This was handy to me as I loved the hell out of that colour. What drew me to them was that they reportedly had a recreation of 1998 spec Dark Angels green. Instar is a new company compared with the two giants above, based in the UK the have their own product line.
I couldn’t find a good picture of the bottle by itself and I forgot to take one before writing the article because I’m a pro. You can find Vallejo Model/Game colour at your local FLGS, model/hobby stores, the wider internet and their website. I paid $4.99 AUD for mine in a 17ml dropper that will clog and explode everywhere and I mean EVERYWHERE one day. Until games workshop made finding guides via YouTube and the Citadel colour app easy as hell, Vallejo was my go to choice for paint due to the dropper bottles, cost per ml and the sheer fact that it is very, very nice to paint with. Fit for purpose?Īccording to the internet, which is never wrong, ever, this is a match for O.G Dark Angels Green. So, what would you buy if you wanted to colour match to your old armies? Lets look at what the internet told me to buy! Vallejo Game Colour – Dark Green 72.028 Some people with a good eye (not me) spotted that Caliban Green wasn’t a 1:1 match up with the Dark Angels Green that it replaced. Google the price in your area friends! Or go to the gee dubs website.Īnyhow, this would the defacto choice for most people right? WRONG. It comes in a 12ml bottle that will totally refuse to shut if you get paint in the wrong area for about $6.50AUD. If you want to know why I just typed that sentence you should look at Lupe’s excellent Throwing Shade Part 1: An Actually Helpful Guide to the Citadel Paint System if you want to know more about it. In short the new CPS System/Citadel App is great because it removes a lot of unneeded thinking for someone at my skill level.
Games Workshop’s paint line used to be a distant second to Vallejo and the like (in my opinion) however savvy marketing and a big push in paint quality have let it step up majorly to the point I would say the only real bad bit is the bottle design and price. The obvious choice but is it the correct one? The contenders: Citadel Colour Base – Caliban Green Let’s look at the options we have to paint some sweet totally loyal green lads. Naturally I put off this simple and quick article in favour of doing something overly complex. Ok, seriously before we start talking about this article, all I intended to do was try instar vintage paint and say ‘its good, bad, cool and good, etc’.
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