WizKids announced a new partnership with hobby paint brand Vallejo for a custom line of paints specially formulated to complement WizKids’ unpainted miniature lines.

The WizKids Paints custom line will be available in colors specifically designed to complement the publishers’ popular licensed and house brand primed but unpainted plastic miniature lines for hobby gamers, including Dungeons & Dragons Nolzur’s Marvelous Miniatures, Pathfinder Battles Deep Cuts, Star Trek Deep Cuts, and WizKids Deep Cuts Unpainted Miniatures.

The first paints will be released in late 2019.

“With more than 50 years in the industry, Vallejo stands out as one of the most popular and high-quality brands of hobby paint in the industry. A leader in this field, they were the first to introduce acrylic colors for miniatures,” said Justin Ziran, president of WizKids. “We are looking forward to learning new techniques and innovating with Vallejo on new products and programs.”

Gale Force Nine introduced a line of custom paint colors packaged with it licensed high-end Dungeons & Dragons Collector’s Series unpainted resin miniatures box sets last year. GF9 partnered with paint maker Army Painter Warpaints to “rename” existing hues for the D&D sets and then include a chart of the corresponding Army Painter colors in general release (see “Preview: 'D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments'”).