"New paint idea from GW" Topic

So there isn't much to go on as to what this will be. I'm wondering if it isn't going to be some sort of pre-paints. At any rate the preview is worth watching for some clever marketing.

YouTube link

I'm thinking 'airbrush'… purely because it is an addition to the paint range, not the miniatures range.

Interesting.

I'm not sure an airbrush would fix things. If GW deemed Gray plastic an issue, they could just use more coloured plastic, like they sometimes do. An airbrush would just give the shelves an odd rainbow effect. Not really solving the problem.

I may suspect a multi paint. Something that goes on in one layer, but gives a shade and highlight. Or GW offering a painting service. In that vain, Pics may be onto it, as I have been expecting prepaints from them for years. The only hold up is the money they make from selling paints.

I can imagine some parental frustration: "Mummy, what does fifty shelves of grey mean?" Or worse if they start googleing it.

Interesting.

A new painting tool to make painting easier, seems to be the buzz.

3d painter like a 3d printer? Put in a sprue, download the colour scheme, or use an app to create your own, load some paints, Press a button, Wham bam? Then assemble and marvel at just how unartistic skynet is?

The video ends with "Grey no more" so I don't think it's a stretch to guess that all models in future will be released in variously coloured plastic?

On edit: I take that back … coloured sprues don't really have anything to do with painting …

Perhaps new colour sprays in response to Vallejo?

I'm thinking colored plastic, too. Blue Space Marines, Green Orcs, etc. so younger gamers don't have to paint.

She asks if they are supposed to be painted. It does not say the new product has anything to do with paint. They just won't be grey. It suggests to me that no, they don't have to be painted, because they may come in other colors.

And perhaps pre washed.

But, then why the paint logo?

What about full figure water slide decals? With all their Digital hoo haa, that would be possible. Unlike coloured plastic, they would still make a buck.

They have been doing quite a bit of pre colored plastic as of late. I would guess too that is the idea behind this.

As some who used to mix the color into plastic before being molded. I can tell you this takes very little effort and not much more cost than grey, which is an added color already.

On the Adepticon preview, they say:
"… soon, we'll be adding something huge to our paint range that's going to make painting your models even simpler."

andy

This is GW. Colored sprues, copyrighted decals. Possibly a blatant ripoff of Army Painter.

And, of course, all the paints will be renamed, and some of them slightly off so you can never quite match the old figures.

They might be using the same technique Bandai uses for their Gundam kits :

when they say grey no more I think you could rephrase that as unpainted no more

I think Patrick has it correct.
Multicolored sprues so you just glue them together and play with your new colorful army.

Pre colored sprues was something GW used to do back in the days of Rogue Trader and the early boxed games with included figures

I'm just glad GW have a sense of humor again. Great teaser ad.

Hardly new though, Matchbox kits were in two colour plastic so they didn't have to be painted IIRC.

Or it could be a new range of colored primers…

The main thing to remember when trying to pick an answer is, how will GW make money out of it?

There must be a ratio of figures to paint/brushes that they sell. Possibility Close to 2:1 if not more like 1:1 in dollars spent.

Free plastic colour or sprue or figure pre paint will cost them money in lost paint sales. We all know most kids, and adults, would not paint figures if they were pre coloured in some elaborate way. In the cases I just mentioned, prices of the figures would have to go up to off set the loss of paint revenue.

Decals can be sold, as with a crazy painting machine, spray paints or air brush (and associated special paints), or even my multi paint idea. In these cases figure prices can stay the same as these products can make their own money.

Remember GW = Money.

I am leaning towards multi coloured sorues, perhaps washed also, as it does involve paint. And the expected price hike.

But that does not fit with what Andy Skinner mentioned earlier. It has to be a new painting product. Arruugh.

"adding something huge to our paint range" suggests an addition to the paint range, to me…

Maybe they will have pints and even quarts of paint for terrain and wargame table painting. Those containers would be huge…

Tartan paint.

Scented paint sets for each army.

Also Nurgle figures go on sale!

Somehow I don't think GW will be giving bulk prices on paint. Larger pots, maybe, for a price.

My money is on something akin to the Army Painter method, possibly in conjunction with a reissue of their spray gun or some sort of airbrush. They do have an airbrush colour range after all

They're probably planning a major press announcement on Monday… that's my guess

Possibly a blatant ripoff of Army Painter

What is there to ripoff from Army Painter?

Which is just a ripoff of minwax

If GW took the approach of teaching/espousing simple block painting, followed by The Dip/Magic Wash techniques, they would seriously improve the public appearance of their games and models. They might actually be painted beyond primer, or one-color-only armies fielded on the tabletop…

Block painting, followed by The Dip/Magic Wash techniques, would create a much better visual image to all onlookers. It would also encourage painting models to a presentable level -- achievable by nearly everyone, as it takes modest skill to achieve decent results, at arm's length. And this approach is fast, too. All of this, will encourage beginners to press on to the finish line, painting their entire armies.

While I think most gamers are repulsed by these painting techniques, it would lift GW games to a much higher standard than they are at now. The table appeal to passers-by, would jump to a higher level, dramatically.

Just my thoughts. Cheers!

GW have produced a ton of easy to follow painting guides with which one can get an army done pretty quickly. They produce spray paints in the colours of their primary armies to get the base coat done quickly and very easily.

I don't think anything else they can do will encourage people to paint their figures. You could literally put out a paint that was called White Scars White and when applied to a miniature magically painted it with shaded white armour, metal gun and red trim on the shoulder pads and many of these people still wouldn't do it.

They don't care. They aren't in it for the look of it. You can look at the random pieces of terrain they put on the table to see how little they care about the aesthetics of it. Their concern is the game, points values and beating their opponent. Not that they are necessarily cut-throat, but the game is the thing for them, not creating a visually appealing miniature battle on the table top.

Hell, I've seen some of them just put bases down for a unit with a couple of figs assembled to show what the unit is.

"Hell, I've seen some of them just put bases down for a unit with a couple of figs assembled to show what the unit is."

Now, now, let's leave Mantic out of this.

I guess that's the problem they may be trying to solve, how to get nonpainters to paint their army, especially when they just don't care. A new product for established painters may not be the case here.

Spot on about painting guides, even without them, anyone could slap on a few colours, if they wanted to.

It must be precoloured or prepainted, but how could that be a paint product? A paint product requires effort and at least minor expence, not something for the reluctant painter.

Seen mention of pens to colour your figs. That sounds suspiciously like a paint product that would allow non painters to colour their armies in a quick and fun manner. It would also be a new and different product for GW. This is my new Tip.

Yes, to some people the figures are just tokens in the game.
They would probably be fine with chits or printed fold over pictures.

Then there are others want to try stuff out. Different stuff every couple of weeks. They don't have the time to assemble and paint everything they buy. They intend painting their stuff. Some time.

There's other people who assemble and paint. They just paint as quickly as they can that still ticks the box says they can only play with a Painted Army.

They're not bad people. They just have different priorities.

I can see why there's a market for pre painted miniatures.

Looks like it is going to be an airbrush.