Stormfiend is a dark vivid blue with a cool undertone. Within the Citadel range it ladders cleanly, Ultramarines Blue for the shadows and Talassar Blue for the highlights. Substitutes are thin here, with The Army Painter Highlord Blue the closest same-finish option at 75 percent and no brand hitting the strong-match bar. Cross-brand swaps are adjust-on-model territory here, useful as a starting point rather than an exact replacement.
Stormfiend equivalents in other ranges
We ran Citadel Stormfiend against every mapped catalog and came up empty: no brand makes a color close enough to call an equivalent.
Even the nearest color, The Army Painter Highlord Blue, dries slightly darker than Stormfiend, so any substitute will change how the scheme reads.
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90+Close
80sUsable
<70Mix
The Army Painter
P3 Paints
Scale75
Vallejo
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Green Stuff World
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Found in 0 other brands with a same-finish match.
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Frequently asked
What is the closest equivalent to Citadel Stormfiend?
The closest same-finish match is The Army Painter Highlord Blue at 75% color similarity.
Is Stormfiend a one-coat paint?
Stormfiend is a contrast paint, made to basecoat and shade in a single pass over a light primer. One coat drops color into the recesses and leaves the raised areas brighter; a second coat deepens the tone if you want it richer.
What do I highlight and shade Stormfiend with?
Highlight Stormfiend toward Talassar Blue and shade it down into Ultramarines Blue, both Citadel paints in the same finish family.