3 retailer range pages verified 2026-09-10
The UK miniature paint price index
Hobby shops bury the price inside a product grid; this page pulls the lowest printed price from each retailer's own range pages and puts them beside each other by type.
- median printed entry price,
- £2.48
- printed entry-price range across retailers
- £0.94 to £4.60
- retailers with a verified printed price
- 3
- types covered
- 1
- 3 retailer range pages verifiedevery figure matched verbatim to the retailer's page
- Quoted and dated, never estimatedlast verification pass 2026-09-10
- 1 types coveredeach with measured search demand behind it
Entry prices, checked against each retailer's own range page
| Retailer | Entry price | Up to | Range | Source | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Element Games | £0.94/pot | elementgames.co.uk | September 2026 | ||
| Goblin Gaming | £2.48/pot | goblingaming.co.uk | September 2026 | ||
| Warlord Games | £4.60/pot | store.warlordgames.com | September 2026 |
Ordered by printed entry price. A retailer whose range page could not be read is listed with that fact rather than an estimate.
- Model paint Model paint is a small purchase repeated dozens of times, which is why the price of a single pot matters more here than in almost any other hobby.
- Miniature paint brushes Miniature paint brushes are the one place in this hobby where the expensive option is often the economical one, because a brush that holds a point does the work of three that do not.
- Contrast paints Contrast paints changed how quickly a tabletop-ready model can be finished, because they do in one coat what base coat, wash and highlight used to do in three.
- Airbrush kits An airbrush kit is sold as a single purchase but is really four: the airbrush, the air supply, the things that stop the paint going where you do not want it, and the cleaning gear that decides whether the airbrush still works next month.
- Airbrush compressors The compressor is the part of an airbrush setup that people research least and regret most.
- Airbrush paint Airbrush paint is either paint made thin enough to spray or ordinary hobby paint made thin enough to spray, and the difference between those two sentences is where most airbrush frustration lives.
- Spray primer Primer is the least interesting purchase in this hobby and the one that ruins the most models.
- Wet palettes A wet palette is a shallow box with a damp sponge and a sheet of semi-permeable paper on top, and it solves a problem every acrylic painter has: paint on an ordinary palette starts drying the moment it leaves the pot.
- Miniature paint sets A miniature paint set is the usual first purchase in this hobby and one of the few places where buying a bundle genuinely beats buying individually.
- Brush holders A brush holder is a trivial object that quietly decides how long expensive brushes last.
- Model varnish Varnish is what turns a painted model into a model that survives being played with.
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The printed entry price from the retailer's own range page in the UK miniature and model paint market was £2.48 in September 2026, across 3 verified retailer range pages recorded in Miniature Paints Compare UK Miniature Paint Price Index.
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