GW Citadel Edge Paint Back In Stock

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**BrassScorpion**

Games Workshop has restocked the nine Edge Paints. They are Direct Only.

I really like the six I already own and will definitely buy the other three now that they are again available. I've found them very useful for blending really bright highlights.

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/armySubUnitCats.jsp?catId=cat1040004a&rootCatGameStyle=paints-tools

Citadel Edge

Personally requested by the 'Eavy Metal team, the Citadel Edge Paints have been developed to help give your miniatures a final sharp, bright highlight. The paints possess the same formulation as the Citadel Layer Paints, but with a much lighter shade to help and you can use them alongside the rest of the Citadel Paint range.

**Kroothawk**

This is great news!

Actually I like these colours a lot.

**OrlandotheTechnicoloured**

It is indeed welcome news,

They work really well and..

I'll need a lot of them when the Relic Knights KS actually delivers

**Skinnereal**

Has anyone got photos of how these come out?

I was looking to get some before they went, and might have to pop into GW to get a demo.

**BrassScorpion**

Skinnereal wrote:
Has anyone got photos of how these come out?

I was looking to get some before they went, and might have to pop into GW to get a demo.

They don't stock the Edge Paints in GW stores, they are Direct Only.

I really like the Edge Paints, they have enhanced my painting already. I used the Blue to help highlight the wings on my Chimera (see my Dakkadakka Gallery and the photo below). I also used the Green and the Flesh colors for highlights on my Burning Chariot Of Tzeentch.

**Azazelx**

Nice work!

**scarletsquig**

That's a lovely paintjob.. didn't realise the model was so nice since the eavy metal PJ kinda ruined it.

**Ozymandias**

Man, I can't wait to not buy these paints!

**Ugly Green Trog**

Dorm yellow has replaced my girlfriend and best bud as my favourite thing in order of affection as it makes painting yellow so much easier lol!

**Stormphoenix**

Are they just standard layer paints with a bit of white added?

**frozenwastes**

Pretty much. They're just basically premixed for matching with the other colours in the layer range.

**Azazelx**

It's a range of pastels. I'd even go so far as to say they're potentially more useful as a source of consistent pastel shades for base coats than top-layer edging.

**AduroT**

Aren't they the drybrush colors made in the layer formula instead of the dry?

**Breotan**

Pretty much. I'm just wondering why it is so hard for people to make their own highlight colors. Has GW outlawed mixing paints or something?

**Skinnereal**

For me, it's uniformity.
If I can dip into a pot and get the same colour every time, I'd prefer to do that than hope I remember the ration I used last time.

**frozenwastes**

Some people really like not mixing paint. I know Reaper and Foundry both do three colour triads meant to eliminate the need (even if they still recommend mixing between those shades for a smoother transition).

A friend of mine hates mixing paint because he doesn't trust himself to replicate the colour again. I recommended switching to a dropper bottle based paint line like Vallejo or Reaper and then simply writing down the recipe in terms of drops of each colour used.

**Lansirill**

It's about mixing for me. I don't want to have to muck around with getting exact volumes correct, and even with droppers it's not quite perfect (I find that some of my VMCs come out of the bottle a lot easier than others, and it's not always entirely consistent.) I'd rather have two premixed colors that I can work with, and then do some on the fly blending/mixing for transitions. Frankly, at $3 or $4 for a pot, I value the time it would take to get the color mixed up higher than the money it costs to just buy the dang paint.

The next time I place an order with GW direct (which probably won't be until they do a LE thing I want) I might pick some of these up as I do love pastels. That said I may just stick with VMC since I mainly like using GW paints for straight-from-the-pot type painting while when I do pastels I tend to be painting like a big boy and thinning my paint.

**Alpharius**

Breotan wrote:
Pretty much. I'm just wondering why it is so hard for people to make their own highlight colors. Has GW outlawed mixing paints or something?

Yes, they did actually.

**Azazelx**

Breotan wrote:
Pretty much. I'm just wondering why it is so hard for people to make their own highlight colors. Has GW outlawed mixing paints or something?

Pretty sure I addressed that very thing in the post two above yours. Extending your logic above, we shouldn't need more than 3 colours plus black and white, anyway.

**Azreal13**

frozenwastes wrote:
Some people really like not mixing paint. I know Reaper and Foundry both do three colour triads meant to eliminate the need (even if they still recommend mixing between those shades for a smoother transition).

I've got the full boxed set, including the super special secret squirrel Eavy Metal Brush. I have barely used them for edge highlights, as, unlike the Reaper Triads, I've found their tone to be a little off.

I mainly bought them for my Daemons, which has been my main painting focus this year, specifically for Horrors and Daemonettes. The pink is a much colder tone than Horror Pink (or whatever its called, the one that's like Tentacle Pink used to be) and doesn't really sit right to my eye, even done at the very extreme edges. The Lilac doesn't sit well on the daemonettes as it is much less grey than the other paints in that range, and a little bit too blue (I'm not happy with my daemonette recipe anyway yet, so it might not be all the paint's problem)

I have used them as base colours for my counts as fiends

I'm very happy with how they've turned out.

Overall I've found the reaper triads to be a much closer and more natural fit with one another than these, but they are no means useless.

**Azazelx**

Looking good! What have you used as the models above? They look like they might be plastic Confrontation figures?

**Azreal13**

They're Tigers Of Dirz, Confrontation, but metal.

I'm not sure how I feel you asking if they're plastic, as weren't the plastic Confrontation minis roundly criticised for their lousy paint jobs.

**Azazelx**

Well, you did say that you'd painted them.

I've got a bunch of the plastics which I will at some stage overpaint. I was thinking of getting some of the ones you have, if I could track any down..

**Azreal13**

Azazelx wrote:
Well, you did say that you'd painted them. I've got a bunch of the plastics which I will at some stage overpaint. I was thinking of getting some of the ones you have, if I could track any down..

I was quite lucky, I had a horrible experience with a French seller on the first one, sold as NIB, when it arrived it had been stripped and wasn't in the right box (not a dealbreaker, but paid more for it than I perhaps would have done) but afterwards got the other four from a German guy properly NIB for a sensible price with sensible shipping, so the whole unit was only just over £10 per model. Considering new Fiends from GW are currently £15.50 I consider them an absolute bargain considering they're years OOP and like hens teeth.

I originally intended them as hounds, but when the new codex dropped, couldn't face tracking down another 15! So I repurposed them, and I think they work nicely.

**BrassScorpion**

So I placed an order for the three Edge Paints I didn't already own last Wednesday. Today I got an email from GW Customer Service telling me one or more items I ordered are out of stock even though they just announced these paints are back in stock. Supposedly, it won't be in till about September 27 according to the email. It appears that most or all of the Edge Paints are on the list. Why is GW misleading us with a banner on their website and emails saying these paints are back in stock if they are not?

They sent me an extensive list of items that are out of stock at the moment showing much more than just the paint I ordered. Here it is if you're interested. the dates are when items are expected to come back in stock.

PRODUCTS OUT OF STOCK PRODUCT DESCRIPTION Expected Due Date
99060101382 Ravenwing Shoulder Pads 8/19/2013
99060104120 Eldar Farseer with Staff 8/19/2013
99060105211 Imperial Guard Catachan Officer with Pow 8/19/2013
99060113030 Tau Empire Ethereal with Staff 8/19/2013
99060206074 Skaven Clan Plague Priest 8/19/2013
99060208074 Lizardmen Skink Chief with Sword and Shi 8/19/2013
99060208075 Lizardmen Skink Chief with Blowpipe 8/19/2013
99060301023 Epic: Space Marine Razorbacks 8/19/2013
99060303030 Epic: Ork Deth Koptas 8/19/2013
99060305023 Epic: Imperial Guard Fire Support Platoo 8/19/2013
99060305024 Epic: Imperial Guard Storm Troopers 8/19/2013
99061102054 Mordheim: Kislev Ranger 8/19/2013
99061210008 Warmaster: High Elf Hero on Dragon 8/19/2013
99800107002 Lord Kaldor Draigo 8/19/2013
99060208063 Lizardmen Jungle Swarms 8/21/2013
99120204003 Wood Elf Dryads 8/21/2013
99800104014 Eldar Harlequin Death Jester 8/21/2013
99800104015 Eldar Harlequin Shadowseer 8/21/2013
99810208015 Lizardmen Scar Veteran with Battle Stand 8/21/2013
99060101333 Space Marine Chaplain with Crozius and B 8/23/2013
99060102111 Chaos Space Marine Sorcerer with Force A 8/23/2013
99060208064 Lizardmen Saurus Oldblood on Cold One 8/23/2013
99110105004 Mordian Iron Guard Squad 8/23/2013
99110204099 Wood Elf Wardancer Troupe Command 8/23/2013
99120202027 Empire Steam Tank 8/23/2013
99229999098 40mm Round Bases 8/23/2013
99810212011 Dark Elf Executioners 8/23/2013
99060205078 Dwarf Lord 8/30/2013
99080210003 High Elf Lothern Sea Guard 8/30/2013
99810102004 Nurgle Daemon Prince 8/30/2013
99810209012 Orcs & Goblins Skarsnik, Warlord of the 8/30/2013
99189957003 Citadel Edge: Dorn Yellow 9/6/2013
99189957004 Citadel Edge: Fulgrim Pink 9/6/2013
99189957009 Citadel Edge: Lugganath Orange 9/6/2013
99120202026 Empire Archers / Huntsmen 9/13/2013
99189957005 Citadel Edge: Flayed One Flesh 9/13/2013
99189957001 Citadel Edge: Gauss Blaster Green 9/27/2013
99189957002 Citadel Edge: Baharroth Blue 9/27/2013
99189957008 Citadel Edge: Blue Horror 9/27/2013
99229999065 Citadel Realm of Battle Gameboard 10/7/2013

**boyd**

BrassScorpion wrote:
So I placed an order for the three Edge Paints I didn't already own last Wednesday. Today I got an email from GW Customer Service telling me one or more items I ordered are out of stock even though they just announced these paints are back in stock. Supposedly, it won't be in till about September 27 according to the email. It appears that most or all of the Edge Paints are on the list. Why is GW misleading us with a banner on their website and emails saying these paints are back in stock if they are not?

They sent me an extensive list of items that are out of stock at the moment showing much more than just the paint I ordered. Here it is if you're interested. the dates are when items are expected to come back in stock.

PRODUCTS OUT OF STOCK PRODUCT DESCRIPTION Expected Due Date
99060101382 Ravenwing Shoulder Pads 8/19/2013
99060104120 Eldar Farseer with Staff 8/19/2013
99060105211 Imperial Guard Catachan Officer with Pow 8/19/2013
99060113030 Tau Empire Ethereal with Staff 8/19/2013
99060206074 Skaven Clan Plague Priest 8/19/2013
99060208074 Lizardmen Skink Chief with Sword and Shi 8/19/2013
99060208075 Lizardmen Skink Chief with Blowpipe 8/19/2013
99060301023 Epic: Space Marine Razorbacks 8/19/2013
99060303030 Epic: Ork Deth Koptas 8/19/2013
99060305023 Epic: Imperial Guard Fire Support Platoo 8/19/2013
99060305024 Epic: Imperial Guard Storm Troopers 8/19/2013
99061102054 Mordheim: Kislev Ranger 8/19/2013
99061210008 Warmaster: High Elf Hero on Dragon 8/19/2013
99800107002 Lord Kaldor Draigo 8/19/2013
99060208063 Lizardmen Jungle Swarms 8/21/2013
99120204003 Wood Elf Dryads 8/21/2013
99800104014 Eldar Harlequin Death Jester 8/21/2013
99800104015 Eldar Harlequin Shadowseer 8/21/2013
99810208015 Lizardmen Scar Veteran with Battle Stand 8/21/2013
99060101333 Space Marine Chaplain with Crozius and B 8/23/2013
99060102111 Chaos Space Marine Sorcerer with Force A 8/23/2013
99060208064 Lizardmen Saurus Oldblood on Cold One 8/23/2013
99110105004 Mordian Iron Guard Squad 8/23/2013
99110204099 Wood Elf Wardancer Troupe Command 8/23/2013
99120202027 Empire Steam Tank 8/23/2013
99229999098 40mm Round Bases 8/23/2013
99810212011 Dark Elf Executioners 8/23/2013
99060205078 Dwarf Lord 8/30/2013
99080210003 High Elf Lothern Sea Guard 8/30/2013
99810102004 Nurgle Daemon Prince 8/30/2013
99810209012 Orcs & Goblins Skarsnik, Warlord of the 8/30/2013
99189957003 Citadel Edge: Dorn Yellow 9/6/2013
99189957004 Citadel Edge: Fulgrim Pink 9/6/2013
99189957009 Citadel Edge: Lugganath Orange 9/6/2013
99120202026 Empire Archers / Huntsmen 9/13/2013
99189957005 Citadel Edge: Flayed One Flesh 9/13/2013
99189957001 Citadel Edge: Gauss Blaster Green 9/27/2013
99189957002 Citadel Edge: Baharroth Blue 9/27/2013
99189957008 Citadel Edge: Blue Horror 9/27/2013
99229999065 Citadel Realm of Battle Gameboard 10/7/2013

Just a thought reading that list - if the specialist games are dead, why do they have them listed as out of stock with a restock date? If they were truly dead, why are they still making the models?

I guess I got lucky and had my FLGS put an order into GW for the paints when I got the email they were going to be in stock a week ago. I picked mine up on Sunday. Now that I'm seeing 7 of them are out for a couple of weeks... I guess they may go up on eBay

**Skinnereal**

OOP and out of stock are separate things.
If they still have the stock, they can still sell them as last they'll ever have.

**boyd**

Skinnereal wrote:
OOP and out of stock are separate things.
If they still have the stock, they can still sell them as last they'll ever have.

Why would you restock it?

**MajorWesJanson**

boyd wrote:
Skinnereal wrote:
OOP and out of stock are separate things.
If they still have the stock, they can still sell them as last they'll ever have.

Why would you restock it?

Stock is by region, so if there is demand for epic models in North America, and stock sitting around unsold in Europe, they will transfer some of the Europe stock over to NA thus restocking them.