Red Paint

[j4k3001]

can anyone advise on which shade of red looks best on halo armour? any help will be greatly appreciated, links to buy some if possible please thanks

 

[ka5p3r]

any red that you think looks good will work but to be honest this may get locked because its a preference thing. no one can really tell you wat looks best. and just google red spray and im sure you will find a ton

 

[j4k3001]

yeah i was looking for the specific custom games red but i have failed to find the colour i want after wasting several cans =/

 

[ARMYofONE2469]

just look at the cap. if you don't want it shiny go get matted paint.

 

[j4k3001]

thanks was thinking about trying matt but couldnt find it in halfords or wilkos or B and Q =P btw does anyone know a cheap place i could buy it online?

 

[Ithica]

I would suggest using Krylon paints. Will you be doing battle damage, weathring and blaking to item you are painting?



Ithica

 

[j4k3001]

im planning to definately do blacking and drybrush silver paint on for the battle damage, thought blacking and weathering were the same? thanks

 

[Kazyole]

Krylon's paints are always nice, as Ithica pointed out. I'd definitely suggest getting matte paint (but that's just my personal preference. Glossy paint ends up looking to plastic-like in my opinion).



As for getting the right color red:



Keep in mind that it's all about layering colors over one another to get detail/the right effect. If you start with a coat of black primer, that's going to affect whatever red you plan on using. Personally I'd get something a little darker/less vibrant but again, that's just my personal preference.

 

[j4k3001]

thank you very much for all your help guys kinda understand a bit better what red i want now =P my aim though is to get it as close to the custom games red as possible, ill post some pics soon of my armour so far

 

[rockthewarrior]

As someone who went with bright orange I can say, definitely go with matte I got gloss and it takes a lot of work to make it look right, it doesn't react as well to some of the primers, plus you have to let it sit for a lot longer before you can work with it. As for the red. I used Krylon Cherry Red.

Before weathering and damage:

After:

 

[j4k3001]

very nice lol ive been looking for krylon on the old tinterpipe but the shipping to england is more than the actual paint xD i think ill be looking for something more local

 

[Ithica]

When you blacken the armor you darken the paint, make details stand out and make it look dingy. Weathering is when you use silver with a brush and stroke it. The battle damage is when you use vasoline and use a based coat of silver then the primary color then blacken it all to deepen the primary color and turn the silver to metal. It is a rather easy procedure.



Ithica