Need help with colour conversion, gw to vallejo paint.

[lanterngeist]

Hello all

I am a new starter to the hobby and have been seeing lots of nice painting guides on youtube for nids. I am pretty certain that I would like to paint the leviathan scheme but would like to keep my initial cost low, I plan to buy vallejo game colour paints as I have seen them recommended over citadel and they are also cheaper. I have found several paint conversion charts but they are confusing me because they don't agree on exact colour matches. I would like some advice on which colours would be best for leviathan paint scheme and/or some realistic advice on how close I can get with game colour to the citadel colours as I don't want to go crazy trying to get it perfect. The tutorials list naggaroth night, khorne/mephiston red, bugman's glow, wraithbone and a dab of averland sunset (on the eyes) as bases and carrobourg crimson and nuln oil/druchii violet as shades. The purple is the most confusing one for me as vallejo has 3 purples (hexed lichen,royal purple and heavy violet) and an ink (violet) that could be the right colour to my eyes. I think I should be using scarlett red, tan, golden yellow and a red wash of some sort plus whichever purple we can figure out. I also have considered kraken as I found a speed painting tutorial but I think I can add more detail with leviathan.

Thanks for reading, any advice would be helpful, especially about the purple(s)

[bolk]

www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Paint_Range_Compatibility_Chart

[yoritomo]

The conversion chart on dakka dakka is pretty good. It’s probably one of the best ones you’ll find.

I hate to tell you this, but you will never find exact matches between paint brands. Every company has their own proprietary formula for making paint. This means you can get similar colors, but not exact matches. Believe me, I’ve looked for an exact match to the old Dark Angles Green for years now.