Games Workshop’s New Paint Range; Warhammer Tone Pro
September 21, 2026 by brennon
Another of the big announcements from Games Workshop during the recent Warhammer Preview was that they are bringing out a new range of paints. Warhammer Tone Pro drops thirty different colours into the Citadel range, alongside five different tones.
Warhammer Tone Pro // Games Workshop
The Warhammer Tone Pro range brings thirty different colours to the Citadel range with five tones each. The tones are numbered from one to five, with one being the darkest and five being the lightest. This allows you to build up different shade and highlight layers in the right order without having to do too much thinking beyond picking the right pot.
This isn't particularly new in the world of painting. The Army Painter has been doing this with their Warpaint Fanatic range for a while and there are plenty of other companies doing something similar too. However, this is the first time that Games Workshop has dipped its toe into this way of painting.
Warhammer Tone Pro Paints // Games Workshop
Games Workshop has also mentioned that the new Tone Pro paints have been formulated for great coverage within one or two coats. Again, this isn't new as other painting companies are currently doing this, but it means if you're a fan of Citadel paints, you'll have a much easier time of working with problem colours like yellow and white.
Warhammer Tone Pro Paints // Games Workshop
Warhammer Tone Pro Paints // Games Workshop
The pigmentation is also meant to be tip-top, so you should be getting the best out of each of these colours, however you approach your painting. In that same vein, Games Workshop has said that Tone Pro has been designed for those who enjoy employing different painting techniques. If you're a glazer, a blender or a drybrusher, you should be able to get something new out of this.
This sits alongside a new Shading Medium, which turns any of these paints into a Shade for your miniatures and a Blending Medium, which extends drying times so you can take more time getting the blend just right.
The proof will be in the painting pudding but to aid that, Warhammer stores around the world will get their first pots of Warhammer Tone Pro in their hands from Saturday 26th September so you can sit down and have a demo. Additionally, a few content creators have already had the chance to use these paints and their thoughts are available on social media. Do a search on YouTube or Instagram and you'll pretty quickly find their videos.
It should be noted that this Tone Pro range isn't replacing the current range of paints. This will sit alongside that range, so you'll just have even more choice.
What do you think? Could Warhammer Tone Pro be for you?
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But I’m just an amateur! These paints are for PROS!
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It seems to me like they just decided to copy the Army Painter Triads (which can include up to 6 paints).
Yeah it is seemingly just their Triad system/Warpaint Fanatics but for Citadel’s range. The paints might be better in quality but would have to use them to see if that rings true.
I probably have enough paints to last me a decade with Speed, Contrast, Air and ‘normal’ paints.
I thought that Wagames Foundry were the first to market this idea of 3 paints of the same hue.
https://www.wargamesfoundry.com/pages/the-foundry-paint-system
Agreed – but not many people even remember WF much anymore, sadly.
Pretty sure Dulux have been doing it even longer than Wargames foundry… But yeah, wargames foundry have been doing colour triads for a very long time – way longer than Army painter. I have never tried their paints though so I don’t actually know what they’re like to use.
Even if these bring them upto my top 3/5 paint range level, the bottles mark them down. Also some one has done numbers on the prize and it seems £4 a pot so 33% more expensive than fanatic for 33% less paint if these are still 12 ml. Hardly a deal
GW and deal have never been mentioned in the same sentence …
I moved from GW to Vallejo, and then on to AK Gen3 (which was a LOT better than their Gen2). Now I use the AK primarily.
Yeah I am mainly army painter fanatic, ak 3rd gen and monument. After that MIG ATOM and vallejo particularly the tmm paints
@dags Vallejo true metallics are brilliant. Using 90+% alcohol to clean is a thing, but the finish is worth it. Little access to MiG over here in Canada. There was a shop in Vancouver that had ALL the AK Gen3 in something like 5 massive racks. I spent a lot getting my colours swapped from Vallejo to AK.
Buying anything from Games Workshop is going to be a bad deal.
There you go. Deal and GW in the same sentence…
The entire system seems designed to generate more sales, it seems theres some very close overlaps in the colour tones, but in different “extended-triads” clearly copying the army painter fanatic system while trying to be slighty different.
Same shocking pot design that almost intentionally causes paints to dry up so you buy more and im expecting these to still be 12ml while costing a bunch more.
I’m sure these will be much improved over the old paints but given how good the likes of the AP Fanatic line and AK 3G paints are I cant see that alone being enough of a selling point, not when as a system it seems slightly flawed unless you must buy G’Wullas range. I’m sure like all paint ranges there will be a few standouts thats worth considering such as yellows etc. if they cover well.
Otherwise I think I’ll stick to AK, Army Painter Fanatic and the newer Vallejo paints that have dropper bottles.
Waiting fot the “tone pro+” subscription to come out 😀
Not while they’re still using those god awful paint pots. All gets gummed up and won’t close properly.
Agreed. Any GW paints I buy, I re-pot into dropper bottles. Bought bulk on Amazon, they are a life and paint saver. And the GW labels strip off perfectly to go on the droppers.
From the point of view of ease of use and availability I’ll be picking some sets up, especially for blacks, reds and the flesh tones. I’ve tried and own quite a few paint ranges (Tamiya, Vallejo, Mig Atom, Hataka, Humbrol, Lifecolor and Foundry) but tend to use GW for my mini painting. My biggest gripe was remembering their triads from all the different names. So for me, these will be very useful. As for the pots, yup they can be prone to drying out but that’s not a huge issue as I clean them.