New Citadel Paints and Extras Confirmed!

Citadel will completely revamp their paint range in April/May. Now we've got our hand on a supposed list of colours. An surprise - the range won't be getting smaller but bigger. In fact, it will be huge! The full list after the jump.

BASES

Ceramite White

Averland Sun

Jokaero Orange

Mephiston Red

Khorne Red

Naggaroth Night

Daemonette Hide

Kantor Blue

Macragge Blue

Caledon Sky

Stegadon scale green

Incubi Darkness

Caliban Green

Waaaagh! Flesh

Castellan green

Death world forest

Zandri dust

Steel Legion Drab

Bugmans Glow

Ratskin Flesh

Mournfang brown

XV-88

Rhinox hide

Dryad bark

Mechanicus standard grey

Celestus grey

Abaddon Black (the only black in the range)

Rakarth flesh

The fang

Screamer pink

Leadblecher (metal)

Balthasar Gold (metal)

Screaming Bell (metal)

Warplock brown (metal)

LAYER

White Scar

Yriel Yellow

Flash gitz yellow

Troll slayer orange

Fire dragon bright

Evil sunz scarlet

Wild Rider red

Wazdakka red

Squig Orange

Xereus Purple

Genestealer Purple

Warpfiend Grey

Slaanesh Grey

Alaitoc blue

Hoeth blue

Altdorf guard blue

Calgar blue

Teclis blue

Lothern blue

Sotek green

Temple guard blue

Kabalite green

Sybarite green

Warpstone glow

Moot green

Warboss green

Skarsnik green

Loren Forest

Straken green

Nurgling green

Elysian green

Ogryn camo

Ushabti Bone

Screaming skull

Tallarn sand

Karak stone

Cadian fleshstone

Kislev Flesh

Bestigor flesh

Ungor flesh

Skrag brown

Deathclaw brown

Tau light Ochre

Balor brown

Zamesi brown

Doombull brown

Tuskigor fur

Gorthor Brown

Baneblade Brown

Dawnstone

Administratum grey

Eshin grey

Dark reaper

Thunderhawk blue

Skavenblight dinge

Stormvermin fur

Ulthuan grey

Pallid wych flesh

Russ grey

Fenrisian grey

Pink horror

Emperors Children

Ironbreaker (metal)

Runefang steel (metal)

Gehennas gold(metal)

Auric Armour(metal)

Hashut Copper(metal)

Sycorax Bronze(metal)

Brass Scorpion(metal)

Runelord Brass(metal)

SHADES

Casandora Yellow

Fuegan Orange

Carroburg Crimson

Druchii Violet

Drakenhof Nightshade

Coelia greenshade

Biel-tan green

Athonian camoshade

Seraphim Sepia

Reikland fleshshade

Agrax earthshade (Devlan Mud)

Nuln Oil

DRY

Praxeti White

Hexos palesun

Kindleflame

Lucius Lilac

Etherium blue

Skink blue

Hellion green

Underhive ash

Eldar Flesh

Tyrant Shell

Terminatus stone

Longbeard grey

Changling pink

Necron Compound

Golden Griffon

GLAZE

Lamenters yellow

Waywatcher Green

Guilliman blue

Bloodletter

TEXTURE

Mourn Mountain snow

Stirland Mud

Blackfire Eath

Astrogranite

Armageddon Dust

Lustrian Undergrowth

TECHNICAL

Lahmian Medium

Ard coat

Imperial Primer

Liquid Green stuff

[The Rogue Trader] The wrong way to shake

I was lucky enough to attend a painting class a few weeks back.  Specifically the Vehicle Weathering Masterclass by misterjustin of Secret Weapon Miniatures.  I took a few good lessons away from the class and decided that they were well worth sharing.

So, the wrong way to shake.  Those cans of primer that you have that get all sputtery if they aren't well mixed.  Did you know there is a right way to shake them?  It's actually pretty obvious, but not something I'd ever really given any thought to.  Just randomly shaking means the agitator bounces around, not really achieving much.  Swirl it with the can upright and the agitator just mixes the paint at the bottom.  What you want to do is hold the can sideways, swirl the agitator around, and now just by changing the angle of the can slightly you can move the agitator up and down inside the can.  The bonus is you'll shake the can better with less effort doing it this way.

The second thing about priming (or sealing) that may have escaped some of us.  Never do it in the sun.  If you do, the spray will be dry before it hits the model and you get a clumpy spray.  Someone else can add comments below about humidity.  I'm lucky enough to live somewhere that isn't really a problem.

Which primer?  Well GW primer isn't really primer, its just a paint.  But it is very good, dries quickly and evenly.  P3 also make a very good primer that is a proper primer.  It is thinner and takes a little longer to dry though.  Be more careful with overspray with the P3 stuff as it could run and fill up some of your details.  And yes, you can get cheapo primer from Walmart.  Really though, you spent $400 on your new army, are you going to cheap out and save a few dollar on the primer.

Color wise, white is great if you are doing a lot of colors or detail as it gives you the biggest play area.  Black is good for dark models with lots of crevices as it helps with shadow.  Thing is, it'll be harder work to get bright colors now.  Gray (Grey?) just is.  Stick to black or white as they at least have a purpose. 

And lastly, short controlled burst.  Yeah, don't drown the mini is primer, you'll lose detail.  You want to dust round it, about 30cm/12" distant with quick sprays.  A good method is 4 blasts from 45 degrees down onto the model, than 4 more from 45 degrees up.  When you are finished you should still be able to see metal/plastic/resin/new fangled finecasty stuff beneath the primer.  If you now have a glistening and gleaming white model, resplendent in its new primer, you've over done it.  A heavy coat of primer also defeats the purpose as the glossy coat you get is just as bad as a bare model.

So, shake well, spray in a shady and sheltered area, and don't over spray.  You'll be off to a better start already.

Marcus

[The Rogue Trader] Outwitting the paint pots.

Well probably the shortest post ever, but I was so happy with myself I thought it was worth sharing.  You know how the new GW pots have lost the little tab to keep the lids open so they are always closing on you and making it hard to paint.  You know the little tubes the protect the bristles on your brushes.  Unite the two and problem solved.  If its one of the tubes from a smaller brush it also keeps the tongue of the lid perfectly over the body of the paint pot.

Hopefully I've saved some people some frustration.  And if everyone else had figures this out already how come nobody told me.  :)

Now back to painting my Grey Knights.  Stupid NMM painting choice.

Marcus.