[USER=12969]Bob A Feet[/USER]
I was like why does that Pantone pic look familiar. Then I was like.....I did that! Hahaha! I used MS Paint to toss in screen grabs and modify a just a little bit to conserve/consolidate space.
But yeah to expand on this the 501st even had "Names" to their color list for that blue, which were....
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They call it Royal Blue. As you may recall I have two ROTJ Packs. One I got because of budget constraints, from Coz3D. And the other one, which I'm STILL painting up, from Boba Maker, just took a break from it. I'm in a different scenario because I'm using ALL airbrushes on my stuff. On my Coz3D version I used Humbrol Matt 104, Humbrol calls this color "Oxford Blue". Now if you know me, I dislike mixing paints. I like to use the paint right out of the jar, so I try to come as close as I can when choosing paints. I may add in a few drops of black or white depending if I need to lighten or darken it a bit, but that's it. And in this case I didn't use any alteration of it. and here is how my Coz3D came out.
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For my Boba Maker Jetpack I used Tamiya Color paint number X-3. And guess what? Tamiya actually calls this "Royal Blue"! Now for this, so far I haven't finished it, but here it is with the Tamiya color on it.
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Both blue colors almost look the same to my eyes. But like you said the cameras, lighting and other effects could have adjusted the color not only on your camera of your JP, but also on those reference photos.
Just my two cents.
Regards,
-Iron
