“This will be the end of Citadel Contrast paints.” KZread painting channels reviewing -Army Painter Speed Paint- -Scale 75 Instacolors- -Green Stuff World Intensity Inks- Vallejo Xpress Colors

@caseco4979

Жыл бұрын

And none of them are any better or worse overall lol. Would be cool if someone went through them all and found the best brand for each color though.

@shauntaylor9251

Жыл бұрын

At least those can be bought by payng punters !

@CrimsonSunBear

Жыл бұрын

@@caseco4979 there are youtubers that already have tested most paints in the market against eachother

@4lc4p0rn

Жыл бұрын

the greenstuff world dipping inks arent even really comparable, they're so desaturated that they have completely different uses.

@ianlacey6588

Жыл бұрын

(Valid) point taken.

They look nice but seem very desaturated. It seems like Army Painter speedpaint is still the one to go with when painting out hordes since it gives decent shades and highlights.

@sciencesold_

Жыл бұрын

I think they appear that way because they didn't use a pure white prime, they did grey with a zenithal of white, so it doesn't come out as vibrant as it normally would with white.

@chrisb62

Жыл бұрын

Ya I'm gonna agree with you here. I'll wait to see some other reviews to double check. But I'd they look like this video. I'm gonna wait for the full army painter line to be ready

@rogthepirate4593

Жыл бұрын

I have a 24-set of them since last week, and they do appear a tiny bit more desaturated over grey or black with a white zenithal, but a second coat usually fixes that (if you want to fix it, I actually find it fairly useful for shadows and lower midtones). It's also not an issue at all when used over white. Also, it might partly be due to their camera setup or how they thin them, because mine generally seem more saturated (except for that light grey-blue, but that one is obvious, no?) Can't really compare it to citadel contrasts though as I don't own any, because I don't support GW's frankly pretty disgusting overpricing policy.

@partytor11

Жыл бұрын

Yeah this feels like it should've been named "Vallejo model colour Xpress" instead of "game color xpress"

@timniederkorn5825

Жыл бұрын

@@sciencesold_ I keep seeing all these review videos and they all do the same thing (some sort of zenithal or non white base color). I'd just like to see them over Vallejo white primer or citadel white scars primer. Then we'd have a nice comparison. Same with Army Painter speed paint & citadel contrast paints. Just white primer and then paint! On a side note every time I've done a zenithal and then tried using either my contrast paints or speed paints it feels like a total fail. Very desaturated/discoloration.

I was wracking my brain the whole time watching this because the paint looked like something that I couldn't place my finger on. Water colors. The finished results look like watercolor paintings!

@Sleeper_6875

Жыл бұрын

Oh wow you’re right, makes me like them even more

@awesomojohnson4838

Жыл бұрын

Dang! Yea, spot on

@MisterTingles

Жыл бұрын

true. some fabric paints/inks/dyes also behave similarly

@d-emprahexpects

Жыл бұрын

Well said, they do! Too desaturated. But probably useful as we can apply two coats of different colours for infinite hues. I still don't think this is THE way of painting. Opaque paint just can't be replaced. This is merely one more tool

@oldmanofthemountains3388

Жыл бұрын

@@d-emprahexpects and based on the combination of turquoise and black in the video it seems like they blend pretty well!

Best of luck to wherever Gareth heads off to. Very nice work on his mini. I like that you put it in a glass(or plastic?) box. Makes it seem more pristine.

I'm super glad these are so nice! I've been looking at them for a bit and I'll keep them on my list! Id also be interested in hearing your opinions on the army painter speed paints in more detail! I was WONDERING if those were going to little reboot friends! Super excited to see them in action! And that was such a nice gift for Gareth. It turned out just lovely, and having it in that box was so nice! Gonna miss the dude on the channels, bit he's going to kill it no matter what!

You might just have shown me something that now will potentially go onto my christmas wishlist. That mini for Gareth came out so cool.

Im an Army painter speed paint boy and I feel the Valejjo stuff looks like the lighter end of the colours spectrum does not pop, maybe to eye its better but Imma stick with my speedys.

@Dragonfire-tn2jg

Жыл бұрын

Yes they look much closer to Green Stuff Worlds dipping inks, and since they come in a 60ml bottle i will stick with GSW.

8:15 this is why I think starting with the dark colour first works better as getting the yellow over the black would make much of a difference.

I really like the look of these for the cloth bits of the models, jenns skirt and especially garreths leather coat turned out really really nice!

I was hoping you'd test it through the airbrush as that's how I tend to use contrast. Well maybe a future video for you.

@Deus888

Жыл бұрын

Why put contrast paints with an airbrush? The paint doesn't get into crevices this way, unlike when put with a brush. It might be good as a filter / glaze on flat surfaces, though.

@Stevie28

Жыл бұрын

@@Deus888 because you use undershading. You don't let the Paint to the Work but do it yourself then let the P Paint assist. Because contrast is transparent it works really good. I do it all the time. Plus with an Airbrush you get a smoother Finish compared to applying it via brush

@Deus888

Жыл бұрын

@@Stevie28 contrast paints are also translucent when put with a regular brush. Finish looks better with an airbrush though.

@Isfrael

Жыл бұрын

@@Deus888 granted it isn't the intended use of contrast paints but it certainly is a benefit. Given their translucency and consistency they act like inks but apply like paint through an airbrush allowing you to take full advantage of underpainting. For a better idea of how well they work, I recommend watching Vince Venturella's Hobby Cheating video on painting big monsters (episode 309 of his hobby cheating series)

@Crushanator1

Жыл бұрын

It's just like using an airbrush and ink to do tinting. It looks good but definitely the "contrast" part of the paint doesn't do much, and if you're using an airbrush you're likely mixing in your own additives, so I don't see what the hype is. I guess it's premixed, but basically any of the existing contrast style paints will work fine

id be interested to see how these perform through an airbrush, as thats a fairly consistent way to get good gradients that still match any shading when done with contrast paints

@tomaspuodziukynas5361

Жыл бұрын

I dont think airbrush is good express paint aplicator. You need wet puddle where paint can distribute itself and sink in recess areas leaving highligted areas pigmentless.

@mikeyallen6758

Жыл бұрын

I know its not the intended method, but contrast paints are great for preserving any values you get from zenithal highlights and other stuff. Would be interesting to see if the express paints function similarly

I would like to see this test again without the wet pallet. I didn't use one when I tested a couple of the colors and had different results. I had a dark blue and velvet red and they went on with a punch of color. I think your thinning in the wet pallet changed your results.

@chrisrobin4962

Жыл бұрын

exactly my thought. too bad they missed this :)

wound have loved to see what it looked like on black primer or a couple darker primers and base colors

idk, seemed like these colors were on the dull and flat side compared to contrast more vibrant colors.

@TabletopTime

Жыл бұрын

You can achieve the same result in an extra layer, with more control. They are different tools with different leans

@Attan20

Жыл бұрын

@@TabletopTime I see! I’d love to see a more in-depth comparison, especially on GW minis, I am curious.

One of my curiosities with Express Paint was how they'd behave over metallics. I was told the result might disappoint due to their matte finish, but I am happy to see that they do not disappoint. The result looks great. Can't wait for them to become available at my local hobby shops.

@rogthepirate4593

Жыл бұрын

The matte finish does knock the metallics down a bit though. In my tests so far I've drybrushed and/or highlighted some parts again afterwards to keep the metallic look, but then again, that's what you should do anyway.

"Tear it a new one and continue to use it" had me howling

@apollothecoderule.8639

Жыл бұрын

when i heard that i went *woah*

@nitroburninfunnybong4065

Жыл бұрын

reminds me of the Ex

@Aquana19

Жыл бұрын

It's true tho xD same goes for crappy art supplies

It is nice the strength and weaknesses of these paints. They might be fun to try them out

This is just giving Dana Howl more work to do

@euansmith3699

Жыл бұрын

Dana's Skink Army must be about 10,000pts strong already 😄😄😄

6:42 where are these space suit dude miniatures from?

Realy like how it works on big surface. Thanks for the video

I liked the Unit 9 Models you used. I painted the whole series of this month.

What a great video! I wanted to know if you guys thinned them at all or used a contrast medium with them? Do you also see these as a fun one-off paint or will it be something in your mini painting tool belt?

@TabletopTime

Жыл бұрын

Dave - "I would use them long term, filling gaps on colors that require subtlety but using some contrast paints where I wanted saturation. The deep browns of cygor and hard black of black Templar. But generally the reliability and consistency of these lead to less surprises and I prefer a lot of them to contrast"

Love the energy of this, great video, thanks!

This is great, really considering getting these

Thank you for being honest with your opinion. I am excited to try these.

I'm not a fan. All the colors to me look really washed out. They flow a lot but are way too light. They need more pigment. Maybe with multiple coats it would be okay but at that point I would just use layer paint.

awesome video! What kind of models are you painting btw? Can they be found online somehow? Thanks!

The Black seems kinda lacking, if you're trying to get true black armor or something. But the blue hue does look pretty excellent for something like a Xenomorph Tyranid color scheme. Or for NMM.

@sackofpeas2470

Жыл бұрын

It's pretty much perfect for Yu Jing and body suit types surfaces. At least that's what I'll be using my bottle for.

I am so excited for these to come out, I hope they do some new skintone sets, they tend to be my favorite, like army painters onyx color, i haven't tried it but pics look great, then hopefully they do a more bright and vivid red, a more bright turquoise, one that leans more blue, and one that leans more green, and a good blue cyan, maybe a blood for the blood gods like effect, I just got into model painting about 6 months ago, really been loving it, I got so many sets and different paints, so far Vallejo has been my favorite, I love bright vivid color's, also I tried citidel blood for the blood gods, that is amazing, I tried reaper witch is great, they have a red that I love, so bright and beautiful, huge brand is pretty great, but a lot more gel like, it mixes well with other stuff still, oh and P3, they got a perfect shade for a nes jason, witch I painted, I had such a hard time finding the right shade, and it took like a week to finally find that, and I think it is almost perfect, there was a citidel one, and this other brand that had a skull, I forget the name, but the citidel doesn't make that color no more I don't think, an the ones left cost like 70 buck's, and the skull one was quite high as well, there is still some i haven't tried that I definitely want to, like scale 75, but man that price is high, but yeah, I can't wait to try these new Vallejo paints, hopefully they are out soon,

Have y'all tried Army Painter's Speed Paints? Would be cool to see a comparison vid.

What is the robot mini at the start your painting from?

Love the Zuch popping in at 10:28

Where can you buy these paints? i check everywhere and cannot find the xpress paints anywhere

The exact effect I wanted with paints!

The Team's shenanigans in this video are wonderfully chaotic! 😄

I'm looking forward to seeing the Bunny Assassin turn up in the new Cyberpunk campaign. The blending and tinting possibilities with these new paints look petty cool.

Does Vallejo xpress color have a similar deactivation issue seen in Army Painter Speed Paint?

@Kaddith

Жыл бұрын

They don't. I've been using the velvet red for a couple months and have had no reactivation. My first test model was just using a number 2 brush and splashing it on a primaris marine. It came out so well that I plan to do a full army when the paints make it state side.

So how do the new VGC paints compare to the old VGC paints, since they said the changed the formula. I'm wondering if it is as noticeable as the difference between old VGC and VMC.

Good positive review. I use the VGC extensively and have my eye on these coming out in the new year. Was there anything about the paints that you didn't like?

@TabletopTime

Жыл бұрын

It's hard because we were mixed. Dave didn't like the black as a black, because he prefers to either use contrast style paints for rapid painting of paint normally. So if it doesn't do the job in one coat why. Murray loved the lighter pigments even on the black as it allowed control of colour through multiple layers.

@BadgerLovingFluffster

Жыл бұрын

@@TabletopTime I get that. If it is being marketed as a contrast competitor then it should do the same job. I tend to use inks/washes over lighter colours for a similar effect to what Murray mentioned and it would be nice to have a one paint alternative so I can definitely see that merit. Just wondering if it would have the same saturation without TOO much work

The game color xpress is now up in my local stores website but not in stock yet, but they put up the pictures and prices. So 3.48euros are half the price of gw contrast

@Bonesawisready926

Жыл бұрын

Half the price? Hopefully it's as good as the Army painter, just without the water reactivation issues.

@komma8203

Жыл бұрын

@@Bonesawisready926 check out Juan Hedalgo KZread channel, he was a part of the development and has some videos about it, or at least one video about it. And i have the full range of gw contrast, warcolors antíthesi, scalecolor instant potions and the greenstuffworld dipping inks, and i got half the rage of speedpaint, i dont like them much, in my opinion the speedpaint is the least good of all the lines, i do hope they will fix the issus with the reformulation they are doing, i would love it if work properly and that all the 24 old and the 66 new color will not have those issus

@Bonesawisready926

Жыл бұрын

@@komma8203 I like the Speedpaints. For me they are the easiest to wet blend with. Makes painting my Harleys take a fraction of the time. I also have the space for an airbrush and have been varnishing all my minis for years so the reactivation isn't THAT big a deal. I like some contrasts (Mantis Warrior Green is probably my favorite, it's perfect one coat for eye lenses) but I hate the pots and they are overpriced in my opinion.

@komma8203

Жыл бұрын

@@Bonesawisready926 yeh its the most expenciv of them all, but then all the games workshop paints are at the top of the price range pr ml. Its only the Two Thin Coats paints that are as expenciv pr ml as far as i know. And all hobby paints are pretty good, and as long as they work for you and youre way of painting, thats all that matter, they are to much work to use in the way i paint, so i just use another brand.

DAMN IT MORE PAINT I WANT!🤣 Especially that big box it all came in aswell

@euansmith3699

Жыл бұрын

I would want it to have a built-in "smoke" generator; and probably some blue lights.

Lol that was my favourite "it's table top time" 😂

I love the mythbusters feel of this channel.

Great video !! When the Xpress Vallejo will be available ?

Where can i buy this? I cant find it in the states

Vallejo makes great stuff.. here's the problem though.. When I order GW paints, they tend to arrive. Vallejo just kinda shows up when it wants to due to supply issues even now. At least from an FLGS perspective. Keeping True Metal, Model Color or Model Air in stock properly is an effort in futility.

@caseco4979

Жыл бұрын

Maybe that explains why ive never seen the game air silver all the youtubers rave about on the shelf anywhere

@antongunther3977

Жыл бұрын

@@caseco4979 it is the best metallic around. I ended up caving and got it on Amazon. It was pretty worth, but if thats not your thing try to see if any proacryl is in your FLGS its pretty good. Their bronze actually has good coverage

@danielk3832

Жыл бұрын

@@caseco4979 We had an entire rack of the True Metal line not long after lockdown lifted and have yet to ever receive a restock despite repeated attempts. Game/Model color trickle in sporadically.

HOLY HECK THOSE SPYGEAR GOGGLES! I haven't seen those since the early 2000s

What models did you guys use for these? The scifi ones look pretty awesome. I really like that these paints have more of the gradient.

@bernat_pb

Жыл бұрын

Unit9 on Myminifactory ^^ (also patreon if u want to)

@atin8996

Жыл бұрын

@@bernat_pb awesome! Do they ha e any licensed printers?

@bernat_pb

Жыл бұрын

@@atin8996 ​ I own a 3d printer myself so I do not know for sure.

Hi there, where were the 'cyberpunk" chem suite/laboratory minis from they look great , would like to paint some myself

I was thinking that the inner space from your space bear storm raven at mcfarlen scale would be awesome

can you let me know where I can buy these new paints from?

These are interesting will look at them myself.

That red looks super nice

Agh! You guys are the best so amazing and funny and great! Keep it up! Murray is hilarious!

Thank you guys for testing them, I'm REALLY happy you liked them. During the development I was quite nervous because you might like something but are never sure if other people will have your same opinion. It makes me extremely happy to hear all your thoughts. That was a cracker of a video btw, fantastic

@Manuel_Boria

Жыл бұрын

Hey Juan! Pretty excited for this new paint range. The results in this video do seem quite less saturated than what you did on that Blood Bowl Ogre a few months ago. Any idea why that is??

@JuanHidalgoMiniatures

Жыл бұрын

@@Manuel_Boria first not using pure white primer, also probably the color grading on the video.

@Manuel_Boria

Жыл бұрын

@@JuanHidalgoMiniatures Got it! Thanks ^^

Sooo they are more like heavy washes? Ive been using contrast paints thinned like 30%/50% to get these kinds of results. This will be a no brainer for me.

I could listen to you guys say "bottle" all day!🤣 Thanks for the little gem.

I think as Juan Hidalgo also put it, these are an excellent baseline for a paint job. The black definitively need 2 coats, but with 1 coat you can darken another color without using medium..

ANyone have a link to the set they are using?

Enjoy the video nice comparisons. Where can I get the bear model?

Are the paints supposed to be that watery? I have no experience with painting minis, but I have a few for DND that I want to paint and was wondering if I could just add water to acrylic paint to get the same consistency of this paint. Love your videos!!

@HexagonThatReallyLikesVinegar

Жыл бұрын

No, it's not gonna do the same thing. It's gonna either gonna just be thinned down paint, or a weird wash, depending on how much water you add in.

Hello folks. Thank you for a top vid. Do they reactivate at all? The drybrush, did it rear up the surface?

These look great!

Murrey is going crazy in this video and I love it😂

So is this more like the Scale75 instant Colors than contrast? They tend to have less intense pigments and feel more like subtle washes in many cases

@Deus888

Жыл бұрын

I wonder how they are different from Scale75's paints.

@TabletopTime

Жыл бұрын

Dave: hard to put a finger on it, but we have a full set of instant alchemy we never use. But I'll be reaching for these Xpress paints along with contrast for quick paint jobs and RP minis

'Goodness of their hearts' - hmmnhmmmn chucklechuckle.

Love when jazza is in the ttt videos

Jazza Jazza Jazza the Echo at :57

I realy want these!!! When will they be released?

When and where will these be available to the public? Preferably in full sets.

I love the chunky astronaut mini. Can I ask where its from? Thanks.

I would love to see them make a squad out of scans of the people in the offices.

Unit9 mini's, it's awesome to see them!

Any release dates for the sets?

the gift to gareth looked super cool! you forgot the most iomportant question of all, dose it taste any good?

Great stuff friends 👏 👍

The colors look a bit light for my taste. Do they get more vibrant after a couple extra coats?

@TabletopTime

Жыл бұрын

They do, have a closer look at some of the effects Murray and Jazza went for. Dave's approach was one coat on nicely pre prepared, Murray began to play with layers and so did jazza.

@ryandavis4936

Жыл бұрын

@@TabletopTime Yeah the finished minis at the end still had like a colored pencil level of saturation. The only one that really sang with it was that bear, but not a lot of models have so much texture. I do look forward to seeing how its used going ahead because I see it having different main uses than contrast

I have been experimenting with my own set of "contrast" paints which I've made from my own recipes. It's basically a denser wash. It flows into the recesses easily but also clings to the top layer because of the acrylic medium. I have made them from inks, acrylic artist grade paint, oil painta and mica powders. Each type is slightly different and has its own application. I also use airbrush paints both with an airbrush and a brush. It has a very similar consistency to contrast paints and works just as well.

Without the one thick coat option, how is this different than inks + matt medium? Not that ink + matt medium isn't a useful tool, but it's so easy to do at home, that I'm not sure why to buy these as a separate product.

These look exactly like the Scale75 Instant Colors. Slightly weaker pigmentation, less saturated than Contrast. Would you guys say these ranges are largely interchangeable depending on which hues you want?

Even with all that studio equipment and perfect setting, and well-versed miniature painters...those models still look just...meh. I dont know if i should expect more out of speed paints. It just seems they are hyped so much and to say they "murder" citadel contrast...nah. You guys do realize citadel also makes a contrast medium that can thin out theirs just the same as what you found with Vallejo, right?

What were those astronaut looking minis? They looked really cool.

"Let's film this out in the hallway where the acoustics are terrible!" "Sure!"

Any word on the suggested retail prices?

Video 37 of asking for the Thunderbear cavalry that would use the Thunderwolf cavalry statblock. Still in need one of Jazza’s punny names: please help

Hmm, not sure on this range of paints, but maybe its because all of your priming is chalky as hell?

They look more like the istant color of scale75, quite different from the contrast. Cool but they come soooo late in the market , I already own a ton of the competitor product to be interested in the whole ranhe. Still I'm a curios guy and I will try a couple of bottles

While the black seems interesting, they are overall more pastel that think I am interested in.

How does this compare to Army Painter’s Speedpaints?

*me using citadels base paints to paint my models* "Imma headout"

When are they out?

I need to know where those cyberpunk minis come from. They look really cool.

@TabletopTime

Жыл бұрын

Patreon Unit 9

@Nakon-nm5wi

Жыл бұрын

@@TabletopTime Thank you :)

Why is the primer so grainy, this really isn't doing any justice to this type of paint.

@warherd_miniatures

Жыл бұрын

I think it's mostly the layer lines from printing the models

@hadesoil7289

Жыл бұрын

It's the shitty spray paint

@elliespohr

Жыл бұрын

@@warherd_miniaturesThere's certainly plenty of voxel lines but there's obviously also a lot of speckling from shitty rattlecan white primer.

@eyflfla

Жыл бұрын

White tends to be chalky in general. It's also happens more if it's cold out when you prime. ... But I think Australia is in summer now (?)

@RC3117

Жыл бұрын

@@eyflfla cold or wet environments can ruin rattle can paint primers. It was the driving factor for using airbrush primer with a size six needle. Near the same coverage, better volume control, and smooth flat primes.

French Jazza/Murray collab foreshadowed?

These look like they are made for multiple layers to "build up" the vibrancy and shadows instead of a one and done like contrast and speed paints...very interesting, you have my attention Mr. Vallejo.

No

Okay, this is cool. I'm interested in the paints, but I really want to know where the cyberpunk models came from.

@TabletopTime

Жыл бұрын

Unit 09 on patreon

@thedabblingwarlock

Жыл бұрын

@@TabletopTime Thanks!

awesome vid. where are those models from? super cyberpunk. five stars.

You mention them being like a wash or a glaze a couple of times, so is there anything that sets them apart from a regular wash or glaze? Because if not isn’t it a bit disingenuous to compare them with Contrast instead of regular washes and glazes?

@Kaddith

Жыл бұрын

I can say that they can go on in one heavy coat as well. I tested the velvet red and it went on fantastic. I thought it worked better than any of my gw contrast paints.

@notcreativeside

Жыл бұрын

It's being compared to Contrast because Vallejo Express paints are meant to serving the same role or purpose.

Well considering I can't buy Vallejo literally anywhere, I don't really think so