Tips on paint matching specific color schemes

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June 7, 2011 at 11:26 pm #503204
Hannah
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This is not me giving tips, it’s me asking for some!! I’m hoping that maybe people will post their techniques for matching certain color schemes on dragons in particular 🙂

I’ve begun working on a repair of an Amethyst male in my spare time and I am curious if anyone has any tips on how to paint match the colors for this scheme? Are there any specific brands of paint that seem to match the amethyst colors better than others?

Any other tips for any color scheme would be great to post here too 🙂

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June 10, 2011 at 3:37 pm #847848
drag0nfeathers
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Not sure on Amethyst. Haven’t had to try and paint match that yet. I use the Folk Art Metallics for the blue, green, and purple on Peacock though.

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June 10, 2011 at 3:42 pm #847849
WolfenMachine
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I matched the paint for my old green young that got broke-a-fied, but it was so long ago. I am pretty good at matching paint colors, but the metallic paints are difficult. Tried matching the blue and violet seen on the Rainbow Emperor, and he looks like poo-so I hide his poor repaired, unpainted tail until I can get some touch up from Windstone. Oh and BTW-automotive paint is a close match (I used a Chevy Blue that matches my poor wrecked and gone Cavalieer) but it doesnt match exactly-nor does it go on as nice as I would have liked.
June 12, 2011 at 12:56 am #847987
Hannah
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Awesome! Good call on the Folk Art metallics – that’s what I use, simply because they were the only metallics at Michaels when I went about 2 months ago XD I’ll have to check out the automotive paint too and see what’s available.

Thanks guys 🙂

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June 12, 2011 at 5:03 pm #848026
Melody
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The easiest way is to ask us for touch up paint!
Some colors are pretty close to off-the-shelf ones you can buy, but they can be really expensive.
If it is a retired color and we don’t have the paint anymore I might be able to figure out what paint we used to mix it.
Some colors are very difficult to match, even with the right paint because you get a different look when the pant is airbrushed on, and the color may be the result of layering several colors. I hope an autumn leaf dragon never needs touch up.
June 12, 2011 at 11:09 pm #848054
Hannah
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The easiest way is to ask us for touch up paint!

Oh my gosh that would be amazing! I wasn’t sure if you guys did that anymore XD

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June 13, 2011 at 5:44 am #848080
Kathleen
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yes I got some pearl touch up paint for my mother dragon. Melody (and everyone at Windstone) is fantastic! 🙂
November 2, 2011 at 1:46 am #861496
Shawna
Yeah, I was gonna say what Melody said, beg Windstone for some! LOL!
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