Citadel Colour Base paints are your “get coverage fast” workhorses — high pigment, smooth application, and solid colour in fewer coats. They’re built for laying down the foundation of your scheme (armour panels, cloth blocks, big surfaces) before you shade and highlight. Use them over a good primer, keep coats thin, and you’ll get bold, consistent colour without clogging all the lovely detail.
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Citadel Colour Base paints are the backbone of your paint collection: high-pigment, strong-coverage colours made to lay down a solid foundation fast. They’re built to go over primer smoothly, giving you an even, reliable basecoat that makes everything after it—shading, layering, highlighting—work better.
If you’re painting armour panels, big cloth areas, vehicles, monsters… anything with lots of surface to cover, Base paints save time and frustration. They also help your colours stay bold and consistent, so your scheme looks intentional rather than “I tried my best and the paint tried to escape.”
For best results, keep it simple: prime first, thin your paint slightly, and apply two light coats instead of one heavy one. You’ll get clean coverage without burying all that lovely sculpted detail.
Frequently Asked Question
Base paints are designed to give strong, even coverage quickly—ideal for your first solid colour layers over primer.
Yes, usually a little. Thin coats go on smoother and preserve detail; two thin coats beats one gloopy one every time.
You can, but you shouldn’t. Use primer first for better adhesion, durability, and a more consistent finish.
Base paints are higher pigment for coverage; Layer paints are thinner for highlights and building up colour over your basecoat.
Don’t overload the brush, thin slightly, and apply in multiple light coats—if it’s pooling, you’re using too much paint.