash

#94 Black Ink / Black Ink

#95 Glacier Blue

#96 Verdigris Glaze

#97 Pale Yellow

#98 Elfic Flesh

#99 Cadmium Skin

#100 Rosy Flesh

#101 Off White

#102 Steel Grey

#103 Fluo Yellow

#104 Fluo Green

#105 Mutation Green

My friend i think you are looking for this.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Paint_Range_Compatibility_Chart

Yes, they are almost identical. The Game Color line is directly based on the GW colors, even down to the names.

I would stay clear though from the Vallejo Dark Green and the Orange Fire - I found it impossible to get a decent coverage with those two.

Cheers,


IK-Painter

I found the Vallejo Blood Red equivalent to be slightly brighter than the Citadel one.....

Thanks everyone for your help, I hadn't come across the paint conversion chart! I really appreaciate the advice too

Decided to give them a go today.The only problem, and its a big one, with Vallejo is that they dry way too shiny. I bought a bottle of black and now I fell that I will only be using it for bases, if that. Has a very tacky texture after drying as well. Theres always anti shine spray, but me buying another thing seems counter productive to why I looked to Vallejo in the first place. Relatively dissapointed.

Never had a problem with shiny or tacky vgc. Maybe you got a bad bottle or didn't shake it well enough?

To the OP, Not all vgc colors are equal, the metallics I still prefer gw, but the difference with Vallejo is there line goes way beyond just the game color line, the model color line is huge and fully compatible , as well as he model air line designed for airbrushing and is pre-thinned. Throw in the primers, additives and mediums and you've got a huge range of choices.

I'll just chime in that I use vgc and love it. Get some lava beads to drop in you droppers to help mix them up and that will get rid of any shiney or non-adhereance. All almost identical except metals.. Those are way off but more true, aka shining gold it bright