New Citadel Paints (Was Gossip - GW paints to be discontinued in march)

[xxRavenxx]

Apparently they are doing a "drastic refurbishment" to the range, with many colours changing or vanishing.

Till march, paints can be ordered in singles by retailers, so we can run down our stock.

[EmperorNorton]

This is getting really tiresome.
It feels like they have to mess with their range of paints at least twice a year without any apparent reason.

[castellanash]

So the people who use the colours they'll inevitably get rid of are meant to do what exactly?

[jack da greenskin]

Don't really bother me, I've just started to move to vallejo :')

[Griefbringer]

So the people who use the colours they'll inevitably get rid of are meant to do what exactly?

Run to the closest store and stock up with a half dozen pots of each colour to be discontinued? That would at least make some retailers happy.

[evilbeetles]

I personally can't wait to see what new colors come about. Also when/if some of my fav colors vanish I will just order Vallajo Game Color

[Max Jet]

So the people who use the colours they'll inevitably get rid of are meant to do what exactly?

Do what they should have done a long time ago?

Go here?

http://www.maelstromgames.co.uk/inde...re=hob-cda-fcl

[Goat of Yuggoth]

That's it, I'm moving to vallejo solely bar for the washes.

Cheers,
Goatey

[Napalm]

Well, I think except foundation & washes, I'll go to coat of arms too...
I juste HATE when they remove some paint. What's the point of removing 5-6 colours? How much do they win by doing this?
In 10 years there will only be black, white, scorched brown, greenskin, ultramarine blue & blood angel red in the mega paint set

[Sureshot05]

Oh dear, the last time I did this I stocked up on Midnight blue (still got my last two pots left of the four) but I suspect that this will push more players towards Vallejo. I've been slowly migrating depending on when I need new colours. If a large mass go missing I'll just switch completely to avoid the constant rejiggery!

However, generally GW's new painting products are quite good (if a bit too small) so I hope that maybe we'll see something special again. Liquid green stuff, washes, and the foundations (thank the Emperor for the yellow! ) are all excellent products to have evolved from their lines.

[Chaos and Evil]

They generally remove paints that aren't selling well, regardless of their hobby utility.

[ColShaw]

They generally remove paints that aren't selling well, regardless of their hobby utility.

In previous losses of paint range, I lost Brazen Brass (the primary metallic color of my High Elves), Beaten Copper (primary metallic for my Vampire Counts), all the inks (used Brown Ink and Chestnut Ink a lot), and some others I can't even think of at the moment. This actually discouraged me from adding units to the armies which had lost paint colors. Good work, GW.

Sigh.

[Art Is Resistance]

I never understood why they removed brazen brass - it was such a versatile metallic.

Still, with others on here - move to Vallejo on the whole a while ago.

[6mmhero]

Brazen Brass has gone......when did this happen? Has it been that long since I last brought a pot of that paint?
I started the move to vallejo a while ago, not for any reason other than I like some of the different shades etc. I even have some foundry paints that I use and they are very good for certain things.

It could just be an entire change of the pot that they are in rather than paints being removed etc.

[mattjgilbert]

The washes and foundation paints are mostly what I use now so I'd be upset if they changed (although there are alternatives). For the rest I've also started to swap to Vallejo paints - I'll just use up what I have of GW and replace them with Vallejo equivalents.

[Jericho]

Citadel Foundation, Washes and Metallics + P3 everything else = win. Aside from a few colors that I really like, or the really basic colors that P3 doesn't make (ie. Codex Grey) I am not worried anymore. Citadel paints are too expensive and I hate the bottles, so good riddance... if it's true, anyway.

And besides, GW already discontinued all their best colors (Brazen Brass, Scaly Green, the GOOD orange...), so who needs 'em

Side note, I hear P3 metallics got better since their initial release, so if that's true then another win for P3. I just didn't like the feel/texture of their metallics, and they separated out on me (badly) after sitting for a few months.

[SugarShark]

I found an old Citadel paint pot and it was 20ml, the current range is only 12ml
where's my pink!

[Scrotrot]

I can't understand why they keep shrinking their range and other companies seem to be expanding.

[Ravenous]

This is getting really tiresome.
It feels like they have to mess with their range of paints at least twice a year without any apparent reason.

Probably to tack on a price hike too.

Guess I should get my bubonic brown before it disappears...

Well, I think except foundation & washes, I'll go to coat of arms too...
I juste HATE when they remove some paint. What's the point of removing 5-6 colours? How much do they win by doing this?
In 10 years there will only be black, white, scorched brown, greenskin, ultramarine blue & blood angel red in the mega paint set

Quite a bit actually, the top money makers (as in everything including models) for GW are Chaos black and Skull white.

[Lars Porsenna]

Thing about Vallejo game color is that it sucks (yes IMHO). Last time GW did this I invested heavily into the VGC line, and ended up tossing the bunch. But I know the feeling: I used to use Jade Green for the uniforms for my Palmyrans (historical army...I have them in both 25mm and 15mm!), and that was axed in the last round of cuts.

I may re-invest in Coat d'Arms, but it won't be easily as I'm pretty heavily invested in GW paints, and I know how they "work..."

Damon.