Calgar Blue is a versatile medium-light blue acrylic miniature paint designed for layering, highlighting, and adding definition to Warhammer miniatures, tabletop gaming models, and hobby projects. Part of the Warhammer Colour Layer range from Games Workshop, Calgar Blue provides a distinctive cool blue tone that is particularly effective for highlighting blue power armour, painting military uniforms, creating smooth colour transitions, and adding detail to a wide variety of fantasy and science-fiction miniatures.

Named after Marneus Calgar, the legendary Chapter Master of the Ultramarines, Calgar Blue is closely associated with the iconic blue armour of the Ultramarines Space Marine Chapter. Its lighter blue colour makes it an excellent choice for creating highlights over darker blue basecoats, helping miniature painters bring out the distinctive shapes, edges, and details of power armour without losing the rich blue appearance associated with the Ultramarines.

As a Layer paint, Calgar Blue is formulated for applying controlled layers of colour over an established basecoat. Layer paints are particularly useful for developing smooth transitions between darker and lighter colours, allowing painters to add depth, contrast, and definition while preserving the sculpted details of their miniatures. Calgar Blue can be used for both broader highlights across raised surfaces and more precise applications along armour edges, clothing folds, and decorative details.

For Warhammer 40,000, Calgar Blue is particularly useful when painting Ultramarines Space Marines. The Ultramarines are among the most recognisable Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes, renowned for their discipline, tactical expertise, and adherence to the Codex Astartes. Their distinctive blue power armour provides an excellent opportunity to develop layered painting techniques, with Calgar Blue serving as an effective highlight colour over darker blue paints such as Macragge Blue.

A traditional Ultramarines painting scheme can begin with a solid basecoat of Macragge Blue, followed by shading to establish depth around armour joints, panel lines, and recessed details. Calgar Blue can then be carefully applied to raised armour panels and prominent edges, creating a brighter finish that helps define the miniature's shape. Additional highlights using an even lighter blue can be applied to the sharpest edges and most prominent details.

Calgar Blue is equally useful for painting other Space Marine Chapters that incorporate blue into their colour schemes. It can be used for armour highlights, helmets, shoulder pads, heraldic markings, weapon casings, and decorative details. Its balanced blue tone also makes it suitable for creating custom Chapter colour schemes, particularly when combined with darker navy blues, pale blue highlights, or contrasting metallic colours.

Within Warhammer: The Horus Heresy, Calgar Blue is an excellent choice for painting the armour of the Ultramarines Legion. The XIII Legion's distinctive blue armour, combined with gold detailing and classical Imperial heraldry, provides an appealing colour scheme for both infantry and vehicles. Calgar Blue can be used to highlight power armour, Dreadnoughts, tanks, and other equipment, helping create a consistent appearance across a Horus Heresy force.

Beyond the Ultramarines, the colour has numerous applications across other Warhammer 40,000 armies. It can be used for T'au Empire armour and equipment, Aeldari vehicles and infantry, Astra Militarum uniforms, Imperial Knights, Adeptus Mechanicus details, and Chaos Space Marine armour. Its cool blue tone is particularly effective when used as a contrasting highlight against darker blue, grey, or black surfaces.

For Warhammer Age of Sigmar, Calgar Blue is a versatile colour for painting robes, cloaks, banners, shields, magical effects, and decorative armour. It works particularly well on Stormcast Eternals, Lumineth Realm-lords, Cities of Sigmar forces, and other fantasy miniatures featuring blue fabrics or equipment. Its cool appearance makes it an excellent choice for colour schemes inspired by ice, water, the night sky, or arcane magic.

Calgar Blue is also particularly useful for creating smooth highlights on blue fabrics. When painting robes, cloaks, uniforms, or other cloth surfaces, the paint can be layered onto raised folds and areas that would naturally catch the light. By leaving darker blue tones visible in the recesses and applying progressively lighter highlights, painters can create convincing fabric textures and a greater sense of depth.

For miniature painters interested in edge highlighting, Calgar Blue provides an excellent intermediate highlight colour. Its lighter tone stands out clearly against darker blue basecoats without creating an excessively harsh contrast. This makes it especially useful for highlighting the hard edges of Space Marine power armour, vehicle panels, mechanical equipment, and other sharply defined surfaces.

The paint also has applications for energy weapons and glowing effects. Calgar Blue can be combined with darker blues, pale blue colours, and white highlights to create convincing plasma weapons, power fields, magical energy, and illuminated details. Its medium-light tone makes it useful for developing transitions between darker surrounding colours and the brightest areas of an energy effect.

For ice and frost effects, Calgar Blue can be incorporated into colour schemes featuring cool blue shadows and pale highlights. It can be used on frozen terrain, magical ice, crystalline formations, and other surfaces requiring a cold appearance. When combined with lighter blue and white paints, it provides a useful foundation for creating the impression of reflected light across icy surfaces.

Beyond Games Workshop miniatures, Calgar Blue is a practical addition to the paint collection of historical wargamers, military modellers, and fantasy hobbyists. It can be used for military uniforms, heraldry, decorative equipment, vehicle markings, clothing, and other details requiring a medium-light blue finish.

The colour is equally useful for scenery and terrain projects. It can be applied to painted architectural details, control panels, industrial markings, magical structures, frozen landscapes, and other environmental features. Its cool blue appearance provides an effective contrast against warm browns, oranges, reds, and metallic colours commonly found in tabletop scenery.

For best results, apply Calgar Blue over a properly prepared and primed miniature using a suitable hobby brush. Shake the paint thoroughly before use and thin with a small amount of water or an appropriate acrylic painting medium when necessary. Apply controlled, thin layers to gradually build colour and maintain a smooth finish without obscuring fine miniature details.

Whether you're highlighting an army of Ultramarines Space Marines, painting blue armour for a Horus Heresy force, adding definition to fantasy clothing, or creating cool blue energy effects, Warhammer Colour Layer: Calgar Blue is a valuable addition to your miniature painting collection. Its versatile colour and suitability for controlled layering make it particularly useful for painters working with blue armour, fabrics, and detailed highlights.

Features:

• Product: Warhammer Colour Layer: Calgar Blue.
• Games Workshop Product Code: 22-16.
• Manufacturer: Games Workshop.
• Paint Range: Warhammer Colour.
• Paint Type: Layer.
• Colour: Medium-light blue with a cool, slightly muted tone.
• Water-based acrylic miniature paint designed for brush application.
• Formulated for layering, highlighting, and building colour over an established basecoat.
• Ideal for highlighting Ultramarines Space Marine power armour.
• Suitable for use over darker blue basecoats such as Macragge Blue.
• Excellent for painting Ultramarines Legion miniatures in Warhammer: The Horus Heresy.
• Useful for blue armour panels, helmets, shoulder pads, vehicles, heraldry, and decorative details.
• Suitable for painting robes, cloaks, uniforms, banners, and other blue fabrics.
• Provides a useful intermediate colour for smooth blue transitions and precise edge highlighting.
• Can be used for plasma weapons, magical energy, ice effects, and other cool-coloured details.
• Suitable for Warhammer 40,000, Warhammer Age of Sigmar, and Warhammer: The Horus Heresy miniatures.
• Useful for historical wargaming miniatures, fantasy models, science-fiction vehicles, and general hobby projects.
• Suitable for painting scenery, architectural details, control panels, and tabletop terrain.

Painting Tips: For a classic Ultramarines colour scheme, begin with a basecoat of Macragge Blue and apply a suitable shade to define armour recesses and panel lines. Use Calgar Blue to highlight raised armour surfaces and carefully pick out prominent edges. For additional definition, apply smaller highlights using a lighter blue such as Fenrisian Grey. When painting blue fabrics, apply Calgar Blue to raised folds while leaving the darker base colour visible in the recesses. Multiple thin layers will generally provide smoother transitions than a single heavy application.

Please Note: This product contains one pot of Warhammer Colour Layer: Calgar Blue acrylic miniature paint. Miniatures, brushes, and other painting accessories are sold separately. Shake thoroughly before use and replace the lid securely after painting to prevent the paint from drying out.

SKU	99189951016
Barcode #	5011921197231
Brand	Games Workshop
Shipping Weight	0.1000kg
Shipping Width	0.050m
Shipping Height	0.050m
Shipping Length	0.050m
Shipping Cubic	0.000125000m3

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