<![CDATA[Latest posts for the thread "Does anyone make an actual RED Red?"]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/8.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net Does anyone make an actual RED Red? GW and I even have a couple of the OLD flip cap GW reds and they are all either too dark and on the purple or maroon end of the spectrum or fall towards orange too much. Whats the deal, does no one make an actual RED, like the color of a fire engine, Cherry, Red Apple, you know, that color you see when you open a crayon box and read RED?

Any leads would be great, thanks in advance.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1647744.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1647744.page GMT Does anyone make an actual RED Red?
It could be an issue of you trying to paint on black, and not doing enough thin layers. It could be an issue of you highlighting with yellow and white as your mix colors.

If that's not it though, and you are applying the colors properly, I think you will are SOL if blood red and it's equivalents don't fit your definition. If that's the case I don't think you have the same idea of what red looks like as the rest of us lol!]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1647774.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1647774.page GMT Does anyone make an actual RED Red? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1647786.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1647786.page GMT Does anyone make an actual RED Red? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1647866.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1647866.page GMT Does anyone make an actual RED Red? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1647876.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1647876.page GMT Does anyone make an actual RED Red?
Tamiya colours?

Have you tried looking hard enough?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1647886.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1647886.page GMT Does anyone make an actual RED Red? GW blood red is red to me but you call it fire engine red. So post a picture so we can help.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1647889.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1647889.page GMT Does anyone make an actual RED Red?
The best recipe I've found so far is:

P3 Sanguine Base
Some sort of dark armour wash
Red gore over brush all but recesses.
Red gore : blood Red highlight.
Blood Red extreme highlight.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1648185.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1648185.page GMT Re:Does anyone make an actual RED Red?
Red Gore=Maroon towards purple
Blood Red=Orangey Red

I have a bottle of the old GW Red Ink and that is RED red, but it's an ink.

I took all the reds I have and put a blop of them next to each other on a white index card and there is an obvious blank between these two "versions" of red.

Oh well I will figure something out I guess. Thanks for the suggestions guys I will look into those other brands.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1648763.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1648763.page GMT Re:Does anyone make an actual RED Red? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1648778.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1648778.page GMT Does anyone make an actual RED Red? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1648783.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1648783.page GMT Does anyone make an actual RED Red? FLGS purists out there....

Folk Art Acrylics by Plaid, found in place like Hobby Lobby and Michaels. Go to the store and look, the web site doesn't do justice to some of the colors.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1648805.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1648805.page GMT Does anyone make an actual RED Red?
blood red, should be a bright, arterial, red. It should be about as red as you can get! But it is translucent, so depending on what you paint it over, the final results can vary.

Although, you may just be very, very colour sensitive. Unfortunately, paints are based on subtractive colours, so the primaries are cyan, magenta & yellow, you don't really get a "True" red!]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1648904.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1648904.page GMT Does anyone make an actual RED Red?
HamHamLunchbox wrote:colorblind maybe?



Its funny, but I said that after reading the OP. I think he might have some problems with red, because red is RED to me anyways]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1649049.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1649049.page GMT Re:Does anyone make an actual RED Red? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1649091.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1649091.page GMT Re:Does anyone make an actual RED Red? ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1649989.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1649989.page GMT Does anyone make an actual RED Red?
Ruby red from the old GW line is the same as the current Blood Red and they are both 'true red' in the way you describe it.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1650026.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1650026.page GMT Does anyone make an actual RED Red?
I've played Blood Angels FOREVER and have tons and tons of red in the various different bottles from GW (and other brands too).

Currently I've been using the slightly older bolter-shell small paint-pot version... but I have tons of the newer flip-top variety also. Are you telling me they are gonna be different colors?!? ACK!]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1650041.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1650041.page GMT Does anyone make an actual RED Red? GW would release a set of paints and not have the three primary colors in their truest form? Its basic stuff...]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1650068.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1650068.page GMT Re:Does anyone make an actual RED Red? gw ruby red now sold by coat 'd arms.
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For blokes, red is just red. http://www.thedoghousediaries.com/?p=1406 ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1650095.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1650095.page GMT Does anyone make an actual RED Red?
darkkt wrote:I think a good 'true/deep red' colour (without blue/purple in it) could probably be acheived with mechrite red basecoat, blood red on top of that, then wash with baal red wash to knock some of the orange out of it.

For blokes, red is just red. http://www.thedoghousediaries.com/?p=1406


And how many reds are there in your chart ?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1650102.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1650102.page GMT Does anyone make an actual RED Red? OP's problem. You want a deep red, not ornagey red (like blood red is). I also have never been happy with red as the nice reds you see are alot of layers and work..

I have no experience with this product but it looks quite promising.

http://www.thearmypainter.com/gallery_presentation.php?GalleryId=61&Gallery=Dragon]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1650118.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1650118.page GMT Does anyone make an actual RED Red? Lol - research would have been good before posting that link then... oh well!

Now I think about the more serious suggestion I put, the main issue is going to be getting depth into the model's recessed areas. When i was painting my Khorne bezerkers, I threw a brown wash directly over the mechrite red, then drybrushed blood red and did the baal red wash all over - it added what I considered to be a natural shade to a deep red colour. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1650128.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1650128.page GMT Does anyone make an actual RED Red? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1653100.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1653100.page GMT Does anyone make an actual RED Red?
That being said, have you tried P3 Khador Red Base? That covers over any undercoat pretty well (naturally it works better over not-black).]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1653223.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1653223.page GMT Does anyone make an actual RED Red? GW's blood red is as red as anything gets.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1654954.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1654954.page GMT Does anyone make an actual RED Red? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1654999.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1654999.page GMT Does anyone make an actual RED Red?
helgrenze wrote:My suggestion, and this may annoy the FLGS purists out there....

Folk Art Acrylics by Plaid, found in place like Hobby Lobby and Michaels. Go to the store and look, the web site doesn't do justice to some of the colors.


I use a lot of this cheap paint. WalMart sells it and I'm about to do a squad of world eaters with them]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1656500.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/299162/1656500.page GMT