90 one-coat colors that basecoat and shade in a single application.
The Speedpaint 2.0 range
Speedpaint 2.0 is Army Painter's one-coat system, 90 colors that lay down base color and recess shading together over a light primer. It is the direct counterpart to Citadel Contrast, and the reason to own it is speed: a unit that would take three steps in opaque paint can be tabletop-ready in one. The 2.0 formula reworked the original line to improve coverage and reduce the staining and reactivation issues the first version had.
The palette is broad enough to paint whole models: a big yellow and orange block, a full run of reds, greens, and blues, plus the near-blacks and greys that do the heavy shading. A small set of pastels rounds it out for lighter schemes, which one-coat paints traditionally struggle with.
The honest caveats are the same as any contrast-style paint. It needs a light undercoat, it can pool or go blotchy if applied too thick, and it settles fast in the bottle so it wants a proper shake every time. It also converts poorly to opaque ranges, since no normal paint behaves like it on the model.
One-coat colors worth knowing
- Grim Blacka deep shading black usable straight over primer
- Blood Reda strong one-coat red
- Holy Whitea rare light one-coat tone for cloth and bone
- Pastel Yellowone of the lighter colors the pastel set adds