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Made in nl
Regular Dakkanaut





I’ve been trying to find some inspiration for painting some Crisis Protocol minis and really impressed with Sorastro’s paint jobs (if you don’t know him check out his YouTube channel. I love his work). I’ve always used Citadel paints up to now but I’ve been finding their range of reds a bit limited. I don’t want all my reds to look the same and they don’t have all that much choice (what gives GW? You’ve got loads of blues and greens, why so few reds?). So I saw in Sorastro’s guide for Spider-Man that he’d used Scalecolor so I bought the three reds he used and tried to give it a go on my model of Spidey. But so far I’m struggling with them a bit. When you put them on, wet they look really bright but as they quickly dry they colour all but disappears. It took me about five base coats to get half decent vibrancy and so far after the first two layers of a brighter red there’s very little shade distinction and it still looks rather flat. It’s almost like glazing, how slowly things seem to build. Am I doing something wrong? Are the paints supposed to work like this? Is it worth persevering with them? Does anybody else have any experience with them?
   
Made in gb
Camouflaged Ariadna Scout





Leeds, UK

I've used the scale colour reds before and they do have a very matt finish (like other scale colour paints). I painted the reds on this techpriests hood/ tabard using all scale colour, although i started from a red leather base and not a flat red.



They did need a few layers to build up the red but thats similar for a lot of companies reds. And the flat finish works for the cloth as i wasn't going for a super bright highlight. Sorastro's paintjobs tend to be pretty high contrast so he's usually highlighting with something brighter than the reds i've used, which should work if you're going for something that is more of a shiny finish.



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Made in gb
The Daemon Possessing Fulgrim's Body





Devon, UK

Two things:

Scalecolour needs to be shaken a lot. It's distinctly possible, especially if you're new to the range, you're only painting with half of the components of the paint. I'd almost go as far as saying that you need to mechanically shake them, doing it by hand can take a lot of effort.

Secondly, you don't mention what colour primer you're using. For Crisis Protocol, to get those punchy bright colours, I'd strongly recommend a white primer, if you're trying to build up from black or grey it's no surprise you're experiencing problems, red shares a lot of the same problems with opacity with yellows, and a nice bright basecoat can help immeasurably.

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Made in nl
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Thanks both for your tips. That’s really helpful. Love the tech priest. That red is really vibrant. I’m making good progress now with Spidey and as I get the layers on I’m getting happier with the red. I really like the matt finish for a change. But I realize now I should have shaken the paints more. I hardly did that at all. And I did prime with black and am now very much wishing I’d gone with white. Choice of primer colour is something that rarely gets talked about. I’d be interested to learn more about the pros and cons of the various options
   
 
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