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

There have been a number of new miniature paints launched over the last few years, including Citadel’s revolutionary line of Contrast paints, Army Painter’s new single-coat solution, and the Two Thin Coats line from former Games Workshop presenter Duncan Rhodes. Now there’s another new brand name in the mix: WizKids’ line of Prismatic Paint. This line is formulated by Vallejo, a European company with years of experience in the hobby paint industry, and it includes all-new colors created exclusively for Dungeons & Dragons miniatures.

Although these paints are top-quality, their pricing might seem odd. So let’s dig in.

Vallejo was founded in New Jersey, 1965. It moved to Spain in 1969. Since then it has produced hobby-grade acrylic paints. They’re well known in the scale model space, and miniature painters have likely encountered their Game Color and Model Color lines already. These colors are thin and easy to use, wash well, dry quickly, and have many similarities with Citadel colours. They’re common enough that most color swatch charts include them, including my favorite hosted over at Dakka Dakka.

WizKids has utilized Vallejo paints in its miniature sets before, but this year it’s launching two new D&D-branded paint sets. Colors feature D&D-themed names, but they also retain their Vallejo reference numbers. Game Color Elf Skintone 72.004 is identical to Prismatic Paint Elf Skintone 92.004. Vallejo has created 20 brand-new colors for the Prismatic Paint Line.

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Can you mix and match the paints you’ve got to make colors similar to these? However, your own experience with paints may make your mileage vary. WizKids tells Polygon what it’s selling here is convenience. These colors will eventually be sold individually in 8-millileter bottles for $2.49 each, but today they’re only available as part of two boxed sets — D&D Prismatic Paint Basic Starter Set and D&D Prismatic Paint Intermediate Set. Each set includes 30 bottles. These include washes as well special effects like metallic medium that sparkles any color. The sets include a carry case and foam inserts as well as some good little brushes. WizKids stated that the add-ons are approximately 25% of the price for sets starting at $99.99 per set.

So, if you’re looking to start out on your painting journey with an all-in-one boxed solution, then these sets are a great place to start. If space isn’t an issue and you have enough brushes, single Vallejo bottles will give you more paint per dollar.

You’re on your own for getting just the right color on those kobolds, though.

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