Vallejo Game Color

Game Color is the fantasy and sci-fi counterpart to Vallejo's Model Color, 130 opaque colors pitched at miniature gamers rather than scale modelers. Where Model Color leans muted and historical, Game Color pushes saturation: bold reds, greens, and purples that read well on a tabletop and hold up under gaming-hall lighting. The two ranges share the same dropper bottles and formula family, so they mix and layer together without trouble.

The naming tells you the intent. Colors carry evocative fantasy names rather than technical descriptions, and the palette includes the greens, sickly fleshtones, and bright tones that armies of orcs, undead, and elves actually need. It is smaller than Model Color, so it works best as the saturated top-up to the larger historical set rather than a complete system on its own.

For a painter deciding between the two Vallejo ranges, the rule of thumb is simple: paint tanks and soldiers, start with Model Color; paint monsters and heroes, start with Game Color; paint both, own a slice of each.