The Army Painter Speedpaint 2.0 Complete Paint Set, 90 x 18 mL incl. 10 Metallics, 1 Medium & 1 Brush Review (2026)

Who needs the full 90 bottle range

This set is aimed at painters who want the entire Speedpaint 2.0 color range in one purchase rather than picking colors individually or buying a smaller curated set. With 23 original colors, 44 newly developed colors, 10 metallics and 12 colors co-designed with outside hobby painters, it covers essentially any scheme a tabletop army or display collection might need. It suits dedicated hobbyists managing a large or varied miniature collection, studios painting commissions across many different factions, or anyone who would rather buy once than repeatedly reorder individual bottles later. A painter working on a single army with a narrow color scheme will find most of these 90 bottles go unused, making a smaller set or individual colors the more sensible purchase.

What is included and how the colors are organized

Beyond the 90 paint bottles, the set includes an extra-large 100ml bottle of Speedpaint Medium for thinning any color into lighter glazes, and one brush to get started. Every bottle ships with two steel mixing balls already inside to help keep pigment blended before use. The color range spans Army Painter's original Speedpaint lineup alongside all-new shades, plus a set of colors developed with outside content creators, giving the range more variety than a typical single-brand paint set. Because the set arrives as 90 individual bottles rather than pre-sorted by color family, one customer review specifically noted the initial task of organizing everything, since the bottles ship mixed together rather than grouped.

Living with the reworked Speedpaint formula

The same one-coat application method used across the Speedpaint 2.0 line applies here: paint goes on over a primed miniature in a single rich coat that acts as both base and shade. Independent review coverage found this reworked formula did not show the reactivation issues that affected the original Speedpaint range, where a later coat could lift an earlier one. That review also found covering mistakes or doing touch-ups still difficult, since Speedpaint layers resist being painted over cleanly, which matters even more across a 90 color set where consistent first-pass application saves real time. The medium bottle helps stretch colors and adjust opacity, which becomes useful once you are working across dozens of shades rather than just a handful.

Value against smaller Speedpaint sets

Compared with the 50 bottle Mega Set Combo, this Complete Set roughly doubles the color count and adds the full run of metallics and designer colors, which suits a painter who does not want to reorder specific missing shades later. The trade-off is a much larger upfront cost and only one brush included instead of the Mega Set Combo's two, which is a real shortfall for a set this size since one brush wears out quickly when used across 90 colors of varied consistency. Against the smaller 10 bottle Starter Set, the Complete Set makes far more sense for someone already committed to speed painting as their primary method rather than someone still deciding whether the technique suits them.

Verdict and who should buy a smaller set

Choose the Complete Set if you want the entire Speedpaint 2.0 range in one purchase and are prepared to spend time organizing 90 bottles by color family yourself. Independent testing backs up Army Painter's reactivation fixes in the 2.0 formula, so the core paint quality is sound across this larger range too. Budget separately for at least one or two additional brushes, since the single included brush will not comfortably last through a collection this size. If you only need a curated set of common colors rather than every shade Army Painter makes, the smaller Mega Set Combo or Starter Set will save money without meaningfully limiting most army color schemes.

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