Joe M. from Models Workshop here.  After reading the article by Snickernacks (http://www.models-workshop.com/2014/moving-on-to-eyedropper-paints/), I decided to write an article on why I like Citadel Paints.   So why do I like Citadel paints?  Well, first is because they are high quality paints that are designed to work on models from the ground up.  They coat really well and I have had no problem doing a single base coat for a model when I thinned down the paint with the Medium, something that they also sell. The next reason I like them is the variety.  There are 34 base paints.  70 different Layer paints.  12 shades (washes).  16 Drybrush paints.  4 glazes. 9 “edge” paints.  6 texture paints.  9 technical paints (5 of which are special effects paints and the 4 others are a primer, liquid green stuff, a coating to use with transfers, and the medium). So how do you wade through all this variety.  Well if you are on a budget they give away pamphlets in the store that show you each step of the painting process and show you the paints organized in such a way as to show you what layers go with what base paints and how they step up in brightness.  A better option that is much better organized is the book “How to Paint Citadel Miniatures”. This book is incredible.  It shows you step by step how to do all the basic painting techniques and talks about how to prepare your model for painting.  The only thing I don’t like about it is that it does not cover washing your model prior to construction, something you should do with any paint brand to keep the paint from flaking in the future.  The DVD covers the same topics as the book except you can watch someone actually do the techniques. The basic paint line is incredibly detailed, but it is still easy to mix your own from the paints.  I have done multiple mixes for layering effects to add additional steps in between their color steps and they work well.  I would see no troubles for anyone wishing to mix their own colors out of them.  The sheer variety of paints will actually make mixing exactly what you want easy as you can get things that are very close to start out. The edge paints are a very bright step up layer paint that the ‘evy Metal told Citadel that they wanted (according to the website).  There is nothing really different about them except for them being and extreme step in the color patterns.  Only downside to them is you have to order them direct from GW.  The upside is you are going to use so little you won’t be ordering very often. I have only used one of the technical paints so far.  That was Blood for the Blood God.  That was amazing.  The paint looks like realistic blood so much when dried that when some dried on my finger my daughter asked me if I had cut myself.  If the others match that quality they should be great.  The liquid green stuff isn’t paint and will be reviewed elsewhere, same with the ‘ardcoat and  the primer.  The Medium isn’t paint but rather acrylic medium.  This stuff is amazing.  You use far less paint than with water and get much better results.   The drybrush paints are pigment with almost no medium at all in them.  Don’t worry about trying to add medium to try to make them normal paints though.  Every one of the drybrush shades was recreated in the Edge paints.  With the drybrush paints you use less paint when you go to drybrush a model.  This is because less is wasted on paper towels getting rid of excess. The shades are used for washes and by my level of experience do the job quite nicely.  They pull into the cracks of the model and darken them they way you would expect.  My only complaint is that they tend to dye the rest of the model and you end up having to layer over it. The Glazes are similar in consistency to the shades but are actually designed to go on the surface of paint, rather than collecting in the cracks.  They can be used to create interesting highlight and blending effects.   Last up are the texture paints.  These are mostly used in basing.  While they can be used alone they can also be painted on after they dry and can be used as a base to put further basing material onto.  Each texture paint matches a color of a base paint to make for easier edging of the bases.   My biggest complaints with the paints are that they come in the flip-top bottles instead of the droppers.  The only time that the flip top is preferable are the shades, drybrush, texture, and glaze paints.  They are also on the expensive side at $4.00 for a .4 ounce bottle, so costing $10 per ounce.  However the sheer variety and ease of use makes up for the higher price tag, and if you are missing the dropper bottles you can actually buy empty ones at any hobby store and transfer your paint to one of those. For the beginner you could not ask for a better paint system.  For the experienced painter there is such a large number of things you can do with it as is or with modifications that it really doesn’t make sense to go to multiple brands at this point. Yes I know that their new colors don’t match up exactly with the old ones but it would take very little work to actually make them match. All in all this a great system and well worth the slightly higher cost, something that really only comes into effect when you are dealing with several hundred models.