Citadel Layer Paints are water-based acrylic paints designed to add depth, highlights and refined colour transitions to your miniatures after the base colours have been applied. They feature a smoother, slightly thinner consistency than Citadel Base Paints, allowing for controlled layering, blending and gradual colour build-up without obscuring fine details. Each colour is formulated with carefully balanced pigment to provide vibrant results while still remaining easy to thin for techniques such as edge highlighting, glazing and feathering.  

Layer Paints are intended to be used over fully dry basecoats, combining to create natural highlights, subtle shading shifts and more realistic finishes on Warhammer 40,000 and Age of Sigmar models. Their compatibility with plastic, resin and metal miniatures ensures consistent performance across all Citadel painting stages. They also integrate perfectly with other Citadel paint types, making them a key element of the complete painting system.

These paints dry quickly, clean up easily with water and offer a high level of control for both beginners and advanced painters. Whether you are adding crisp highlights to armour, building up smooth skin tones or refining colour transitions, Citadel Layer Paints provide the precision and vibrancy needed for polished, professional-looking results.