Paint Equivalents

Spearshaft

Foundry · Foundry Paint System · 13B

#A0623B · L*47.7 a*21.3 b*32.4

The closest match to Foundry Spearshaft in every other range, nearest first.

Foundry Spearshaft is a mid-toned, saturated orange. 6 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Vallejo Burned Flesh at ΔE 1.5. 12 of the 30 other ranges have nothing within ΔE 5, so a substitution from those will read as a different colour.

What the ΔE numbers below mean, and how close a match has to be

What is the closest equivalent to Foundry Spearshaft?

Vallejo Burned Flesh is the closest equivalent to Foundry Spearshaft in any other range, at ΔE 1.5 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Scale75 Orange Leather (ΔE 1.6) and P3 Idrian Flesh (ΔE 1.6).

What is the Vallejo alternative to Foundry Spearshaft?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Burned Flesh, ΔE 1.5 — a near-perfect substitute. The full Foundry to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

Shop Foundry Spearshaft Shop Vallejo Burned Flesh (Game Air) Shop Vallejo Game Air set

Spearshaft equivalent in Vallejo

  1. A Burned Flesh Game Air 72.770 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
  2. A Dark Ochre Premium Airbrush Color 62.016 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect

Full Foundry → Vallejo conversion chart

Spearshaft equivalent in Scale75

  1. A Orange Leather Scale Color Range ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
  2. C Mars Orange Scale Color Range ΔE 4.5 · close

Full Foundry → Scale75 conversion chart

Spearshaft equivalent in P3

  1. A Idrian Flesh Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
  2. D Bogrin Brown Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 5.0 · similar

Full Foundry → P3 conversion chart

Spearshaft equivalent in Humbrol

  1. A Antique Bronze Acrylics - Metallics 171 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. B Natural Wood Acrylics - Matt 110 ΔE 3.1 · very close

Full Foundry → Humbrol conversion chart

Spearshaft equivalent in FolkArt

  1. A English Mustard Acrylic Colors 959 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. B Pumpkin Acrylic Colors 225 ΔE 2.2 · very close

Full Foundry → FolkArt conversion chart

Spearshaft equivalent in Tamiya

  1. A Dark copper Acrylics Mini Flat XF-28 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  2. D Flat earth Lacquer Paint LP-74 ΔE 10.0 · similar

Full Foundry → Tamiya conversion chart

Spearshaft equivalent in Revell

  1. B Bronze Email Color - Metallic ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. B Brown Email Color - Matt ΔE 2.2 · very close

Full Foundry → Revell conversion chart

Spearshaft equivalent in Citadel

  1. B Dwarf Bronze Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. B Brass Scorpion Layer ΔE 3.0 · very close

Full Foundry → Citadel conversion chart

Spearshaft equivalent in Mission Models

  1. B Copper MMM-004 ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. C Pearl Copper MMP-149 ΔE 4.9 · close

Full Foundry → Mission Models conversion chart

Spearshaft equivalent in Arteza

  1. B Pearl Copper Gold Acrylic Pearl Paints A129 ΔE 2.4 · very close
  2. D Bronze Acrylic Pearl Paints A202 ΔE 5.7 · similar

Full Foundry → Arteza conversion chart

Spearshaft equivalent in Golden

  1. B Raw Sienna Heavy Body 1340 ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. C Raw Sienna OPEN Acrylics 7340 ΔE 4.3 · close

Full Foundry → Golden conversion chart

Spearshaft equivalent in Reaper

  1. B Barbarian Flesh Master Series Paints Bones 9442 ΔE 3.2 · very close
  2. C Scorched Metal Master Series Paints Core Colors 9125 ΔE 4.7 · close

Full Foundry → Reaper conversion chart

Spearshaft in the remaining ranges

These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.

RangeNearest paintDistance
Mr. Paint #9A6948 Rosso Mimetico Mr Paint ΔE 3.5
Mr. Hobby #975829 Brass Mr Metal Color ΔE 4.3
The Army Painter #AD5B33 Weapon Bronze Warpaints Air ΔE 4.3
AK Interactive #8F5E36 Beige Brown Figures ΔE 4.6
Mig #9E5922 Red Primer Shine Primers ΔE 4.7
Creature #9E5423 Copper Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 5.0
Kimera Kolors #9A5622 Mars Orange Expansion Set 1 ΔE 5.0
Acrilex #B5653C Siena Natural Paints ΔE 5.1
Apple Barrel #B26946 Mango Colors ΔE 5.1
Liquitex #9B5A20 Transparent Raw Sienna Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 5.3
Duncan #B5623C Steampunk Copper Wave 2 ΔE 5.4
Coat d'Arms #8B5D43 Barbarian Leather Fantasy Range ΔE 5.9
Italeri #A27156 Light Brown Acrylic Paint ΔE 6.3
Green Stuff World #A85D46 Swamp Brown Intensity Ink ΔE 6.7
Tom Color #8C6848 Field Uniform Brown ΔE 7.0
Monument #8D5C25 Flameon Dark Orange Brown Pro Signature Series ΔE 7.5
Turbo Dork #805D49 Death By ΔE 9.2
Warcolours #AA441E Metallic Copper Metallic paints ΔE 9.7

Nearest colours inside Foundry

  1. D Rich Butternut Paint System ΔE 5.6 · similar
  2. D Tan Paint System ΔE 6.8 · similar
  3. D British Uniform Brown Light Paint System ΔE 7.1 · similar
  4. D Dusky Flesh Paint System ΔE 7.4 · similar
  5. D Flesh Shade Paint System ΔE 8.4 · similar
  6. D Bronze Barrel Paint System ΔE 8.5 · similar

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