Best Purple Paint

[Lord Asvaldir]

Greetings fellow hobbyists, 

 

Working on a new project and wanted to gather some opinions on the best purple paint out there (citadel or not citadel, the brand doesn't matter). Specifically, I am looking for a more vibrant, rich purple, closer to the red scale then blue (so not Naggaroth night, which I do like a lot). I am considering using phonecian purple, but wanted to see if there's a better option out there (particularly for non-citadel paints which I'm less familiar with). This is for a Legio Damicium project for AT, so I'm going for a purple close to picture below from War Com. 

 

 

Edited October 19, 2023 by Lord Asvaldir

[Halandaar]

I'm afraid my direct experience outside the Citadel range is limited to whites and blues so no help there, but i'd say the colour on the illustration looks a bit like Barak Nar Burgundy:

 

Example below by Harvey Snape

 

 

 

[sitnam]

In the contrast side of things, Luxion Purple is great if you want something brighter.  I’ll respectfully disagree with @Halandaar, I think Barak Nar looks a bit too red compared to your illustration

[Firedrake Cordova]

I don't think anything in the Vallejo Game Colour line is overly close to that - Warlord Purple is too red, Hexed Lichen is too blue, and Deep Magenta is too dark, as far as I can tell.

[Spazmolytic]

Warlord Purple & Hexed Lichen are my go to's for anything purple related, absolutely fantastic colours. If you're looking for a out of the pot colour close to that the only one that come to mind is Monarch Purple by Reaper, maybe a tad darker but applied over a light primer should be close. And forget the naysayers Reaper paints are really quite good

[Lord Asvaldir]

Appreciate the pointers all. As I suspected it seems Vallejo doesn't really have a purple that quite fits. I'll have to try out monarch purple, it sounds like that might be a good option. 

[Bryan Blaire]

I would take a look at Monument Hobbies’ ProAcryl Royal Purple, Purple, and Plum to utilize as a Shadow -> Midtone -> Highlight to see if those colors might work for you.  I will admit to being a big ProAcryl fan though, so I typically suggest finding a way to use them and mix them.

 

You may also want to take a look at Reaper Masters Core paints Burgundy Wine (9025) -> Violet Red (9026) -> Pale Violet (9027) as a possibility that could be close to the colors in that War Com image.

 

If you’d like to look at Scale75, they have several paints that might work for you - Scalecolor Sunset Purple (SC33) as a shadow and Violet (SC56) as a midtone might both work, and then I would consider using Scalecolor Artist Pastel Violet (SART-45) looks like it might be a good highlight color.

 

Hope those might help!  Take a look and see if any those suit you.

[Lord Asvaldir]

Thank you Brian, I'll throw those extra purples on the shopping list, see what works best. 

[sarabando]

for that titan id use Vallejo imperial purple with glaze medium over a metal base coat. 

[DarkMark]

AK Interactive's Laser Magenta and Magenta might be worth a look. The Deep purple and Purple obviously, too. 

[Tyriks]

On 10/22/2023 at 3:21 PM, Bryan Blaire said:

I would take a look at Monument Hobbies’ ProAcryl Royal Purple, Purple, and Plum to utilize as a Shadow -> Midtone -> Highlight to see if those colors might work for you.  I will admit to being a big ProAcryl fan though, so I typically suggest finding a way to use them and mix them.

 

You may also want to take a look at Reaper Masters Core paints Burgundy Wine (9025) -> Violet Red (9026) -> Pale Violet (9027) as a possibility that could be close to the colors in that War Com image.

 

If you’d like to look at Scale75, they have several paints that might work for you - Scalecolor Sunset Purple (SC33) as a shadow and Violet (SC56) as a midtone might both work, and then I would consider using Scalecolor Artist Pastel Violet (SART-45) looks like it might be a good highlight color.

 

Hope those might help!  Take a look and see if any those suit you.

I'll second ProAcryl.  I have liked every one of them that I've used.