Paints & tools, ToP Tips

ToP Tip: The best bone & beige paints

8 bone and beige paint sample squares from light to dark on a dark background, Stahly's best paint picks for bone miniature paints

Using the Stahly Swatches System, I’ve put together two more colour palettes for you, each with four paints from light to dark. One palete with classic warm bone tones as you know and love them from Citadel / Warhammer Colour, but with better consistency and coverage. And then a somewhat more realistic bone palette that leans more towards beige or warm grey. Check out these essential paint picks.

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Paints & tools, ToP Tips

ToP Tip: The best cold & warm silver paints

8 silver and steel paint sample squares from light to dark on a dark background, Stahly's best paint picks for warm and cold silver metallic miniature paints

Today we’re dusting off the silverware: I’ve brought you two colour quartets featuring my favourite silver paints. One with a neutral-cold undertone, and one with a warmer, more oily steel finish. All share perfect flow and high coverage, making them absolutely essential for any paint collection.

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Paints & tools, ToP Tips

ToP Tip: The best Salamanders 30k & 40k green paints

8 green paint sample squares from light to dark on a dark background, Stahly's best paint picks for Salamanders green

The Salamanders are not only the “poster boy” faction of the current edition of The Horus Heresy, they’ve also recently received a new Combat Patrol and a model for Vulkan He’stan. But like many Legions and Chapters, their heraldic colours have changed over the centuries. In this post, I’m once again rummaging through my paint archive to put together two green palettes for the Salamanders in the 31st and 41st Millennium.

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