Paint colours.

[Adorondak]

Hi all, due to everything going on in the world these days my FLGS is having a devil of a time getting in GW paints. Exactly when I need to replace a few key colours for my blood angels of course.

 

What he does have an abundance of at the moment is valejo game colours. I know there used to be a chart out there somewhere for finding the closest match for a colour between the different paint lines, but I'll be damned if I can find it. Can somebody help me out, or at the very least tell me the names for the closest match to mephiston red and the old desert yellow? Thanks!

[EmpiricalReed]

Here's the old Dakkadakka paint compatibility chart, it may be of some help but I don't know how up to date it is.

 

 

https://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Paint_Range_Compatibility_Chart

 

 

EDIT: Oh, forgot to add that I also use an Android app called "Hobby Color Converter" to check for paint equivalencies. In my experience it's not 100% accurate but gets pretty close on a lot of the common colours, but I don't understand the method it uses to arrive at matches. Anyway, if I check Mephiston Red in the app it tells me that Vallejo Game Color Heavy Red 72141 is a close match, as is the Army Painter's Dragon Red. If you have an Android phone that app may be another way to try and find a colour match.

Edited March 4, 2021 by EmpiricalReed

[Firedrake Cordova]

The Dakka chart is a good starting point, but it can be a bit off.

Vallejo did do an equivalencies document, which they no longer host, although Everything Airbrush has a copy, which suggests you want Heavy Red and Desert Yellow.

 

As an aside RedGrimm has a rather nice conversion tool.

[Lord Marshal]

This chart's a bit more up to date I believe.

 

https://redgrimm.github.io/paint-conversion/index.html

 

Edit: Ninja'ed, had this post on a tab for a while. 

Edited March 4, 2021 by Lord Marshal

[Adorondak]

Thanks all, this helped me out a lot! Now to go find that app...

[Razblood]

Gory Red and Desert Yellow are what you're after.