This makes them also excellent for glazing, as you can easily create gradients by glazing multiple layers of thinned Xpress Colors on top of each other. This means you can add additional highlights or layers of paint without worrying of Xpress Colors bleeding through, and easily cover up any mistakes with your base colour.
One of my favourite aspects is that, like Contrast, dried Xpress Colors won’t reactivate when you paint over them with another layer of Xpress Color or Contrast, and they won’t reactivate when painting over with acrylic paints or a wet brush either. Personally, the mattness doesn’t bother me too much because I always varnish my models at the end, which brings all colours back to the same finish. Many painters prefer a matt finish, but keep in mind that applying these over a metallic paint will dull the metallic sparkle. More matte than most Contrast paints for sure. The finish of dried Xpress Colors is quite flat, similar to Green Stuff World Dipping Inks. The downside is that it can take 15 minutes or more for a thick layer to dry completely, which can slow down the painting process somewhat. Most Contrast paints dry rather quickly, so it is easy to leave visible brush strokes and marks with them, but not so much with Xpress Colors, which is good. The drying time is longer than with Contrast paints, so you have more time to move the paint around before it starts to settle. I found they need a good shaking for the best results, otherwise, they might dry slightly glossy.
The first thing I noticed is that the consistency of Xpress Colors is quite similar to Contrast paints, so they are not as runny as Speedpaint yet they settle very evenly on the model. And they also have a competitive price, with an RRP of 3.50 3.95 Euro for 18 ml of paint they’re much cheaper than Citadel’s Contrast paints, and on par with The Army Painter’s Speedpaints.īefore I take a closer look at all 23 colours and compare them to their Citadel counterparts in one of my popular hand-painted colour swatches, I first want to find out whether Xpress Colors can live up to their promises.
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