Guides for organizing your Warhammer paints and miniatures
Discover our guides to organize your Citadel paints, manage your miniature paint inventory, and avoid duplicates.
Pillar guide
The starting point for converting Citadel paints to Vallejo and Army Painter.
Army Painting Guides
Topic guides for choosing the colours of an army, a faction, or a chapter.
Reference resources
Pages built from real ChromaStack data — rankings, statistics and analyses computed from the catalogue.
Editorial guide
Editorial articles to organise, compare, and decide faster.
Warhammer Tone Pro: how to use the new 5-tone paint range
30 colours in 5 tones, darkest to lightest: learn how to use Warhammer Tone Pro, pick a shadow, a base and a highlight, and explore the range in ChromaStack.
How to Use Refillable Paint Markers for Miniatures
Can you use Citadel or Vallejo paint in a refillable marker? Learn about thinning, tip choice, cleaning and the risks of clogging.
John Blanche Masterclass: Guide to 40 Army Painter Paints
Discover the 40 John Blanche Masterclass paints, their HEX values, grimdark uses, and closest Citadel colours.
How to Paint Commissar Yarrick: Black Coat, Aged Skin, Imperial Red and Bionic Metal
Simple guide to paint Commissar Yarrick : black coat, aged skin, imperial red, bionic metal, power klaw and paint equivalents.
Painting Warhammer Armageddon: Space Marines, Orks & Steel Legion
Practical guide to painting Space Marines, Orks and Steel Legion in Warhammer 40K Armageddon. Short palette and Citadel alternatives via ChromaStack.
How to avoid accidentally buying duplicate paints without realising it
Buying the same paint twice without realising it? Here is why it happens, which duplicates are most common, and how to avoid them in practice.
Citadel Colour rebranded to Warhammer Colour: what changes (and what doesn't)
Games Workshop rebranded Citadel Colour to Warhammer Colour in March 2026. What that changes for your Vallejo and Army Painter equivalents.
How to start painting Warhammer miniatures: complete beginner guide
Starting to paint Warhammer miniatures? This guide covers the minimum kit, the 5 essential paints and how to choose your first paint range.
Vallejo to Citadel / Warhammer Colour conversion: the closest equivalents
Looking for the Citadel or Warhammer Colour equivalent of your Vallejo Model Color paints? ChromaStack ranks the matches by Delta-E.
Manage your Warhammer paints: a simple way to take back control
Managing your Warhammer paints gets messy fast as the collection grows. Here is a simple way to avoid duplicates and pointless purchases.
Alternative Citadel Colour App: a simpler way to manage your paints
Looking for an alternative to Citadel Colour App? ChromaStack keeps your paints, recipes and paint equivalents in one place.
Organize Citadel paints in Excel: the simple way to stop duplicates
Excel can organise Citadel paints at first, but it gets messy fast. Here is a 5-step guide and a simpler alternative with ChromaStack.