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This blurb from WHC about painting at Warhammer fest

we can reveal that Warhammer Fest will be your first opportunity to get hands-on experience with this awesome something-ness

Makes me think its not an airbrush as I cant see them allowing attendees to mess around with one. Unless GW's idea of hands on is watching a demo.

A dip is IMO more possible. But given the wide range of sizes and shapes in GW's model range I'm not sure how practical it would be.

Of all the ideas I've seen thrown about, paint markers are honestly what I'm now hoping for. With the right range of tip sizes and colours, stuff like recess shading, edge highlighting and freehand designs would become a lot easier(not to mention painting armour trim on models like the AT Titans much less tedious).

My guess is new colours of the Nighthaunt Gloom and Hexwraith Flame technical paints.

It’s definitely not going to be pre primed sprues or anything.
That’s basically one step from coloured plastic (which is irrelevant when you’re painting anyway).
It would be too, once you’ve taken off sprue, and then sorted mold lines, you’ve got big areas that need primer over.
That would only work for heathens who don’t remove mold lines before painting..

Danny76 wrote:
It’s definitely not going to be pre primed sprues or anything.
That’s basically one step from coloured plastic (which is irrelevant when you’re painting anyway).
It would be too, once you’ve taken off sprue, and then sorted mold lines, you’ve got big areas that need primer over.
That would only work for heathens who don’t remove mold lines before painting..

Good point. Now, if they invented plastic models with no mold lines, that would be revolutionary. I'd pay maybe twice as much to not have to clean mold lines.

 Theophony wrote:
Pre painted plastics just like Confrontation . The deathknell ringeth

I'm pretty sure everyone learned from that tragedy. I hope

Except.....GW has shown airbrushing before, in several white dwarfs.
They don't include it in tips or basic painting tutorial because the idea of the YT ones are you gets your brushes z paint and paint a model just sitting at a desk. Nothing super amazing

 SickSix wrote:

 fasterthanlight wrote:
Whatever it is i very much doubt GW have something in the pipeline that no-one has ever thought of... so its probably not going to be as game-changing as claimed...

I'm SO curious though.... when is the reveal?

FTL

Exactly. Remember however that GW lives in a bubble (or at least acts like they do). Nothing exists outside of GW's world. If they have never sold a real airbrush before, then they assume their customers don't even know that tool exists.

There's a huge article in the April White Dwarf that says otherwise.

However, the majority of their customers won't use an airbrush. You say that everything they make can be bought elsewhere? True, but then that's the case for a lot of things, and it hasn't stopped other miniatures companies producing their "own" paint and accessories lines (Wargamers Foundry, Privateer Press), or selling rebranded versions of existing paints (Battlefront). It's about convenience and providing everything in one place.

Well, whatever it will be, I would expect that the painted mini on the video has it.

The gundam highlighter idea is the one that fits best I think.

However, AK Interactive have just release a range of pencils for weathering, edge highlights and so on.

They are very user friendly, more so than markers, and would fit the GW approach even better.

NoggintheNog wrote:
The gundam highlighter idea is the one that fits best I think.

However, AK Interactive have just release a range of pencils for weathering, edge highlights and so on.

They are very user friendly, more so than markers, and would fit the GW approach even better.

Those look pretty neat. In what way are the different than other colored pencils? All I could come across was something saying they are "water-based" and "semi-grease" so I am guessing they are wax not oil based?

 Ghaz wrote:



A second teaser to go along with 'Fifty Shelves of Grey'

Spoiler:

According to Warhammer Community ...

Something big is coming for paint – something we’ve been hinting at for a while now.

At this stage, we can reveal that Warhammer Fest will be your first opportunity to get hands-on experience with this awesome something-ness – and trust us, this is something you’re going to want to check out in-person.

When was the last time I have seen something epic from GW? Ah, it was that great Necromunda video that sold me the game in an instant. Now these are really great teasers and I am wondering what they are up to. Job well done, GW.

 H wrote:

NoggintheNog wrote:
The gundam highlighter idea is the one that fits best I think.

However, AK Interactive have just release a range of pencils for weathering, edge highlights and so on.

They are very user friendly, more so than markers, and would fit the GW approach even better.

Those look pretty neat. In what way are the different than other colored pencils? All I could come across was something saying they are "water-based" and "semi-grease" so I am guessing they are wax not oil based?

Yes, the way they behave suggests an acrylic type base material rather than an oil.

Its the water soluble part that makes them suitable for even beginner painters, you can remove anything you try, it's not permanent until you put a varnish over the top. To me, that sounds like it fits right in with GW's painting approach.

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 Ghaz wrote:
My guess is new colours of the Nighthaunt Gloom and Hexwraith Flame technical paints.

I like this guess a lot. I think it's probably something along those lines.

I don't think GW will get into the business of airbrushes and tanks. And while tools like those highlighters and pencils are neat, GW seems to be hinting the product will help get a lot of models done quickly. Also, the key word in the video is 'contrast'. Dips could fit here, but they already have a range of matte and gloss washes, and I'm not sure what the niche would be for more of the same, other than maybe color matching.

So yeah...that guess seems to cover all bases.

They could do with new red and blue Shade colours, as the existing Carroburg Crimson and Drakenhof Nightshade aren't always useful.

I very much doubt it's just new paint colour or two.

It's not going to be pre-primed or molded in colour as that doesn't help with the 50 shelves of grey. Also the choice was between a grey figure and a painted one.

A dip that lightens highlights/edges and darkens recesses. Base coat, dip, profit.

 AndrewGPaul wrote:
They could do with new red and blue Shade colours, as the existing Carroburg Crimson and Drakenhof Nightshade aren't always useful.

I don’t mind the Nightshade, but Man do they need a better red.

 AduroT wrote:

 AndrewGPaul wrote:
They could do with new red and blue Shade colours, as the existing Carroburg Crimson and Drakenhof Nightshade aren't always useful.

I don’t mind the Nightshade, but Man do they need a better red.

a light blue/grey wash is something thats needed, I've seen a few videos now where they've made a wash by mixing larimen medium withb the fang (or was it russ grey? one of the space wolves paints) and have always thought it a bit odd that if they do that they haven't made a specific wash that is that colour.

this BTW gets us to another guess, maybe they're introducing a bunch of new washes. not huge huge news but could potentially expand options a bit

BrianDavion wrote:

 AduroT wrote:

 AndrewGPaul wrote:
They could do with new red and blue Shade colours, as the existing Carroburg Crimson and Drakenhof Nightshade aren't always useful.

I don’t mind the Nightshade, but Man do they need a better red.

a light blue/grey wash is something thats needed, I've seen a few videos now where they've made a wash by mixing larimen medium withb the fang (or was it russ grey? one of the space wolves paints) and have always thought it a bit odd that if they do that they haven't made a specific wash that is that colour.

this BTW gets us to another guess, maybe they're introducing a bunch of new washes. not huge huge news but could potentially expand options a bit

I suggested that on Facebook in a post for a tutorial that used a grey wash. The answer was that they do make one, you just have to assemble it yourself...

 Ghaz wrote:

BrianDavion wrote:

 AduroT wrote:

 AndrewGPaul wrote:
They could do with new red and blue Shade colours, as the existing Carroburg Crimson and Drakenhof Nightshade aren't always useful.

I don’t mind the Nightshade, but Man do they need a better red.

a light blue/grey wash is something thats needed, I've seen a few videos now where they've made a wash by mixing larimen medium withb the fang (or was it russ grey? one of the space wolves paints) and have always thought it a bit odd that if they do that they haven't made a specific wash that is that colour.

this BTW gets us to another guess, maybe they're introducing a bunch of new washes. not huge huge news but could potentially expand options a bit

I suggested that on Facebook in a post for a tutorial that used a grey wash. The answer was that they do make one, you just have to assemble it yourself...

I could make every wash they make myself, doesn't mean I'd not mind skipping a step

The contrast line of paint will be citadel color shift paints. This is why they "have to be seen to be believed."

When I were a nipper, Granny Allan once bought me a Strawberry Shortcake colouring in book.

Yet, you didn't use paint. You just brushed water over it, and the colours appeared as if by magic.

That. In plastic.

Hypercolour paints. They change colour as you touch them!

Pre-thinned paints, maybe?

Full on, violently 80's neon colours. Colours so loud, nobody can actually tell if the paintjob is any good.

I would love some crazy neon colors. The bright pinks and blues from Reaper are ok, but I want to paint Noise Marines and Relic Knights in colors that hurt the eyes and ears.

I'm hoping at the least that we'll get a few more additions to the technical range ala Nighthaunt Gloom and Hexwraith Flame.

I really could use a blue ala Hexwraith Flame.

In regards to colour shift paint it won't happen.

The reason for this is because currently all colour shift paints contain some form or level of harmful ingredients, and GW have said that they will never release a product that can't be used by everyone safely.

Or at least that was their stance in regards to paint and colour shift paint last November at the Vigilus Paint seminar.

Color shift paints would make sense. except apparently they said they weren't doing them. Unless they found a way to have a similar product that isn't toxic?

 Albino Squirrel wrote:
Color shift paints would make sense. except apparently they said they weren't doing them. Unless they found a way to have a similar product that isn't toxic?

Well it wasn't in development in November last year, but, they do look at things that get "requested a lot" via email feeback and requests. So, whilst possible they may have found something non-toxic, i'd be incredibly surprised if they managed it.