A paint set is the easiest way to start painting miniatures or to fill out your collection without picking paints one bottle at a time. Here you'll find Vallejo sets: 4-colour BSL sets for one specific colour, 8 and 16-colour sets, the Squidmar sets, the Xpress Color starter, TMM metals and cases with complete ranges. There are also Artis Opus brush sets and drybrushing brushes.
Below we explain which set to go for, depending on what you paint and how experienced you are.
| Set | What's inside | Who it's for |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction Set, 16 colours | 16 Game Color paints, including 4 metallics | Getting started on fantasy minis |
| Xpress Color Starter | Xpress Color for one-coat painting | Painting armies fast |
| Squidmar Essential | Core colours picked by Squidmar | Starting out with his tutorials |
| 4-colour BSL sets | One colour in base, shadow and highlight | Filling in one specific colour |
| 8-colour sets | Skin tones, inks or metallics | One technique or theme |
| Advanced and Specialist 16 | Colours for subtle highlights and shading | Levelling up |
| Squidmar FX, Fantasy and Dark Future | Effects, fluorescents and themed colours | Effects and specific styles |
| TMM 4 colours | True Metallic Metal paints | Realistic metals |
| Paint cases | Complete ranges in a case | Painters who are already serious about it |
Brush sets
The Game Color 16-colour Introduction Set or the Squidmar Essential set. If you want to paint fast, the Xpress Color Starter Set. Add a fine-tipped brush and some primer.
Base, Shadow and Light. Vallejo groups its colours into matching trios, so you know which shadow and which highlight go with each base colour.
When you're starting out, a set works out cheaper and guarantees colours that go together. Once you know what you use most, single bottles let you fill the gaps.
The Introduction set covers the basics. The Advanced and Specialist sets add tones for highlights, shadows and smoother transitions.
Vallejo sets put together with Squidmar Miniatures, a painter with loads of video content. There's an Essential set, a Fantasy set, a sci-fi set and a Special FX set.
Yes. You paint them just like a plastic mini, as long as the print has been washed, cured, degreased and primed.
For standard metallics, the Game Color set of 8 metallic colours. For more realistic metals, True Metallic Metal, as a 4-colour set or in a case.
It depends on the case. The Foundation Case has the Game Color basics and the TMM case has the complete True Metallic Metal range. Check what's inside on each product page.
The paint sets don't. Brush sets are sold separately, such as Artis Opus Series S, M and D or Vallejo's Dry Brushes.
Shake the bottles before use, close them properly and don't dip your brush into them. Put the paint on a wet palette and it'll dry out much more slowly.
