Paint Equivalents

Hardened Carapace

The Army Painter · Warpaints · WP1430

#44453B · L*28.9 a*-2.5 b*5.9

The closest match to The Army Painter Hardened Carapace in every other range, nearest first.

The Army Painter Hardened Carapace is a dark, muted yellow. 2 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being AK Interactive RAL 6003 Olivgrün Opt.1 at ΔE 1.2. 9 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 The Army Painter Hardened Carapace?

AK Interactive RAL 6003 Olivgrün Opt.1 is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Hardened Carapace in any other range, at ΔE 1.2 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Tom Color Field Grey Base 2 (cinza) (ΔE 1.7) and Revell Olive Yellow (ΔE 2.1).

What is the Vallejo alternative to The Army Painter Hardened Carapace?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Russian Green 4BO, ΔE 2.7 — a very close substitute. The full The Army Painter to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

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Hardened Carapace equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A RAL 6003 Olivgrün Opt.1 AFV AK752 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
  2. A Rlm 70 Air (3rd Gen) AK11821 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect

Full The Army Painter → AK Interactive conversion chart

Hardened Carapace equivalent in Tom Color

  1. A Field Grey Base 2 (cinza) TC-0321 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. B Olive Green Ija TC-0104 ΔE 3.3 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Tom Color conversion chart

Hardened Carapace equivalent in Revell

  1. B Olive Yellow Email Color - Matt ΔE 2.1 · very close
  2. D NATO Olive Email Color - Matt ΔE 5.6 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Revell conversion chart

Hardened Carapace equivalent in Vallejo

  1. B Russian Green 4BO Surface Primer 70.609 ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. B German Grey Model Air 71.268 ΔE 2.7 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Vallejo conversion chart

Hardened Carapace equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. B Machine Gray Aqueous Hobby Color H458 ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. B Brown Fs30219 Aqueous Hobby Color H310 ΔE 3.1 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

Hardened Carapace equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. B RLM 72 Grun Mr Paint MRP-062 ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. B Army Forest Green FS34086 Mr Paint MRP-434 ΔE 2.9 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Mr. Paint conversion chart

Hardened Carapace equivalent in Apple Barrel

  1. B Dark Gray Gloss™ 20366 ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. D Pewter Grey Colors 20580 ΔE 5.2 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Apple Barrel conversion chart

Hardened Carapace equivalent in P3

  1. B Greylord Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. D Bane Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 6.5 · similar

Full The Army Painter → P3 conversion chart

Hardened Carapace equivalent in Monument

  1. C PRIME Dark Camo Green Pro Acrylic Primer 007P ΔE 3.6 · close
  2. C Matt Cexwish Brown Grey Pro Signature Series S22 ΔE 4.5 · close

Full The Army Painter → Monument conversion chart

Hardened Carapace equivalent in Foundry

  1. C Quagmire Paint System 63B ΔE 3.7 · close
  2. C Soviet Equipment Green Shade Paint System 81A ΔE 4.6 · close

Full The Army Painter → Foundry conversion chart

Hardened Carapace equivalent in Mission Models

  1. C Russian Dark Green 4BO FS 34079 MMP-031 ΔE 3.7 · close
  2. D Olive Drab / Dark Green 1968-74 FS 24087 MMP-172 ΔE 5.1 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Mission Models conversion chart

Hardened Carapace equivalent in FolkArt

  1. C Medium Gray Acrylic Colors 425 ΔE 3.8 · close
  2. D Podge Yellow Acrylic Colors 2392 ΔE 6.0 · similar

Full The Army Painter → FolkArt conversion chart

Hardened Carapace in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Citadel #3D4539 Death Korps Drab Air ΔE 4.0
Coat d'Arms #42412F Dark Earth Brushscape Range ΔE 4.0
Green Stuff World #3E4639 Black Green Stone Dip Dipping Inks ΔE 4.2
Mig #3F402E Fs 34086 (ana 613) Acrylics ΔE 4.2
Warcolours #494641 Warm Grey 4 Layer paints ΔE 4.2
Italeri #3F4742 Olive Drab US Army Acrylic Paint ΔE 4.3
Duncan #404942 Wyvern Green Wave 1 ΔE 4.4
Scale75 #474632 Us Green Warfront Range ΔE 4.5
Golden #3C3B37 Bone Black Heavy Body ΔE 4.8
Reaper #4B4338 Mountain Stone Master Series Paints Bones ΔE 5.6
Tamiya #4D4E4D Gun metal Lacquer Paint ΔE 6.2
Acrilex #52483B Sépia Paints ΔE 6.8
Humbrol #505654 Sea Grey Aerosol Sprays ΔE 7.5
Liquitex #343434 Muted Grey Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 8.0
Kimera Kolors #54483C Ground Brown Michal Pisarski Signature Set ΔE 8.1
Creature #484D51 Dark Warm Grey Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 8.9
Arteza #464C51 Pearl Space Grey Acrylic Pearl Paints ΔE 9.4
Turbo Dork #5D6164 Black Ice ΔE 12.5

Nearest colours inside The Army Painter

  1. C Tundra Taupe Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 3.5 · close
  2. C Noble Skin Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 4.6 · close
  3. D Crow Hue Warpaints Air ΔE 5.2 · similar
  4. D Tainted Gold Warpaints Air ΔE 5.8 · similar
  5. D Regiment Grey Warpaints Air ΔE 6.3 · similar
  6. D Broadsword Silver Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 7.8 · similar

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