Greetings from a Canadian in China

robertbhlr

robertbhlr

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Hi.
I'm a Canadian teacher working in China.
I've been a member of the 501st for 8 years, some of you may know me as Darth Monty.
I'm teaching art at an international school located in Ningbo, China, which is about a 2 hour ride on the high speed train south of Shanghai.

Anyway, having been overseas for a few years, I really miss working on costuming, so I've decided to tackle a scratch built ROTJ Boba Fett.
I've been able to source EVA foam boards for the armor and jet pack, no problem (really cheap over here). I can even get my hands on the fabric to make the soft parts of the costume.
The hard part is finding paint. Has anyone ever tried using the Tamiya brand (which is all that's available) of paint? If so, suggestions for a color scheme would be most helpful.
 
I'm using mostly Tamiya for my ESB Fett costume, since I live in Japan. I've been using the following for the helmet:

TS-30 Silver Leaf
TS-4 German Grey (undercoat for entire helmet)
TS-78 Field Gray (This is the closest match I can find for the helmet's light olive green. It's a touch too dark, but still looks good.)
TS-11 Maroon (mandible undercoat)
TS-33 Dull Red
TS-63 NATO Black (cheeks)
TS-3 Dark Yellow (right ear)
TS-34 Camel Yellow (kill stripes)
TS-84 Clear Orange (kill stripes)
TS-71 Smoke (shading on cheeks and dent)
AS-11 Medium Sea Gray (back undercoat)

For the back of the helmet, I'm using Asahipen Colorado Green, which you probably don't have in China. I haven't found a suitable Tamiya color that is dark greyish-teal. AS-13 is a bit too green but might look okay.

Do they sell Gunze (Mr. Color) in China?
 
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nice info on color codes ...can you post a picture to show colors
Badgerdash said:
I'm using mostly Tamiya for my ESB Fett costume, since I live in Japan. I've been using the following for the helmet:

TS-30 Silver Leaf
TS-4 German Grey (undercoat for entire helmet)
TS-78 Field Gray (This is the closest match I can find for the helmet's light olive green. It's a touch too dark, but still looks good.)
TS-11 Maroon (mandible undercoat)
TS-33 Dull Red
TS-63 NATO Black (cheeks)
TS-3 Dark Yellow (right ear)
TS-34 Camel Yellow (kill stripes)
TS-84 Clear Orange (kill stripes)
TS-71 Smoke (shading on cheeks and dent)
AS-11 Medium Sea Gray (back undercoat)

For the back of the helmet, I'm using Asahipen Colorado Green, which you probably don't have in China. I haven't found a suitable Tamiya color that is dark greyish-teal. AS-13 is a bit too green but might look okay.

Do they sell Gunze (Mr. Color) in China?
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