South Africa · discount retailer · checked 20 Sep 2026
Esswex Hobbies
What Esswex Hobbies stocks, read from their own website and dated. We found 16 of the 42 categories, paint ranges and game systems we check.
We don't compare prices at Esswex Hobbies — see the shops we compare prices at.
Is Esswex Hobbies legit?
Esswex Hobbies trades from a physical shop at Northcliff Junction, 159 Beyers Naudé Drive, Northcliff, Johannesburg, and its own site's footer dates the business to 2021. We found no independent review listing — Trustpilot, a Google-shown rating, or a hobby-forum thread — for Esswex Hobbies as of 23 Sep 2026, so there is nothing beyond the shop's own site to weigh here. That's not itself a red flag for a smaller regional hobby shop; it just means a buyer has only the shop's own word for size and service.
Sources: shop's own site: physical address, footer copyright year (2021) (23 Sep 2026), Trustpilot search for "Esswex" — no matching business found (23 Sep 2026)
- Does Esswex Hobbies sell Citadel paint?
- Yes — checked 20 Sep 2026.
- Does Esswex Hobbies sell Vallejo paint?
- No — checked 20 Sep 2026.
- Does Esswex Hobbies sell Army Painter paint?
- No — checked 20 Sep 2026.
What Esswex Hobbies stocks
Hobby supplies
| Product category | Stocked | Checked |
|---|---|---|
| Paints | 2026-09-20 ↗ | |
| Paint sets | 2026-09-20 ↗ | |
| Paint brushes | 2026-09-20 ↗ | |
| Airbrushes | 2026-09-20 ↗ | |
| Hobby tools | 2026-09-20 ↗ | |
| Glues & adhesives | 2026-09-20 ↗ | |
| Basing materials | 2026-09-20 ↗ | |
| Varnishes & sealers | 2026-09-20 ↗ | |
| Carry cases | 2026-09-20 ↗ | |
| Paint racks | not checked | |
| 3D printers | 2026-09-20 ↗ | |
| 3D resin & filament | 2026-09-20 ↗ | |
| Terrain & scenery | 2026-09-20 ↗ | |
| Rulebooks & codexes | 2026-09-20 ↗ | |
| Dice & gaming accessories | 2026-09-20 ↗ |
Paint ranges
Game systems
| Game system | Stocked | Checked |
|---|---|---|
| Warhammer 40,000 | 2026-09-20 ↗ | |
| Horus Heresy (30k) | 2026-09-20 ↗ | |
| Age of Sigmar | 2026-09-20 ↗ | |
| The Old World | 2026-09-20 ↗ | |
| Necromunda | 2026-09-20 ↗ | |
| Bolt Action | not checked | |
| Kill Team | 2026-09-20 ↗ | |
| Warcry | 2026-09-20 ↗ | |
| Blood Bowl | 2026-09-20 ↗ | |
| Middle-earth (MESBG) | 2026-09-20 ↗ | |
| BattleTech | 2026-09-20 ↗ | |
| Star Wars: Legion | 2026-09-20 ↗ | |
| Marvel: Crisis Protocol | 2026-09-20 ↗ | |
| Infinity | 2026-09-20 ↗ | |
| Malifaux | 2026-09-20 ↗ |
What this shop stocks was read from its own website on the dates shown — each date links the page it was read from. A dash means we could not establish it either way, not that the shop does not sell it. Ranges change; check with the shop before ordering. We identified www.esswex.co.za as this shop's site because: Directory row carries no url. Web search for 'Esswex Hobbies Northcliff Johannesburg' surfaced www.esswex.co.za; confirmed by the shop's own Contact Us page, which gives the address '159 Beyers Naude Drive, Northcliff Junction, 2nd Floor, Northcliff, Johannesburg' — matching the directory row's location exactly — and lists prices in ZAR.