Matching Paint: Tamiya Spray TS-21 Gold

[feuer_faust]

For example, Tamiya's AS-21 Bare Metal Silver matches up perfectly with GW's Mithril Silver (now Runefang Steel). Is there a GW match to TS-21 Gold? I do have Vallejo's Glorious Gold and it's too yellow, although mixing a bit of Mithril Silver gets it about right (but who wants to mix a fresh palette of color to fix errors every time?)

 

Maybe it'll match Burnished Gold (apparently Auric Armor Gold)?

 

EDIT: So, GW went and redid the paint line, eh? We haven't carried ti for a while, and I paint less often these days, so that was a shock.

[Gurth]

I haven't looked into this, but won't Tamiya X12 Gold Leaf make a decent match?

[feuer_faust]

Unfortunately, no. It's too yellow, still. =/ It's one of the first paints I tried.

[Gurth]

If it's too yellow, what happens if you mix in some silver paint?

[feuer_faust]

I am able to mix silver and get it to the right shade (as noted above)... I was just hoping for the convenience of a pre-existing color that matched without my needing to mix. Alas, no such luck (I've been hunting on the internet ever since I posted this). I'll just have to not make any painting mistakes. :P

[Gurth]

I am able to mix silver and get it to the right shade (as noted above)...

You don't expect me to read back the whole thread when replying to the last message, do you? :lol:

 

I was just hoping for the convenience of a pre-existing color that matched without my needing to mix.

In that case I'm afraid I can't help you — largely because I've never used any gold-coloured paints from Tamiya, so I have no idea which colours match them.

[MajorKhaos]

Try mixing in some X-31 Titanium gold to tone it down a little.

 

 

 

EDIT: I can do some mixes of the two and give you a pic of the outcomes if you want?

[feuer_faust]

I am able to mix silver and get it to the right shade (as noted above)...

You don't expect me to read back the whole thread when replying to the last message, do you? :P

 

Fair point, checking the original post for info is way overrated, IMO. ;)

 

EDIT: I can do some mixes of the two and give you a pic of the outcomes if you want?

 

Sounds good! Any help is good help at this point. <_<

[MajorKhaos]

Have you got something painted with TS-21 for reference?

[feuer_faust]

Yes, and I'll even have access to a camera phone later this evening so I can upload pictures.

[Gurth]

Are you two seriously proposing that one of you takes a photograph of something painted with TS-21, a metallic paint, after which the other mixes paints to match the photo — probably as displayed on a computer screen?

 

I hope neither of you expects this to be even close to accurate ;)

[MajorKhaos]

Nope.

 

He already knows what Gold Leaf is like in comparison to TS-21. I just want a get an idea of what the colour is like.

[feuer_faust]

So, I am running Magic: the Gathering Pre Releases all weekend, and plum forgot to take that picture. I'll try and remember tomorrow (I don't own a camera phone or a camera, but he's got one of those fancy smartphone-to-email deals.)

[feuer_faust]

Aha, here we are! Now, it occurs to me, that the color matching might be more successful if I try to match the washed color of the gold (more coppery) than the unwashed gold. Anyways, here's a picture (I did not have an unwashed marine for comparison =/ ). Incidentally, his blobbiness is not only due to the phone's refusal to focus anywhere but the base, but also the dozen layers of paint on this guy.

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/feuerfaust/MarinesAllegiantSmik.jpg