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Halfords' cammo and art paints

Started by Weaver, August 30, 2013, 08:12:31 PM

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Weaver

Went in a Halfords today for the first time in a long time and noticed that they had some interesting paints in. Does anybody have any experience of these?


Cammo Paints - Black, Brown, khaki, Green, all matt.


Enamel Paints wide range of mostly bright colours.


ArtFX Acrylics 10 bright matt colours with a special nozzle designed for art use.

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Thorvic

Interesting, wonder how the camo paints match BS or FS colours ? Could be handy for armour builders if close enough match  :thumbsup:
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Army of One

Not much help I know but.....the black is very black and very very matt....
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the cammo cans are very very matt, I used the green over standard white primer on some wargames figs, id say a dead matt finish ( id ask my friend who used to work in paint qc how matt/gloss but he tends to rant if im not careful)
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rickshaw

Quote from: Army of One on August 31, 2013, 07:05:50 AM
Not much help I know but.....the black is very black and very very matt....

Err, isn't black paint meant to be?   :banghead:
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Quote from: rickshaw on September 01, 2013, 04:34:12 AM
Quote from: Army of One on August 31, 2013, 07:05:50 AM
Not much help I know but.....the black is very black and very very matt....

Err, isn't black paint meant to be?   :banghead:

Yup but a lot of it is very dark grey. Probably find no 2 manufacturers "black" are the same, if you use them on adjoining parts it's amazing the difference sometimes  :blink:
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Martin H

hmm im wondering if the cammo range is aimed at the ex military vehicle scene as much as modelers. Would certainly be handy for small "touch up" jobs on 1/1 scale wagons.
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Steel Penguin

Martin, I think its is, as I mentioned it is almost too matt to use on wargames figs, and it sucks the gloss out of anything else that's added ( ink washes, dry brushing, metallics)
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take off and nuke the site form orbit, nope, time for the real thing, CAM and gridfire, call special circumstances. 
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