Vallejo Xpress Color Space Grey
Paint cool sci-fi armor, urban ruins, cold shadows, and atmospheric fantasy details with fast, smooth grey contrast.
Vallejo Xpress Color Space Grey is a transparent matt acrylic color designed to flow naturally over miniature surfaces, creating lighter raised areas, saturated mid-tones, and deeper shadows in the recesses with a single expressive layer. It is ideal for fast tabletop painting, cool grey schemes, mechanical details, stone textures, and shadow glazing.
What it does
- Creates a cool space grey tone with instant contrast and depth.
- Works especially well over white or grey primer, where the color naturally separates into highlights, mid-tones, and darker recesses.
- Excellent for sci-fi armor, urban bases, stone ruins, mechanical parts, cold cloth, weapons, vehicles, and atmospheric shadow effects.
- Can be used for glazes, filters, soft shading, contouring, and blending transitions.
- Can be mixed with other Xpress Colors or diluted with Xpress Medium to create softer grey tones and custom shades.
How to use
- Prime or basecoat the miniature in white or light grey.
- Shake the bottle well before use.
- Apply with a brush and let the paint flow naturally into the recesses.
- Avoid overworking the surface while drying to keep the contrast smooth and clean.
- For softer or more controlled results, dilute with Vallejo Xpress Medium.
- It can also be used with an airbrush for tinting, filters, and smooth color effects.
Best for
- Sci-fi armor, helmets, shoulder pads, panels, and mechanical parts
- Urban bases, concrete, stone ruins, dungeon walls, and rubble
- Cold robes, cloaks, hoods, leather, and shadowed cloth
- Weapons, shields, vehicles, machinery, and weathered equipment
- Fast tabletop painting for Warhammer, D&D, Pathfinder, skirmish games, and board game miniatures
ChalkyDot Tip
Use Space Grey over a white or zenithal prime for fast cold shadows on armor, ruins, and machinery. For sci-fi panels or urban terrain, highlight the raised edges with pale grey or blue-grey; for deeper atmosphere, add a second thin layer into the lowest recesses and shadowed areas.
Space Grey
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