UK spray can colours?

Thanks mate. So good. I think I may take back my Rustoleum Khaki paint, as I just realised it's a gloss. I may just get an Ironlak one. But which shade!? ahhh

for those reading this, here is the link to his AMAZING helmet paint up.

http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/f23/jayvees-empire-wip-jinto-lid-paint-up-41419/

Thanks for the kind words mate. While I was happy with it being my first paintup, its still far from perfect, with ALOT of room for improvement, but I learnt much along the way, so I am hoping my new lid will be as accurate as possible, and be even more spot on. But again I do appreciate the kind words.

I would still go for the neverland for the back panels, but for the ear, its a tough one - you may need to mist a couple together, but the charts are often not that accurate in comparison to the colour in person. check out the actual cans in the store - it will give you a much better representation.

One other thing, as Ironlak are grafitti based paints, you often get a few differrent nozzles with them. Use these to your advantage. I usually found two types of fatter nozzles worked best. one was pink with a black dot on the nozzle, and one was black. the pink one was a mister, and the black one gave really good coverage. I would lightly 'dust coat' my colour on with the pink mister nozzle, then change to the coverage nozzle, and standing back, give it multiple lighter coats. once happy, I would lightly coat again, using the mister nozzle. seemed to come out nice every time - just make sure you dont go too thick and stand too close - always better to do more light coats than have it drip. With the ironlak cans though, you should only need one can of each. cheers bud
 
Cool. The guy in the hobby shop said the Tamiya green paint should be enough for just the dome & cheeks. I am now just worrying about my liquid mask I was going to use. I was going to use liquid latex as a cover. But you can't see through that so I may not be as neat as I could be so what would be the best way to apply the latex? I have read somewhere that using a sponge cut down to a point works well...
 
Thanks mate. Was wondering about a precise brush that wouldn't let the latex stick to it. But now I know what they're called! Unfortunately everywhere that sells them online charge a billion pounds for postage. Another lunch break search I think! :p
 
Thanks mate. So good. I think I may take back my Rustoleum Khaki paint, as I just realised it's a gloss. I may just get an Ironlak one. But which shade!? ahhh

Colour chart:

IRONLAK - 2011 - Coverage? Ironlak, we've got it covered.

for those reading this, here is the link to his AMAZING helmet paint up.

http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/f23/jayvees-empire-wip-jinto-lid-paint-up-41419/

This is a great base to look at but also use pics from the gallery , as these are some one else's interpritation

Id also say get a dull coat / clear matt coat to give it all a uniformed finish when its done , but do a test first just incase the paints react. Infact when mixing brand of spray paint ALWAYS! do some testers on a sheet of plastice or something with a close texture to what you are painting on ,as many good paint jobs have been ruined by paints reacting with each other, this can happen even if the paints are both Acrylic, laqure or enamels , so always do a tester
 
if you think how many normal brushes you'd go through using liquid mask just under £8.00 isn't bad at all.
considering a decent 0 or 00 brush cost around that price.
 
Cool, I bought a rubber brush, taper tipped. So it's like a rubber cone on a brush ;) Will do the trick perfectly!! £3.40 at my local arts store!
 
Thanks mate, I will most likely post a thread of my paint up. But if not, track my blog that is linked in my Signature :)

Also, the one thing that's bothering me... I have seen the upper cheeks to be all black, seen them to be grey and black misted, and I have seen them to be green & black misted. Which one works for the ESB helm?
 
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Bad news. The local shop that sold Ironlak paints, can't afford to order 'Neverland' as they come in boxes of twelve. As mentioned before, neverland is as close as you can get for the back panels. So I need a new approach for the back panels. Any help?

This is the example square for Montana Gold 'Pine' that looks similar:

montana-gold-pine.jpg


also, 'hunter' is Ironlak and is one shade lighter than Neverland. But I don't want to have to darken it with blacks etc. :( Not sure if this will work.
 
if you have a look at the humbrol colours that terminal fettler uses on his thread.
http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/f23/uk-spray-can-colours-42888/f23/o...int-job-30707/
you my find a better colour match. i've gone through montana gold and black aswell as belton but the colours never right.
the back green is a mist of two colours. looking at those colours through a monitor can be a little deceptive.
as i've mentioned before, airbrush is the way to go.
upper cheeks, i go black and then weathered them
 
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I can't really take the time to learn how to airbrush, and I have already spent £25 in spray paint :p Also, that link was "Page not found".
 
Cool, cheers. He used a mixture of 76 and 96.. which are Uniform Green & RAF Blue. In terms of mixing two spray paints, what is the technique to use so they don't just sit on top of eachother or go patchy?
 
I don't know how you're going to mix / fade these two colours to get the right colour tone, without it looking like two paint's mixed together.
Back in my graff day's i used to intermix spray's together.
I only suggested looking at terminal fettler thread, so you could have a physical colour reference to go by.
As humbrol paint's are readily available here in the UK.
I suggest mix the 76 and 96 together how he states on his thread and get a colour that's closest to it.
That way your not to wide off the mark.
As many people on here use a combination of colours to get the right green/blue colour for the rear panels.
 
Cool, cheers. I was going to do the layer of blue then mist with another... I can't mix two paints together as I don't have an airbrush. :(
 
if you cant get neverland, the only other colour I found straight out of a can, was another brand called MTN 94, and the colour was 'Glory Blue'. A little differrent shade to Neverland, but on close inspection, if I was going the spray can route again, I may actually prefer it, as its not quite as deep a colour. Failing finding that colour, im not completely sure of the best move. Hunter could be an option, as could the montana 'pine', but as i havnt used either, probably worth colour testing each, as the colour chart colour can differ significantly to the actual colour..
 
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