Vallejo created 20 new paint colors for your D&D miniatures

There person been a number of caller miniature paints launched complete nan past fewer years, including Citadel’s revolutionary statement of Contrast paints, Army Painter’s caller single-coat solution, and nan Two Thin Coats statement from erstwhile Games Workshop presenter Duncan Rhodes. Now there’s different caller marque sanction successful nan mix: WizKids’ statement of Prismatic Paint. This statement is formulated by Vallejo, a European institution pinch years of acquisition successful nan hobby overgarment industry, and it includes all-new colors created exclusively for Dungeons & Dragons miniatures.

Unfortunately, while nan value of these paints is top-notch, nan pricing whitethorn look a spot overseas astatine first glance. So let’s excavation in.

Originally founded successful New Jersey successful 1965, Vallejo moved to Spain successful 1969 and has been putting retired hobby-grade acrylic paints for decades. They’re good known successful nan scale model space, and miniature painters person apt encountered their Game Color and Model Color lines already. They bladed well, cleanable up well, are easy to apply, and execute a batch for illustration Citadel colors successful galore respects. They’re communal capable that astir colour swatch charts see them, including my favourite hosted complete astatine Dakka Dakka.

WizKids has utilized Vallejo paints successful its miniature sets before, but this twelvemonth it’s launching 2 caller D&D-branded overgarment sets. Colors characteristic D&D-themed names, but they besides clasp their Vallejo reference numbers. Game Color Elf Skintone (72.004) is precisely nan aforesaid arsenic Prismatic Paint Elf Skintone (92.004). But location are 20 all-new colors, formulated by Vallejo particularly for nan Prismatic Paint line.

Can you operation and lucifer nan paints you’ve sewage to make colors akin to these? Yes, of course, but your mileage whitethorn alteration based connected your acquisition and nan creation of your paints. WizKids tells Polygon what it’s trading present is convenience. These colors will yet beryllium sold individually successful 8-millileter bottles for $2.49 each, but coming they’re only disposable arsenic portion of 2 boxed sets — D&D Prismatic Paint Basic Starter Set and D&D Prismatic Paint Intermediate Set. Both sets travel pinch 30 bottles, including washes and typical effects, for illustration a metallic mean that makes immoderate colour sparkle. They besides characteristic a carrying case, foam inserts, and immoderate decent small brushes. With sets priced astatine $99.99 each, WizKids said that those add-ons relationship for astir 25% of nan cost.

So, if you’re looking to commencement retired connected your coating travel pinch an all-in-one boxed solution, past these sets are a awesome spot to start. But, if abstraction is not a interest and you already person each nan brushes you need, buying azygous bottles of Vallejo overgarment will get you much overgarment for your dollar.

You’re connected your ain for getting conscionable nan correct colour connected those kobolds, though.

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