Games Workshop is expanding its range of Citadel paints with even more Contrast options. The new Contrast Paints are then joined by a selection of updated Shades that can be used to give extra depth and detail to your miniatures.

New Citadel Paints // Games Workshop

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The new range of Contrast Paints has been designed to fill the gaps in the line that currently exist. There seems to be a real focus on vibrancy and "pop" with the new paints as well as offering better coverage when it comes to working on larger pieces.

New Contrast Paints // Games Workshop

One of the nice things about the Contrast range is that it can be used as a one-stop-shop for painting your miniatures if you like. You can paint an entire army using Contrast and more often than not, it turns out looking pretty good. You have to get to know your paints and what works and what doesn't but you can get some great effects with Contrast, especially when it comes to more organic miniatures.

New Contrast Paints // Games Workshop

Additionally, the Contrast range has also become a tool in the arsenal of pretty much all painters. A lot of folks aren't exclusively using Contrast to paint their miniatures but instead folding it into their existing set of tools in order to get more interesting results on their models. I think they provide a great amount of depth to miniatures that can then be highlighted up and tweaked nice and easily.

Are Contrast paints a hobbyist's miracle cure? No, you'll still need to learn how to use them properly in order to achieve good results. But, they do make it very easy to get single miniatures and even entire armies painted up much quicker than before. Used alongside the rest of the Citadel line and other ranges from The Army Painter and the like, it's always nice to just have more options.

Revamped Citadel Shades

Four old Shade Glosses are leaving the range (Nuln Oil Gloss, Agrax Earthshade Gloss, Reikland Fleshshade Gloss, and Cryptek Armourshade Gloss) but don't worry, the base Shades are still going to be here! However, they are going to be joined by a new host of Shades.

New Shades // Games Workshop

This collection of Shades looks like a nice way to introduce some gentler options into the mix. The new red, blue and green that they have here should be perfect for adding a little extra something to base colours without taking over completely.

I also think that Soulblight Grey is going to become a go-to for anyone painting white armour. Use that on your Stormtroopers and away you go! Oh, and your White Scars I guess.

Updated White Scar Spray

Another of the updates has been to the white undercoat spray that Games Workshop use. White Scar joins the collection as a good base layer for Contrasts to be applied.

New White Scar Spray // Games Workshop

The coverage is meant to be smoother and easier to work with which is always handy. It seems to come out as a more brilliant white compared to the old paint and offers up a new hue alongside Grey Seer and Wraithbone. The proof will be in the pudding however and it will be interesting to see how they work "out in the field" as it were.

More tools are never a bad thing. Having access to a wider pool of resources for our painting just means more vibrant and interesting armies. Hopefully, these paints start to fill in the gaps for those who use a lot of Contrast paints and give people more ideas when it comes to how to use them alongside traditional painting methods.

I must admit, it wasn't quite the revolution I was thinking of based on the trailer Games Workshop put out. I thought Discourse Miniatures had a good idea with paint that could do directly over bare plastic...

Do you have a favourite new Contrast paint?