Miniature and Model Paints

Looking for miniature paints and model paints in Europe? Mr Resin ships from Spain and stocks the Vallejo ranges that get the most use on the painting desk: Game Color, Model Color, Xpress Color, Game Air for the airbrush and the True Metallic Metal (TMM) metallics. Plus everything that goes with them: Vallejo and Artis Opus brushes, primers, varnishes, mediums and auxiliaries, airbrushes, paint sets and Diorama FX textures for bases.

They are water-based acrylics and work just as well on plastic or metal figures as on 3D printed miniatures in resin or filament. Further down we explain which range to go for, how to prep a 3D print for painting and which auxiliaries are genuinely worth buying.

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Vallejo Game Color collection acrylic paints for miniatures - Mr Resin

Vallejo Game Color Paints

Vallejo Model Color

Vallejo Xpress Color collection single-step paints for miniatures - Mr Resin

Vallejo Xpress Color Paints

Vallejo Game Air collection airbrush paints for miniatures - Mr Resin

Vallejo Game Air Airbrush Paints

Vallejo TMC True Metallic Metal collection for miniatures - Mr Resin

Vallejo TMM True Metallic Metal

Vallejo paint sets with brushes included for miniatures - Mr Resin

Miniature Paint Sets

Vallejo Cases: Complete Range Sets

Brushes collection for miniature painting - Mr Resin

Miniature Paint Brushes

Wet palettes and accessories collection for miniature painting - Mr Resin

🔹 Wet Palettes & Accessories Collection

Primers collection for miniatures and scale modeling - Mr Resin

Miniature Primer

Vallejo varnishes collection for miniature protection - Mr Resin

Miniature Varnish

Vallejo painting auxiliaries and airbrush collection for miniatures - Mr Resin

Paint Mediums, Thinners and Airbrush Supplies

Airbrush collection for miniature painting and modeling - Mr Resin

Airbrushes for Miniatures, Scale Models and 3D Prints

Vallejo Diorama FX collection textures and effects for dioramas - Mr Resin

Vallejo Diorama FX: realism made easy

Which Vallejo paint to choose: Game Color, Model Color, Xpress Color or Game Air

All four are water-based acrylics and you can mix them with each other. What changes is what each one is made for.

Game Color is the range for fantasy, sci-fi and wargaming miniatures. Saturated colours, a matt finish and a new self-levelling formula that leaves hardly any brush marks. It's laid out in base, shadow and light trios, so you don't have to guess which shade goes on top of which. The range also covers washes, inks, fluorescents, metallics and the Special FX for blood, rust and verdigris.

Model Color is the classic: 192 opaque colours with an ultra-matt finish and more natural tones. It's the one you want for military modelling, historical figures and scale kits, because it comes with RAL, RLM and FS equivalents. In the shop it's split across two product pages by colour number.

Xpress Color paints and shades in one coat. Put it over a white or grey primer and it pools in the recesses, so the detail comes out on its own. If you've got an army of forty minis waiting, this is the one that'll save you. Xpress Color Intense is the same idea with more saturated colours, and Xpress Medium lets you lighten it without losing the effect.

Game Air is the Game Color palette made up for the airbrush: it's ready to load straight from the bottle, no thinning.

Not sure where to start? Fantasy and wargaming: Game Color. Historical and scale models: Model Color. Short on time: Xpress Color. And if you already use an airbrush, Game Air for the big areas.

Set de pinturas Vallejo by Squidmar Essential Paint Set 72201 - miniatura incluida- Mr Resin

How to paint a resin or filament 3D print

A resin-printed miniature paints just like a plastic one, but it needs proper prep or the paint will lift. This is the order that works:

1. Wash and fully cure. Clean off the excess resin with isopropyl alcohol and cure the part until it's no longer tacky. If any uncured resin is left, the primer won't grip.

2. Remove the supports and sand. Sand off the support marks and fill gaps or seam lines with plastic putty.

3. Degrease. Warm water with a little soap, rinse and leave to dry. That gets rid of grease from your fingers and any residue from washing.

4. Prime. With the 400 ml spray primer, from 20-25 cm away in light passes, leaving 10 to 15 minutes between coats. If you prefer an airbrush or a brush, Vallejo primer in a bottle is thinned 10-20% for the airbrush and sprayed at 15-20 PSI. We can only ship aerosols within Spain, so if you're ordering from elsewhere, the bottled primer is the one to get.

5. Paint. Several thin coats beat one thick one. If the paint is clogging the detail, it's too thick.

6. Varnish. Especially if the model is going to be handled during games.

Filament prints (PLA, PETG) need more sanding, because the layer lines show through the paint. Sand, fill with putty and give it two coats of primer. If you're not printing yet, have a look at our resin 3D printers, resins and filaments. And if you just want the figure, makers can print it for you through our custom 3D printing service.

Primer, varnish and the auxiliaries you'll actually use

Primer. White if you're using Xpress Color or light, bright colours. Black for dark models and metallics. Grey if you're not sure, because it forgives almost anything. You'll find them all under primers.

Varnish. Polyurethane varnish, like the polyurethane matt varnish, is the hardest-wearing, and the one to use on gaming pieces that pass through a lot of hands: touch dry in an hour, second coat after 24 hours. The permanent varnishes are the long-standing choice for display pieces. Matt to kill the shine, satin or gloss for puddles, eyes and gems.

Auxiliaries. Of all the painting auxiliaries, three get used the most. Retarder slows the drying time so you can blend colours on the miniature. Glaze medium is for building up transparent layers. And liquid mask covers areas before you airbrush. If you like weathering, chipping medium gives convincing chips on vehicles and armour.

Vallejo paint ranges compared

Range	Best for	How to apply	Vallejo codes
Game Color	Fantasy, sci-fi and wargaming miniatures	Brush. For the airbrush, thin it or use Game Air	72.xxx
Model Color	Historical and military modelling, figures and scale kits	Brush	70.xxx
Xpress Color	Fast painting: colour and shade in one coat	Brush or airbrush, over a white or grey primer	72.4xx
Game Air	Game Color colours made for the airbrush	Airbrush, no thinning needed	76.xxx
True Metallic Metal	Realistic metallics with base, highlight and shade	Brush (Base, Light, Shade) and airbrush (Airbrush)	77.xxx
Liquid Metal	Very high-shine metal	Brush or airbrush, thinned with isopropyl alcohol	70.79x
Diorama FX	Textures for bases and dioramas	Straight from the pot; dry gravel needs a fixer	26.xxx

Brush or airbrush: what to paint with

Brushes. You don't need an expensive brush to start with. The Vallejo synthetic Detail brushes, from 10/0 to 4, or the BeBasic 5-brush pack will see you through the learning curve. When you want to sharpen up eyes and fine lining, the real step up is natural hair: the Vallejo Pro Modeler or Artis Opus. The Artis Opus Series S are Kolinsky sable, handmade in the UK, and hold their point even in the bigger sizes. The Series M have shorter hair and give you more control for layering and glazing. And the Series D are round-headed drybrushes, used with the dampening pad. One tip: don't use your good brush for metallics or drybrushing. You'll find them all under brushes, Artis Opus and Vallejo Hobby Brushes.

Wet palette. If half your paint ends up drying on the palette, the Vallejo wet palette keeps it fresh for the whole session. It comes with two sponges, 30 sheets of paper and an extra magnetic palette.

Airbrush. For priming, smooth shading gradients or painting vehicles and large parts, it saves a huge amount of time. We have the EasyAir, the Profinish and the Innovator, plus the AS186 compressor, with a 3-litre air tank, which switches itself on and off between 3 and 4 bar. Game Air goes straight in. Other paints are thinned with airbrush thinner, no more than 25%, and flow improver helps stop them drying on the nozzle. When you've finished, airbrush cleaner and, if you can, a cleaning station.

frontal de la caja de Vallejo Inspiration Color Set de pinturas 72182 - Mr Resin

Paint sets and cases: the cheapest way to build up your colours

Buying single pots works out dearer than buying a set, and in a set the colours already go together. The Game Color 4-colour sets come in families (pale skin, tanned skin, leather, greens, reds…) and are perfect for filling the gaps in your collection. The 8-colour sets group metallics, skin tones or inks, and the 16-colour sets (intro, advanced and specialist) give you a full collection in one go.

If you want a method to follow, the Color BSL System by Ángel Giráldez and Pedro González gives you the colours and the book explains how to use them. The Squidmar sets, such as the Essential or the Special FX, were designed by Squidmar together with Vallejo and are built around his painting styles. For speed painting, there's the Xpress Color Starter Set.

And if you're serious about it, the complete range cases, like the Game Color Foundation Case, give you the whole range in its own case. Everything is in one place under paint sets.

Metallics and bases: TMM, Liquid Metal and Diorama FX

True Metallic Metal (TMM) is the metallic range that works best on miniatures. There are 20 metal families, each with four pots: Base, Light for the highlights, Shade (a satin shading colour with no metal in it) and Airbrush for the airbrush. The TMM 4-colour set lets you try the system, and the True Metallic Metal book shows you how to get the most out of it.

Liquid Metal is a different beast: 8 alcohol-based metals in 35 ml bottles, with a very high shine that looks brilliant on polished parts and weapons. It's thinned and cleaned only with isopropyl alcohol and it's flammable, so use it with the window open.

Diorama FX are the textures for bases and dioramas: earth, thick mud, water, foam and gravel in several sizes and colours. Dry gravel is glued down with terrain fixer 26322. A well-made base completely changes how the figure looks, and it's one of the easiest things to paint.

Miniature paints: frequently asked questions

Water-based acrylic over a primer. Vallejo Game Color for fantasy and wargaming, Model Color for historical figures and scale models, and Xpress Color if you want to paint fast. The paint matters less than the prep: the print needs to be washed, fully cured and primed.

Yes. Primer is what gives the paint something to grip, so it doesn't rub off when you handle the model. Before that, the print has to be washed in isopropyl alcohol, fully cured and degreased with soap and water.

Model Color has more natural tones and an ultra-matt finish, with RAL, RLM and FS equivalents for military modelling. Game Color is more saturated and aimed at fantasy and sci-fi miniatures. You can mix the two.

A paint that gives you colour and shading in a single coat. It goes over a white or grey primer, settles into the recesses and picks out the detail on its own. It's the quickest way to get a painted army that looks the part.

Yes, thinned with airbrush thinner, but no more than 25%. If you'd rather not thin anything, Game Air is the same colours already made up for the airbrush.

With water or Vallejo thinner. For brushwork, 50% thinner at most; through an airbrush, 25% at most. If it dries on the nozzle, add a few drops of flow improver.

White for Xpress Color and light or bright colours. Black for dark models and metallics. Grey if you're not sure, as it works with almost everything.

If you're gaming with them, yes. Polyurethane varnish is the toughest. Matt to kill the shine, satin or gloss for details like eyes, gems or puddles.

Use a wet palette, which keeps paint workable for hours. And if you want more time to blend colours on the model itself, add a few drops of retarder.

A synthetic one with a fine point, like the Vallejo Detail brushes or the BeBasic 5-pack. When you want to tidy up eyes and fine lining, move up to a natural hair brush such as the Artis Opus Series S.

Base, Shadow and Light. Vallejo groups its colours into trios that work together: you lay down the base, shade with the darker tone and highlight with the lighter one. No guessing which colour goes with which.

No. They're water-based acrylics, there's barely any smell and brushes clean up with soap and water. The exception is Liquid Metal, which works with isopropyl alcohol and should be used somewhere well ventilated.

Yes. Sand down the layer lines, fill with putty where needed and give it two coats of primer. From then on it paints like any other miniature.

With Vallejo's Diorama FX textures: earth, mud, water and gravel. Dry gravel is fixed in place with terrain fixer 26322. Then a wash and a drybrush, and you've got a competition-worthy base.

Yes. We ship paints, brushes and auxiliaries from Spain to Ireland, Portugal, France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Austria and Denmark, and shipping is free on orders over €99. Below that, the cost depends on your country and the weight of the parcel, and you'll see it before you pay. Aerosols such as spray primer and spray varnish are the exception: we can only ship those within Spain.