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AFV Painting & Weathering
Answers to questions about the right paint scheme or tips for the right effect.
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Need help mixing a color
bowlpuncher
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Florida, United States
Joined: October 21, 2004
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Posted: Sunday, January 29, 2006 - 04:28 AM UTC
Need gun metal every hobby shop is out of it and i just need a little to finish the kit. Any suggeestions on what i can mix to make it or get it close?
SKurj
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Ontario, Canada
Joined: November 28, 2005
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Posted: Sunday, January 29, 2006 - 04:38 AM UTC
What are you using it for?

If it is for guns, you could use flat black, flat nato black or a dark grey and then use graphite (from a pencil)

Martyn
bowlpuncher
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Posted: Sunday, January 29, 2006 - 04:47 AM UTC
It is a small part of a cockpit it appaers like a small antenna
jlmurc
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England - East Anglia, United Kingdom
Joined: August 29, 2005
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Posted: Sunday, January 29, 2006 - 05:03 AM UTC
If you need a little in the days before gunmetal paints we all used to mix silver and matt black in varying amounts of each. You only need a drop of each and mix to the shade you want.

Makes me feel old now you can get such a myriad of colours.

John
bowlpuncher
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Posted: Sunday, January 29, 2006 - 05:11 AM UTC
thanks you all
Grifter
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Posted: Sunday, January 29, 2006 - 05:44 AM UTC
I like to paint flat black first, then drybrush with a little "graphite" paint or steel.
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