Paint Equivalents

Plate Mail Metal (Warpaints Fanatic)

The Army Painter · Warpaints Fanatic

#686A6E · L*44.8 a*0.1 b*-2.5

The closest match to The Army Painter Plate Mail Metal (Warpaints Fanatic) in every other range, nearest first.

The Army Painter Plate Mail Metal is a mid grey. 7 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being AK Interactive Raf Dark Sea Grey Bs381c/638 at ΔE 0.7. 10 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 Plate Mail Metal (Warpaints Fanatic)?

AK Interactive Raf Dark Sea Grey Bs381c/638 is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Plate Mail Metal (Warpaints Fanatic) in any other range, at ΔE 0.7 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: FolkArt Classic French Gray (ΔE 0.8) and Mig Fs 36122 NeutRAL Gray (ΔE 0.9).

What is the Vallejo alternative to The Army Painter Plate Mail Metal (Warpaints Fanatic)?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Camouflage Gray, ΔE 1.7 — a near-perfect substitute. The full The Army Painter to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

Shop The Army Painter Plate Mail Metal Shop AK Interactive Raf Dark Sea Grey Bs381c/638 Shop AK Interactive Air (3rd Gen) set

Plate Mail Metal (Warpaints Fanatic) equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A Raf Dark Sea Grey Bs381c/638 Air (3rd Gen) AK11851 ΔE 0.7 · indistinguishable
  2. B Neutral Grey 43 Air AK2203 ΔE 2.1 · very close

Full The Army Painter → AK Interactive conversion chart

Plate Mail Metal (Warpaints Fanatic) equivalent in FolkArt

  1. A Classic French Gray Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics Classic French Gray ΔE 0.8 · indistinguishable
  2. A Steel Gray Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics 2932 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect

Full The Army Painter → FolkArt conversion chart

Plate Mail Metal (Warpaints Fanatic) equivalent in Mig

  1. A Fs 36122 NeutRAL Gray Acrylics AMIG0239 ΔE 0.9 · indistinguishable
  2. B One Shot Primer - Grey Primers AMIG2024 ΔE 2.4 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Mig conversion chart

Plate Mail Metal (Warpaints Fanatic) equivalent in Tom Color

  1. A Bs381c:638 Grey TC-0143 ΔE 1.0 · indistinguishable
  2. C FS 36152 TC-0034 ΔE 3.6 · close

Full The Army Painter → Tom Color conversion chart

Plate Mail Metal (Warpaints Fanatic) equivalent in Vallejo

  1. A Camouflage Gray Model Air 71.280 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. B Gunmetal Game Air 72.754 ΔE 2.3 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Vallejo conversion chart

Plate Mail Metal (Warpaints Fanatic) equivalent in Duncan

  1. A Incubus Purple Wave 3 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. B Wizard Grey Wave 1 ΔE 2.6 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Duncan conversion chart

Plate Mail Metal (Warpaints Fanatic) equivalent in Tamiya

  1. A IJN gray (Sasebo Arsenal) Acrylics Mini Flat XF-77 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  2. A IJN graySasebo Arsenal Spray TS-67 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect

Full The Army Painter → Tamiya conversion chart

Plate Mail Metal (Warpaints Fanatic) equivalent in Scale75

  1. B Winter Grey Warfront Range ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. B Primer Surface Gray Primers ΔE 3.2 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Scale75 conversion chart

Plate Mail Metal (Warpaints Fanatic) equivalent in Foundry

  1. B Gun Metal Shade Paint System 104A ΔE 2.3 · very close
  2. B Slate Grey Paint System 32B ΔE 2.8 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Foundry conversion chart

Plate Mail Metal (Warpaints Fanatic) equivalent in Mission Models

  1. B Duraluminum MMM-005 ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. C Have Glass Grey FS36170 MMP-083 ΔE 3.7 · close

Full The Army Painter → Mission Models conversion chart

Plate Mail Metal (Warpaints Fanatic) equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. B Gray Fs36270 Aqueous Hobby Color H306 ΔE 3.0 · very close
  2. B RLM75 Gray Aqueous Hobby Color H69 ΔE 3.3 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

Plate Mail Metal (Warpaints Fanatic) equivalent in Apple Barrel

  1. B Misty White Colors 20782 ΔE 3.1 · very close
  2. D Turquoise Gloss™ 21360 ΔE 9.2 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Apple Barrel conversion chart

Plate Mail Metal in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Revell #5E6369 Gunship Grey Email Color - Matt ΔE 3.3
Reaper #707070 Cloudy Grey Master Series Paints Core Colors ΔE 3.4
Humbrol #6E6D75 Extra Dark Sea Grey Acrylics - Gloss ΔE 3.5
Mr. Paint #686765 Camouflage Grey FS36170 Mr Paint ΔE 3.8
Turbo Dork #5D6164 Black Ice ΔE 3.8
Golden #6D6968 N5 Neutral Gray OPEN Acrylics ΔE 3.9
Citadel #66656E Warpfiend Grey Layer ΔE 3.9
Warcolours #5F6772 Transparent Blue Grey Transparent paints ΔE 4.2
Monument #5E5E5E Neutral Grey Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 5.0
Italeri #5B5E5F Flat Grey Green RLM. 66 Acrylic Paint ΔE 5.1
Green Stuff World #787878 Grey Mist Dip Dipping Inks ΔE 6.1
P3 #797979 Pig Iron Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 6.4
Acrilex #575959 Grafite Paints ΔE 6.8
Coat d'Arms #616F6F Field Blue World War II Range ΔE 6.9
Liquitex #6F685E Neutral Gray 5 Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 8.2
Kimera Kolors #757973 Iron Hue Michal Pisarski Signature Set ΔE 8.3
Creature #484D51 Dark Warm Grey Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 10.8
Arteza #464C51 Pearl Space Grey Acrylic Pearl Paints ΔE 11.2

Nearest colours inside The Army Painter

  1. A Dungeon Grey Warpaints ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect
  2. B Dungeon Stone D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 2.7 · very close
  3. B Skeleton Bone D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 2.7 · very close
  4. C Plate Mail Metal Warpaints Air ΔE 4.2 · close
  5. C Brush-On Primer Warpaints Fanatic Wash ΔE 4.2 · close
  6. C Uniform Grey Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 4.6 · close

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