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Painting Essentials:
Painting is one aspect of the Games Workshop Hobby that will provide you with hours of creative activity and enjoyment. Plus, you'll get some awesome-looking painted miniatures at the end of the process! Of course, like most things, painting takes practice to master. Don't let that scare you, though – there are plenty of other hobbyists to give you advice and a load of resources both in print and online to help you learn the tricks of the craft.
A selection of essential painting articles can be found here, together with all the painting guides currently available on the Games Workshop UK website.
What Are Citadel Foundation Paints?
Citadel Foundation Paint is formulated with an emphasis on coverage and is intended to go straight over black as well as white undercoats - all in a single coat!
What Are Citadel Colour Paints?
The Citadel Colour range, formulated in conjunction with the industry's foremost manufacturer of artists' materials, sets the benchmark of colour intensity and flow properties among paints used on miniatures.
Getting Started
Once you've torn free your plastic boxed set or metal blister pack, you'll need to take care of some assembly before you hit the painting table. The following pages will help you assemble and prepare for painting any miniature, be it plastic or metal.
Basecoat Techniques
With the release of the fantastic new Citadel Foundation Paint range, you no longer need to decide what colour to spray undercoat your minatures. Able to cover Chaos Black and Skull White equally, the Foundation Paints excel at laying down colour, quickly!
Colour Matching
For this article, we've mixed up a whole bunch of paint swatches using Citadel Foundation and Citadel Colour Paints to help prove our point as well as showcase the myriad range of hues you can create with these exciting new paints.
Army Painting Techniques
Those of us aiming for a respectable army will find a lot of good uses for the Citadel Foundation Paints. Here are a few of the ways we've found to use these exciting new paints to prepare an army for battle.
Painting Terrain with Foundation Paints
This article will show you some examples of how the Citadel Foundation Paints can be used on their own and in combination with the existing Citadel Colour range.
Painting Vehicles with Foundation Paints
This article covers a few techniques and tips on painting your vehicles with the new Citadel Foundation Paints. Being a treadhead has never been easier!
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