What Happens When Normal Painters Try Tone Pro?

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Warhammer Tone Pro looks like magic when pro painters use it. So what happens when normal painters try Games Workshop's new paints, and do beginners actually need them?

I'm not a pro painter. I'm repainting a second-hand Blood Angels army one squad at a time, and I own seventeen slightly different reds, so I know exactly how paint FOMO works. When Games Workshop let normal people try Tone Pro in stores, I went through what they found. The thick coats that really did level themselves out. The new white that still needed three coats over black. The self-confessed average painter who wasn't sold, and the people who loved it.

Then I get to the question most new painters are asking: do you need to swap your Citadel paints for Tone Pro? I look at what the 1 to 5 numbered tones get right for beginners, what the paint won't fix, and the one question I'd ask before spending any money on new paint.

A beginner walks into a Warhammer store tomorrow. Would you point them at Tone Pro? Tell me in the comments.

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 - Do normal painters need Tone Pro?
1:12 - What Warhammer Tone Pro is (150 paints, 5 tones)
2:43 - The self-levelling thick coat test
3:55 - Pro painters vs the rest of us (meet Dave)
5:31 - What normal painters found at the store demos
7:14 - Paint FOMO and the Tone Pro launch
8:38 - Do beginners need Tone Pro?
10:27 - What I'd actually buy
11:17 - Would you recommend Tone Pro?

CREATORS FEATURED
Thank you to everyone whose work I talk about.

TheChirurgeon (Robert Jones), Tabletop Battles: the "goopy" thick coat test
https://www.tabletopbattles.com/thechirurgeons-road-through-2026-part-40-testing-new-tone-pro-paints

TheChirurgeon and Rich "Cronch" Nutter, Tabletop Battles: full Tone Pro review
https://www.tabletopbattles.com/tabletop-battles-reviews-warhammer-tone-pro-paints

@Ninjon (Jon Ninas)
Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG7ErJtvi7Z4OiXSuAeKdZg
Jon 'Ninjon' Ninas Tries Warhammer Tone Pro Paints: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ2yWocOyfQ

Aleksandra Cvetanovski, @CraftworldStudio
Channel: https://www.youtube.com/craftworldstudio
Aleksandra Cvetanovski Tests Warhammer Tone Pro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_eRoeAU7Rg

Marko Miladinović, @CraftworldStudio
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/markomiladinovic127/
Marko tries his artistic style with Tone Pro: https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/eqc84lj0/marko-miladinovic-tries-his-artistic-style-with-warhammer-tone-pro/

@Warhipster (Josh Hill)
Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Warhipster
Josh 'Warhipster' Hill Tests Warhammer Tone Pro Paints: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d3ICh2Z1bI

@DuncanRhodesDRPA
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuRNH2cb6VwsZbzILptDVIA

REDDIT POSTS FEATURED
New Tone Pro paints demo findings:
https://www.reddit.com/r/minipainting/comments/1wqprfv/new_tone_pro_paints_demo_findings/

Test model from the Tone Pro demo:
https://www.reddit.com/r/minipainting/comments/1wr1irc/my_test_model_from_the_tone_pro_demo/

Tone Pro initial thoughts:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Warhammer40k/comments/1wr0isz/tone_pro_initial_thoughts/

Tone pro in store test:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Warhammer40k/comments/1wqszb8/tone_pro_in_store_test/

The "used without skill" comment:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Warhammer40k/comments/1woj02i/underpainting_technique_teacher_aleksandra/

USEFUL LINKS:

Games Workshop's Tone Pro announcement: https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/mewx9x8r/the-big-autumn-preview-paint-better/

Tone Pro pre-order preview (Warhammer Community): https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/13drg5hr/sunday-preview-warhammer-tone-pro/

Citadel Colour is now Warhammer Colour (your old paints still work): https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/okgv4njl/citadel-colour-is-becoming-warhammer-colour/

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