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I've been trying to get a decent match of French buff/gold for my Charles Martel build.
I was hoping to create a poll but don't see how to do it here - please give me a hand and cast your vote the old fassion way. I do have a preference and depending how this goes it might be light gray!
Thanks in advance!
First picture is for context:
Choices are from left to right -
A:
B:
C:
D:
E:None of the above!
- Joe the SMG
I believe C is the closest to the buff of late 19th, early 20th century.
I like B the most.
Colourcoats makes a color called Buff, which I used on my Imperial German Navy cruiser.
Bill
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Missileman2000 - I agreed with your choice of C: I even did a first pass using that color
But after seeing it in place, I started to feel Bill's choice: B, might be better as it is whiter/lighter. I'm still on the fence between the two. I had originaly used D: and that was way too orange, wish I had taken pictures though.
Please weigh in folks! I need a tie breaker!
C looks about right!
The colour of C looks good but it should probably be toned down a bit with some white to lighten it a bit in scale.
Hi!
I do believe a color choice between Cand D would be perfect. The others are either too light or too bright!
Tcoat The colour of C looks good but it should probably be toned down a bit with some white to lighten it a bit in scale.
I agree. I'd try "C", but tone it down with a bit of grey to reduce the intensity.
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rcboater Tcoat The colour of C looks good but it should probably be toned down a bit with some white to lighten it a bit in scale. I agree. I'd try "C", but tone it down with a bit of grey to reduce the intensity.
Good point. Late 20th and 21 century paints seem to be more saturated than paints frm past. To me a good buff is not real high saturation. Do not be reluctent to mix paint- just go slow and try paint on scrap for every mix.
Id vote for C and then runner up B
but the idea of adding a little bit of gray sounds like a good one just to "scale it down"
Steve
Building the perfect model---just not quite yet
I'm on board with you and rcboater, try C with the gray to tone it down.
See what I did there, "on board"?
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