Here is a paint chart compareing Vallejo to GW.
This will be helpful since gw is discotinuing a few colors

Vallejo Colours
Games Workshop Colours

Skull White
Skull White

Pale Flesh
Pallid Flesh

Elf Skintone
Elf Flesh

Bald Moon Yellow
Bad Moon Yellow

Sunblast Yellow
Sunburst Yellow

Gold Yellow
Golden Yellow

Orange Fire
Fiery Orange

Hot Orange
Blazing Orange

Bloody Red
Blood Red

Gory Red
Red Gore

Scar Red
Scab Red

Squid Pink
Tentacle Pink

Warlord Purple
Warlock Purple

Hexed Lichen
Liche Purple

Royal Purple
Imperial Purple

Sick Blue
Nauseating Blue

Stormy Blue
Storm Blue

Night Blue
Midnight Blue

Imperial Blue
Regal Blue

Magic Blue
Enchanted Blue

Ultramarine Blue
Ultramarine Blue

Electric Blue
Lightning Blue

Falcon Turquoise
Hawk Turquoise

Foul Green
Vile Green

Jade Green
Jade Green

Scurf Green
Scaly Green

Dark Green
Dark Angels Green

Sick Green
Snot Green

Goblin Green
Goblin Green

Camouflage Green
Camo Green

Scorpy Green
Scorpion Green

Livery Green
Bilious Green

Bonewhite
Bleached Bone

Dead Flesh
Rotting Flesh

Bronze Fleshtone
Bronzed Flesh

Filthy Brown
Leprous Brown

Scrofulous Brown
Vomit Brown

Plague Brown
Bubonic Brown

Cobra leather
Snakebite Leather

Dwarf Skin
Dwarf Flesh

Parasite Brown
Vermin Brown

Beasty Brown
Beastial Brown

Dark Fleshtone
Dark Flesh

Charred Brown
Scorched Brown

Ghost Grey
Ghostly Grey

Wolf Grey
Space Wolves Grey

Sombre Grey
Shadow Grey

Stonewall Grey
Fortress Grey

Cold Grey
Codex Grey

Chaos Black
Chaos Black

Mithril Silver
Mithiril Silver

Chainmail Silver
Chainmail

Gunmetal Metal
Boltgun Metal

Polished Gold
Shining Gold

Glorious Gold
Burnished Gold

Bright Bronze
Dwarf Bronze

Brassy Brass
Brazen Brass

Hammered Copper
Beaten Copper

Tinny Tin
Tin Bitz

Khaki
Kommando Khaki

Earth
Graveyard Earth

Desert Yellow
Desert Yellow

Yellow Olive
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Terracotta
Terracotta

Tan
Tanned Flesh

Cayman Green
Catachan Green

Smokey Ink
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thanks alot i got the vallejo game color set for christmas so this realy helps

thanks for the help, this will come in handy

Are they the REAL Vallejo names?! That's so cheeky, it makes me smile...

Ive heard Vallejo paints were pretty good; where do I go about purchasing them?

They are yes, I've got Squid Pink and Royal Purple, especially since GW killed Imperial Purple a while ago, and now has a fatwah on Tentacle Pink!

are these paints really worth the extra money they cost?

Thanks alot for the list here. I think they aer worth it judt the fact they are in eye dropers and makes mixing paint that much easyer.

i can get p3 paints that are in eye droppers.....p3 are the privateer press, but i dont like how there colours come out that much

Then sick with Vallejo Colours hehe . They are in Eye dropers also. Atleast the ones in the states are i'd hope they one you have in the UK are to.

OH and as to Shroud's comment about their names; for some reason I remember seeing an accrylic paint in my art class with the label "Ultramarine Blue" and that was a little surprising, and though the vallejo names do seem a bit "cheeky" as brits would put it...

Fortronus im in US.....im from Florida....im insulted ;)

and ok i will order some and give them a try

O sorry about that hehe ya then you'll have np at all

once again thanks for posting this

but my question hasnt been answered yet....whats soo good about these paints that i should pay more for them(wow GW is the cheaper alternitive for onve :D )
do they run alot? do they need to be thinned? mix well, etc....whats so great about them

I dont know personally, but from what Ive seen they have slightly different colors than GW paints, better color quality, and different tones and style. Think foundation paints but...

Well on top of being in the eye dropper they Mix and blend very well. I find they don't dry out like the GW do. meanign you get more paint and it doesn't get every where . Tho i have found that the metal color's are a bit to watared down.

Ultramarine is a just shade of blue my friend, I think Shroud was meaning names like 'Elf Skintone' and 'Wolf Grey'.

@Rogal Dorn - I find Vallejo paints tend to be cheaper than GW, though as you're in the US it may be more expensive for you as GW have a distribution base in the US, but I doubt Vallejo will meaning stores have to order them from Europe. The reason alot of people favour them over the GW paints is for several reasons - firstly they hold their colour much better when watered down, GW paints have a tendency of splitting (pigment leaving the medium) when water is added to them. Also in my experience you tend to get a stronger, more vivid colour which speeds painting without compromising on effect. They also do alot of colours GW no longer does, and is planning on culling - like Imperial Purple (Royal Purple) and Tentacle Pink (Squid Pink).

Anyone know why GW are doing away with their only pink?

Lies! God, I see it now, I feel stupid..well, with my reference to shroud saying vallejo paint names being cheeky, I wasnt including the ultramarine blue paint in that. My lack of proper grammer makes it sound like I was relating the too more than I was, which I admit I was a bit. But yes, I see the ultramarine thing now. Thanks.

You're welcome. :P

thanks for the tips, ill order some and give it a try

They are good to get the colors GW don't make anymore or have never made.

I now nearly exclusively use Vallejo paints, I get mine from EM4 miniatures because they're cheep, do lots of other useful bits and most importantly are amazingly fast, I've never had to wait more than 48hrs for anything from them. Very useful if you want to get on and paint something!

I have the colour chart for their military colours (which I've bought at shows and on ebay so far) would anyone be interested in it? if so I'll post that up.

Also I'd like to say that the Vallejo pots are great, I've never had a leakage or one clog or dry up, all of which I've had with other pot designs.

They want to make the hobby more manly? :lol:

Sounds like they're worried about what will happen if too many girls are attracted into WH by pink space marines? :P

How do they expect us to paint our Slaaneshi Marine's without pink? It just wouldn't be right.

Its a government plot I tells ya, a plot!


Anyone makes any jokes about warriors wearing helmets that are purple will be met with swift, bloody but efficient and damn stylish retribution.

heh heh heh.. purple helmets :P


*runs and hides from Vredesbyrd*

Choose your punishment:

Splapp.

Eldrow Bop

Roundhouse Kick (Chuck Norris styly)

Rising Knee Strike a la Batman.

You forgot the classic HADOUKEN! :lol:

Personally I have always hated pink Slaaneshi Noise Marines. What's wrong with RT leopard print and neon colours, I ask ya...

id pay to see that.....

and i just ordered some paints, i look foward to giving them a try

Personally,I like to do all my Slannesh chaos marines purple,same way I do
Loyal Emp Children like so for instance take my Lucius that's the way
I see him Chaoticly!

Well I can't paint for toffee, so unless you're offering...

Pictures a bit bright, but I much prefer the purple to the pink...

Sorry,It was a bit bright that day,(though in my Chaos army,I still need Typhus!) :)

I noticed some of you guys were saying its more expensive to buy the vallejo paints compared to GW ones, well considering that they're 17ml instead of the measly 12ml GW sells if its less than 50% more expensive, I say swap to them.