Vallejo game color just came in

[MrPickles]

ordered some on ebay to test out.

i got scarlett red, heavy red, red ink and glaze medium.

so far i can say scarlett red is more like GW red gore.

and the heavy red seems to be almost exactly the same color as the scarlett red which i find strange. like virtually no difference. i layered the heavy red ontop of scarlett red base and you cant really see a difference. i guess the heavy red just has more pigment.

dilluted down they behave much better than GW paints. much more smooth and even with better flow.

the red ink is really bright somewhere inbetween gw blood red and blazing orange. i wish it was darker. i think baal red is more useful at the moment.

i mixed a few drops of the glaze medium into some blood red. perfect for tinting and bringing layers together. awesome potential with this stuff. but more testing required lol.

so far im really impressed ill probably buy more. if youre still debating on what paints to buy id say go all vallejo except pick up GW washes and metallics.

 

[MightyChad]

The ink is still fairly translucent, so it should look darker over some dark red base color. And yes, glaze medium is wonderful!

 

[Estragon]

. if youre still debating on what paints to buy id say go all vallejo except pick up GW washes and metallics.

Actually VGC golds (Glorious, Polished) seem to me better than GW ones (Burnished?). Of washes Vallejo has a huge can of Sepia (Devlan clone), which is good for its cheapness.

 

[Dragonsreach]

....the heavy red seems to be almost exactly the same color as the scarlett red which i find strange. like virtually no difference. i layered the heavy red ontop of scarlett red base and you cant really see a difference. i guess the heavy red just has more pigment.
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Isn't the Heavy red the equivalent of the GW foundation Baal Red?

 

[freakinacage]

if youre still debating on what paints to buy id say go all vallejo except pick up GW washes and metallics.

you clearly haven't tried the vallejo air metallics. awesome in a bottle.

 

[Elric2k]

It's funny, I just counted the Vallejo Model Colors I currently have, in preparation to finish the collection (gotta go to hobbytown, as i saw them putting up a VMC stand last saturday!) I also am in the process of replacing all of my older GW paints with VGC. For one, I hate, absolutely loathe the GW/P3 paint pot design, and love RMS and VGC/VMC dropper bottle. Its so much easier to mix ratios. I'll tell you this, if you're impressed with the game color, you should definitely try vallejo model color, in my experience they are fantastic as well!

 

[MrPickles]

baal red is a wash. and VGC heavy red is like GW red gore except better in every way and covers very well.

 

[Dragonsreach]

baal red is a wash. and VGC heavy red is like GW red gore except better in every way and covers very well.

So it is. I was thinking about Mechrite Red. (Numpty!)

 

[MrPickles]

heavy red is a dark red and "scarlett red" which is supposed to be a rip off of GW scab red is actually very close to GW red gore which is great, since GW scab red is a pretty useless color IMO, it has too much purple in it.


my point is, dont expect it to be an exact match to the GW equivalent or anywhere close!