Games Workshop

[MiSiU]

They fill the hole at last. Most of the released models are very popular gaming-wise but were lacking official miniatures for a few years now. (The thunderwolf cavalry created it's own 3rd party company market - there are like five or six other small companies that produced models for this unit)

[sea.man]

nah... GW is just helping those other companies to gain some profit from the market they create

[Slawol]

Nothing special for me

[Corvus]

In another attempt to empty some of their customer's pockets, GW will be releasing a new line of paints soon. Probably it's just a rename of their existing colors with some small changes or new ones.

There's some talk in Dakka Dakka about the new paints. Apparently we know the list of paints and their names, and also, they are going to be divided in categories, which will be Bases, Layer, Shades, Dry, Glaze, Texture and Technical. I still need to figure out why the fancy categories. All this set composed of a list of 144 paints. Here is the list of the new colours we will find once the new set is released (presumably):

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

[Skrit]

Well seeing most of thier paints have a short lifespan anyhow (in my experience!) it's no wonder they re-release new paints every once in a while!

[Hellspawn]

Don't like posting rumors (since those are rumors only so not verified) but since it's in prevention of the new range of paint:

via BramGaunt
The whole range is discontinued. All of them. None of the old paints will be available come 7th of April. These are not only renamed foundations and washes and paints. These are completely new paints. New recipe, if you wish. Shades will be very similar, but there might be small differences. If you feel like stocking up on your favorites, feel free to do so, but it shouldn't be necessary.

via Harry
These are new paints.
They can't give them the same names .... they are not the same paints.
They are different colours and different consistencies.

Folks would be going in buying a pot of .... say ... bleached bone and coming back the next day saying 'what the *$@% is this you sold me? It is nothing like bleached bone'.

This happened at the last paint change. Bestial brown was never the same again.

They are clearly trying to make a distinction between the old paints and the new.

It is a simple way of making it clear that these are not the same paints.

Slightly different colours is not going to be the biggest issue but the changes to consistency.
... and I was only just getting to grips with painting with the current stuff.

Bram is right when he said shades will be similar .... some are bang on but some are not.
I am not saying the new paint won't be great (in fact I am sure they will be) but if you are half way through a project I think you would be wise to pick up a couple of pots of paint as there is no guarantee that any individual paint will have a perfect match in the new range.

Basically, if you love one color, you'd better stock on this one cause there is no guarantee that you'll find exactly the same tone in the new range

[p1per]

Hmmm - "changes to consistency"... I must say the more rumors are out the more I'm not looking forward to these changes.

[Maru]

you will get Dry paints ??
or so watered down that you will need to w8 tilt they dry a bit ??

[Trovarion]

GW...completely ruinign your (my) painting style since...forever...

[Hellspawn]

Here are the colors of the paints

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There are 144 paints (the current line is only 73), so the range is doubling in size.
• Broken down into Bases (foundations), Layers (normal colours), shades (washes), Dry (essentially goopy paint for dry brushing), Glaze (thinned washes for easier blending), Texture (sand + colour) and Technical (liquid green stuff).
• Bottles are not changing.
• Nothing is leaving.
• Every color is renamed, there will be a white dwarf with a comparison guide released. Blood red is now wild rider red, ultramarine blue is Calgar blue, skull white is white scar etc etc. There is a big expansion in the greens. There are pinks again, and more purple.
• Foundation white!! Named Ceramite White
• New how to paint book that includes a 90 minute DVD

Thanks to Ariakas who let me know that those pics where available. Sorry for bad quality, I looked on the internet, but couldn't find any better ones so I took the better I could find