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Finally got up the courage to start painting my tyranid army. I am doing a dark flesh carapace on a black body, so all I need is dark flesh tone paint. I have black primer that I am just leaving bare for their bodies, and a set of acrylics from walmart that I can use for eyes, tongues, and teeth but I want to get some dark flesh paint from vallejo to insure I dont get differing shades on my minis from improper mixing of the walmart set. Which leads to my question. Is there a difference in Vallejo Game and Vallejo Model paints? The paint comparison chart has shades equating to dark flesh for both lines. I am not sure which I need to order.

To me, only the range of the colors is different.

Cheers.

The Game Color Line is similar to the GW range - from tone to name.

The Model Color range tends to have a greater variety off colors and the colors are more muted and matte in my experience.

If you find a nice tone in the VMC line go for it. Another option would be the flesh tone in the Extra Opaque lineup - which covers nicely over the black primer you plan to use.

Cheers,


IK-Painter

For blending and layering, Vallejo Model Air are beautiful to work with. Don't assume they're just for the airbrush, cos they're fantastic all round paints.