Army Painter Speedpaint 2.0: Murder Scene

One Coat. Full Effect.

There are paint jobs that take an evening, and then there are paint jobs that take a lifetime. Army Painter Speedpaint 2.0 lets you skip straight to the satisfying part. Murder Scene is a deep, dramatic red — the kind of colour that reads instantly across a gaming table — and a single coat over a white or light primer delivers shading, vibrant base colour, and natural highlight effects all at once. It flows into recesses, pools into shadow, and leaves raised surfaces brighter without you having to think about it. That is the Speedpaint formula doing the work.

What Speedpaint 2.0 Does

Speedpaint 2.0 is a contrast-style paint — a formula that combines pigment-rich colour with a medium that self-shades as it dries. Apply it over a light or zenithal primer and the paint migrates to the deeper areas of the model, creating the illusion of hours of layering in a single pass. Murder Scene is particularly well-suited to blood effects, deep red armour, robes, flesh wounds, demonic skin, and any surface that calls for a rich, saturated red with natural shadow. Once the coat is fully dry — which happens fast — you can go straight into highlighting with standard acrylic paints. No lengthy curing wait, no special topcoat required before the next step. Speedpaint 2.0 is also fully reactivation-resistant compared to earlier Speedpaint formulations, so subsequent layers of paint won't lift or drag the coat underneath.

Who This Is For

New painters who want results on the table quickly will find Speedpaint 2.0 one of the most forgiving tools in the hobby. Experienced painters use it for speed-painting large batches — rank-and-file units, hordes, and anything where efficiency matters more than showpiece detail. Murder Scene is a useful staple: red appears constantly across almost every faction in miniature wargaming, from medieval knights to sci-fi infantry to fantasy monsters. It works equally well on plastic, metal, and resin miniatures from any game system, and pairs cleanly with any brand of acrylic paint for the finishing highlights.

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