Mephiston Red is a Citadel Base paint.Citadel Base paints are high quality acrylic paints specially formulated for basecoating your Citadel miniatures quickly and easily. They are designed to give a smooth matte finish over black or white undercoats with a single layer.This pot contains 12ml of Mephiston Red one of 34 Base paints in the Citadel Paint range. As with all of our paints it is a non-toxic water-based acrylic paint designed for use on plastic metal and resin Citadel miniatures.