Liney Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Thought I would post this here as we don't have a sort of wip discussion thread. I was wandering if I could get some answers/opinions on some colours. People like Zemo, Titania and Machine Man. In older comics they are clearly a pink/magenta colour, much like Gambit. However a lot of other sources clearly show them as purple, a quick google of Machine demonstrates this. I'm currently trying to make Machine Man, so I bought some cheap issues of MM from the 80's and he's pink, in fact he's the perfect match for Citadel Miniatures 'Pink Horror' paint.So I adjusted my decal to this colour and it looks really off to me. So I thought I would use 'Screamer Pink' as its more purple, which matches my idea of MM better. But is less accurate. Which colour looks better to you guys/gals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fwoosheyman Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 I'd go with the "Screamer Pink" (purple). It looks better and he was changed to that shade of purple for awhile in the comics. By the way those are awesome decals. great job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bilbofett Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 The purple one is how I've seen him. I like it better. The pink one has a Doom-bot look to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liney Posted July 27, 2014 Author Share Posted July 27, 2014 (edited) Pink Screamer is actually quite a bit darker than the decal, I just did a test coat of paint. I'm still leaning towards the purple but the pink does't look as bad, here are some pics comparing it. Edited July 27, 2014 by Liney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzorio Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 I prefer purple, but both seem great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattallica Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 the purple seems a tad dark, but is way better than he pink IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liney Posted July 27, 2014 Author Share Posted July 27, 2014 There's not a shade of premixed paint between those two colours, but I might try mixing them together and see what the outcome is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nessex Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Yeah - i'd lean towards the more purpley of the two. I know he's often been drawn as pink - but it always seemed like a deeper pink to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liney Posted July 28, 2014 Author Share Posted July 28, 2014 (edited) Been playing with paint today, left to right: Screamer Pink, Screamer Pink with Pink Horror over it, Pink Horror. They look much lighter in the picture than they do in person. I don't think painting the pink over purple is significantly different enough to plain pink. I did try mixing them which looked good, but I couldn't ever mix enough. I might just make one pink and one purple and decide which is best afterwards. Edit: Found some more purple paints. Parma purple which is magenta on the torso, and Tamiya x-16 which is the purple on the thigh. Edited July 29, 2014 by Liney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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