Paint Additives

Take Control of Your Paints with The Army Painter Additives

Model painting is about more than just paint. To achieve professional and varied effects, it's essential to use specialized additives for hobby paints. In this category, we've gathered products from The Army Painter that give you full control over the properties of your acrylic paints, allowing you to tailor them for specific painting techniques. Additives, also known as mediums, are liquid formulas that you mix with paint to alter its consistency, drying time, transparency, or finish. They make painting easier, and your results more predictable and spectacular.

The Army Painter range includes several key types of additives essential for any hobbyist's toolkit. The fundamentals include Thinners for achieving the perfect paint consistency for your brush or airbrush, Retarder Medium, which is indispensable for wet blending, and Glaze Medium for creating transparent layers of color. Varnishes are also a crucial element, protecting your finished model and giving it the desired finish—from completely matte (Anti-Shine) to satin or gloss. Using these additives is an easy way to elevate the quality of your work and experiment with new painting techniques.