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2021/08/30 15:02:27
Subject: Looking For An Exact Match For The Old Catachan Green Paint
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Crafty Bray Shaman
Anor Londo
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Like the title says, I’m looking for a paint from any manufacturer that is a match for the old Citadel Catachan Green paint. Can anybody help me out?
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2021/08/30 15:17:17
Subject: Re:Looking For An Exact Match For The Old Catachan Green Paint
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2021/08/30 15:34:50
Subject: Looking For An Exact Match For The Old Catachan Green Paint
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Lieutenant General
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Undead_Love-Machine wrote:Like the title says, I’m looking for a paint from any manufacturer that is a match for the old Citadel Catachan Green paint. Can anybody help me out?
An old equivalent chart published by Vallejo suggests VGC Cayman Green and VMC Bronze Green. How close of an equivalent to Catachan Green they are I can not say.
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2021/08/30 20:51:49
Subject: Looking For An Exact Match For The Old Catachan Green Paint
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Regular Dakkanaut
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Paint range compatibility chart isn't worth dross when it comes to exact matches. I do have mid-2000's Catachan Green but nothing else in my selection is an exact match. Closest I have is P3's Cryx Bane Base and it's considerably darker, though in the same hue.
Your best bet is to take your remaining pot (if any) or a sample to the local hobby shop and compare colours there. Luckily Catachan Green is an olive shade, which is pretty easy to adjust since it's nowhere close to a pure hue. I suspect you'll be able to find an exact or nearly exact match in the Vallejo rainge, as they specialize in military colours.
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2021/08/31 05:21:30
Subject: Re:Looking For An Exact Match For The Old Catachan Green Paint
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Grim Dark Angels Interrogator-Chaplain
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From the current Citadel range, Castellan Green is fairly close to the old Catachan Green. Not sure about exact match though, as it's been a minute since I've used Catachan Green (we're talking way back when I first started painting LotR models 13+ years ago).
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2021/09/01 11:28:09
Subject: Re:Looking For An Exact Match For The Old Catachan Green Paint
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Crafty Bray Shaman
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Thanks for the responses. Yeah, the paint compatability chart is by no means exact, and my experience with Castellan Green is that it isn’t an exact match. Will give Vallejo a go!
I’ve just remembered that Coat d’arms Have a lot of the old Citadel equivalents, I’ll check them out too.
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2021/09/01 11:55:20
Subject: Re:Looking For An Exact Match For The Old Catachan Green Paint
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Shas'la with Pulse Carbine
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Undead_Love-Machine wrote:Thanks for the responses. Yeah, the paint compatability chart is by no means exact, and my experience with Castellan Green is that it isn’t an exact match. Will give Vallejo a go!
I’ve just remembered that Coat d’arms Have a lot of the old Citadel equivalents, I’ll check them out too.
Just a side note, the Coat D'Arms are the original Citadel paints, they were allowed to keep the name when Citadel decided to get another factory (either France at that point or Ral Partha in the UK) to produce their colours.
If you have the original style pots, it's a very safe bet that the colour will be exactly the same.
In the meantime, we're just waiting on something special before we start doing all the matches to a near 99% accuracy again with the Alpha range
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2021/09/01 12:56:07
Subject: Looking For An Exact Match For The Old Catachan Green Paint
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Regular Dakkanaut
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No, Catachan Green wasn't introduced until the end of the 'crystal pot' era (MkIV made in France black flip tops - 2003/4-2007). It did not exist in the 90's and thus is not a colour you'd find in the Coat D'arms range other than by happy accident.
And INSTAR's colour matching is worse than Dakka's conversion charts, don't even bother. Also the worst quality paint I've ever had the misfortune of spending money on.
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2021/09/03 11:27:45
Subject: Looking For An Exact Match For The Old Catachan Green Paint
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Blood Angel Terminator with Lightning Claws
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Here are some that should be of equal quality
Cayman Green (067)
Vallejo Game Color
Muddy Olive (9034)
Reaper Master
Olive Grey (888)
Vallejo Model Color
Catachan Green
Old Citadel
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DV8 wrote:Blood Angels Furioso Dreadnought should also be double-fisted.
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