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Hello everyone,

After nearly a year in development we are very pleased to formally announced that coming Q4 2012 Dakka will be launching its very own line of paints and corresponding hobby supplies.

That's right, we welcome you to the new painting revolution called 'Dakka Paint'! Our goal with this project from the very beginning has been simple: If you can imagine a color shade, then we will have it for you to buy!

This paint line utilizes state of the art pigment technology to ensure an amazing look and feel you've literally never encountered before with existing acrylic miniature paints.

Although our initial release line will contain only a handful of colors, by the end of 2013 we are aiming to finish releasing all 413 different colors we have currently in the pipeline. Once all the colors have been released and organized into 14 distinct organizational categories, Dakka Paint will be the most comprehensive painting range in the known galaxy and will be the go to paint for both professional painters and those who have never painted a miniature before in their lives.


To whet the appetites of those who are as excited as us, today we're unveiling a list of just a few of the color names that will be released in our first wave of paints. Keep in mind, this is just a sampler…there will be many, many, many more colors actually released in the initial wave and then followed up with even more after that!



Note: Paints pictured are prototypes only and may not be representative of the final product.


BASIC PAINTS
• WAAC White
• Dark White
• Whiter Than White
• Skull Bone
• Not-Skull Bone
• Blood Green
• Shat Goblin Green
• Ultra Pony Blue
• YMDC Orange
• Manbag Maroon
• Mod Alert Yellow
• Double-Post Purple
• NSFW Pink
• Ochre
• Power Armor Codex Grey
• Grey_death
• Troll Breath Brown
• Mispelt Brwon
• Unfinished Base Black
• Highlight Black


METTALICS
• Gold Brass
• Silver Brass
• Antique Silver Brass
• Brass Patina
• Brass Brass


WASHES
• Devil's Mud
• DCM Magic
• Pale White
• Candy Stripes
• Chaotic Neutral


If you've got any suggestions for future Dakka Paint name ideas, we'd love to see them posted here in this thread.

I hope that you're all suitably excited for this amazing new Chapter in Dakka Dakka history, and make sure to check back later in the year for full price and release information.

i need these, I need all of these. XD

I can't wait until you get round to releasing "Gamer Funk Green Wash"...

Perhaps soon you will release " Complain about Ward Burgundy".

Would be good, but I feel this may be another April Fools day joke.

"Candy stripe" ?

Got to get me some of that!

Any chance of a left-handed paint brush to go with it?

Padre^.

What do you think about these names :

-Troll varnish
-Rainbow basecoat
-Fools' Day layer

RaptorsTallon wrote:I feel this may be another April Fools day joke.

"Surely you can't be serious?!"

"I am serious, and don't call me Shirley!"

I do like the idea of stripy paint though.

Would make iron warriors and their chevrons so much more popular.

Some more:
Truecolour Ultramarine
Sororitas Blood Red
Gak Brown
Chaos Tau Black
Uplifting Primer

Kroothawk wrote:Some more:
Truecolour Ultramarine
Sororitas Blood Red
Gak Brown
Chaos Tau Black
Uplifting Primer

Great suggestions!

But please keep in mind we cannot use words for our paint names that are already trademarked by another company.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm_HUhHKWC0 jump to 3:11 for Dakka paints

April 1st joke I'm sure

Beardy Brown*
Checkered Paint
Fake Grass Green
Outdated Fluff Orange
UltraNavy Blue
UltraArmy Blue
UltraAirForce Blue
Soap and Water Wash*

* Soap and Water wash and Beardy Brown do not mix and are not compatable

yakface wrote:But please keep in mind we cannot use words for our paint names that are already trademarked by another company.

Sorry, didn't know GW trademarked "gak"

I hate April Fool's Day

Also it's "Whet your appetite"

WYSIWYG Matte Finish
YMMV Neutral

Hahahahah! Very nice.

As a DCM I had the exclusive honour to try some of these paints and WAAC white is the best white paint yet, it will cover any basecoat, no matter what it is. Certainly aptly named if I do say so myself.

BrookM wrote:As a DCM I had the exclusive honour to try some of these paints and WAAC white is the best white paint yet, it will cover any basecoat, no matter what it is. Certainly aptly named if I do say so myself.

I've found that it won't even touch sub-optimal models though :(

lol..."Ochre".

'Angry marines red'

Of the paints in 2nd wave:

Plastic sprue grey
Not so finely cast plastiresin grey-white
White metal miniature white metal

These are the colours sure to sell best.

I didn't want to be the first one to post in it, so I went out for an hour, nice joke Yak!

Kroothawk wrote:

yakface wrote:But please keep in mind we cannot use words for our paint names that are already trademarked by another company.

Sorry, didn't know GW trademarked "gak"

Kroot- I thought you might suggest "Ghost21 Gloss"

Padre- A left-handed brush... what a great accessory idea . I can already hear the dollar signs ringing up!

These paints are going to revolutionize miniature painting as we know it!!

I would like some non-stick glue, just to build a test model that I can change around later. If Dakka could make that happen I will buy DCM membership for 10 lucky people.

RaptorsTallon wrote:Would be good, but I feel this may be another April Fools day joke.

...do people always have to point out the obvious?

I hear there will be a new line of skin tones

Supremacist White
Chink Pink
Jew Gold
Wifebeater Purple (and the corresponding wash, Domestic Violet)
Slave Brown
Chickenhawk Yellow

And also a special line of budget paints designed to undercut GW's own brand

Overpriced Orange
Premium Pink
Mercantile Maroon
Greedy Green
Bloodsucking Blue
Extortionate Brown
Blackmail Black
Deluxe White
Thesaurus Grey

SilverMK2 wrote:

BrookM wrote:As a DCM I had the exclusive honour to try some of these paints and WAAC white is the best white paint yet, it will cover any basecoat, no matter what it is. Certainly aptly named if I do say so myself.

I've found that it won't even touch sub-optimal models though :(

Lucky for you, with the additional 16 shades of white in the pipeline, I'm sure one of them will work perfectly!

You made me literally LOL The new line of metallics sounds especially promising

I want some Manbag Maroon... the essence of Manfred on all my minis? Yes Please!