They’re also happy to sell you everything else you might need, including their own brushes, craft knife, glue, and even a pot for your water. Their paints are broken up into different types for every step in the aforementioned process, and they provide every color needed to fit their lore without having to mix anything together. Whether you’re following their YouTube videos or using the Citadel app, every single color choice and application method is made for you and doesn’t require any artistic know-how. Apply your base coat, wash, layers, edge highlights, then rinse and repeat for every model in your entire army. Games Workshop tends to steer new Warhammer players into a very specific paint-by-numbers style and method of painting. I’ve personally known people with a similar mindset, and anytime I suggest a product by a different company they act as if I just asked them to shop on the black market. While it was only meant as a lighthearted jab, there’s definitely some truth behind that quote.
Scott from Miniac once jokingly said something along the lines of “People who paint Space Marines are afraid of paint that doesn’t say Citadel on it” in one of his videos (I can’t recall which one). The purpose of this will be to shed some light on the way Games Workshop tends to undervalue the more artistic side of the hobby, how that affects some of their customers, and how you can start making more informed purchases during your next supply run. Their Contrast paints in particular have become a permanent staple in my collection. They genuinely make some great paints, many of which claim a spot on my own shelf. I’ll preface this by saying that I’m not writing an anti-GW post telling you to stop buying their products.
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