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I want all of them. Unfortunately my current paint box is completely full already...

Yes it looks like quickshade but easier.
I believe you spray your miniature with the undercoat and then paint with these colors and you are done. These colors look like they are darker in the recesses and lighter on the edges (and that explains the name Contrast). So you just paint all the different colors and your miniature is ready.
It seems better than quickshade but still not for me. A big part of the hobby for me is painting but for the people that collect armies after armies for warhammer 40k that will really help them with all the grey models.

They are making it easier and easier for people to start playing gw games with all these new products but lets not forget why we are here in the first place. How about some new miniatures for a non-Space Marine army?

That was a lot of build up just for some inks but there look to be some really useful colours there (that Camo green especially). Still using up my inks from the mega paint set of the late 90s!

I have dozens of unopened pots of the old Brown Ink to go through

 ingtaer wrote:
That was a lot of build up just for some inks but there look to be some really useful colours there (that Camo green especially).

Yeah, coloured inks are always handy... it will be interesting to see what colours fall outside Army Painter's range, to potentially supplement the collection a little.

Thank goodness it wasnt an airbrush or a dip.

Its kinda like dip, where more organic models look better.

Are these going to be in any way different to the old GW inks, or are these a different type of ink?

I can see a few uses or these already, to be honest. I think I'll grab some and test them on variously varnished surfaces, to see how I can replicate the undercoat's effect on limited areas, using an airbrush. I suspect it's either about the porousness or roughness of the undercoat, but we'll know more soon, I guess. :-)

drbored wrote:
Thank goodness it wasnt an airbrush or a dip.

Indeed. Turns out we were all over thinking it...

Very nice.

Might just get met doing Savage Orcs again!

Wonder how these would handle a second wash being applied?

So nothing new but they bring their own old colours

You were able to do the exact same thing with the old Washes before (which were identical to the Army Painter ones) and with the much older Inks (but with a glossy look).

Juhuh nothing changes but we got some nice videos

and more info

https://www.warhammer-community.com/2019/05/10/warhammer-fest-uk-2019-live-bloggw-homepage-post-3fw-homepage-post-1/



Colours shown so far

Iyanden Yellow
Nazdreg Yellow
Guilliman Flesh
Apothecary White
Black Templar
Skeleton Horde
Athermatic Blue
Talassar Blue
Ultramarines Blue
Akhelian Green
Militarum Green
Flesh Tearers Red
Blood Angels Red
Snakebite Leather
Gore Grunta Fur
Plague Bearer Flesh
Warp Lightning
Leviadon Blue
Fyreslayer Flesh
Darkoath Flesh
Space Wolves Grey
Shyish Purple
Magos Purple
Basilicanum Grey
Dark Angels Green
Terradon Turquoise

Love the one thick coat line.

I spot some old names making a comeback there...

 Ketara wrote:
I spot some old names making a comeback there...

Indeed. Snakebite Leather, how I've missed thee

Gonna try atleast.

Hey look, colours with names that make sense! Well done GW.

Much ado about nothing.

I'll wait a few months until the non-union, Vallejo equivalent comes out

But if I were a beginner, with some cash to burn, these would be alright.

On a slightly related note, is it just me, or does anybody else have a problem of old citadel inks giving off a strange smell? I had to chuck out a few pots of old citadel Ogryn flesh the other day, because they stunk to high heaven. And these were always stored in a cool dry place, so it's not like dampness got to them or something. Very strange.

Maybe the paint is just breaking down after these years?

 Do_I_Not_Like_That wrote:
I'll wait a few months until the non-union, Vallejo equivalent comes out

Army Painter is the same (as are some others) so no need to wait you could have already orderd them months ago....

I love the Two crossed and One written next to it on the whiteboard at the start of the video!


If there really wasn't *any* highlighting done after the fact, I am impressed by how much the edges stand out.

I'll definitely make use of these for painting marines. My Eldar will probably keep getting a full treatment, but this seems like a great way to paint up Howling Griffons and/or Deathwatch. I'll find it difficult to decide how to paint my GSC. Probably stick to the old-fashioned way.

Well. Whenever i start new army might try these so likely with daemons. Can't hurt to try

Next update is up:
https://www.warhammer-community.com/2019/05/10/warhammer-fest-uk-2019-live-bloggw-homepage-post-3fw-homepage-post-1/#gallery-1

 kodos wrote:
So nothing new but they bring their own old colours

You were able to do the exact same thing with the old Washes before (which were identical to the Army Painter ones) and with the much older Inks (but with a glossy look).

Juhuh nothing changes but we got some nice videos

 kodos wrote:

 Do_I_Not_Like_That wrote:
I'll wait a few months until the non-union, Vallejo equivalent comes out

Army Painter is the same (as are some others) so no need to wait you could have already orderd them months ago....

Denial is pretty strong here, eh?

Please show one AP paint that dries differently in the recesses, never mind doing the highlight thing and pretty nice gradients. If GW photo is really single layer of blue that wasn't touched in any way, the whole AP range is now completely obsolete and they can roll up business. And that is with something with big flat surfaces that are pretty unfriendly for this, the lizardmen and demons from the other thread look even better.

90% of my paint purchases last year were Vallejo but with this range, I just might try revisiting GW offerings again

Looks like a new spray can too? "Wraith Bone?"

Seems there are two base sprays specifically for these paints. Wrauthbone is one of them.

 kodos wrote:

 Do_I_Not_Like_That wrote:
I'll wait a few months until the non-union, Vallejo equivalent comes out

Army Painter is the same (as are some others) so no need to wait you could have already orderd them months ago....

I'll buy a pair to compare them before drawing a final conclusion, but as of yet I've never used a single Army Painter product that's made me want to buy-in to their range in comparison to Citadel or Vallejo. Their paints are extremely hit & miss, many end up chalky if you thin them to a glaze(even using acrylic medium rather than water), and their washes are...eh.


In theory, these Contrast paints could be very useful for the way I paint, but I'll have to see how they react to a zenithal undercoat, how they mix with the existing washes, and what happens when you add more paint over the top of them. If they're as simple & easy as described, it could eliminate two or three steps from my zenithal undercoat>multiple block colour washes/glazes>multiple shade and highlight washes/glazes>final touches process, which would be welcome as I far prefer making and using models to painting them.

And hell, if it works as advertised, the concept is worth it for the one designed to do white alone. If they've actually made decent white armour as easy as spray white>apply "white" contrast paint>maybe chuck an edge highlight on there, they deserve a Nobel Peace Prize or something.

It’s a specific primer for Contrast. That’s what most people are missing here- you have to use that undercoat to get the effect. Presumably it has a specific property that helps provide that highlight effect by repelling paint from raised surfaces.