Need some recommendations from you guys.

Currently all my models painted in desert sand have all been mixed with a variety of Tamiya colours which has worked for me all this time. As a result however, its quite obvious that all models vary very slightly in terms of the sand colour seeing as i mainly use my approximation skills to get it the way i like it.

Was just wanting to know if you guys had recommendations on the brand thats sold in NZ which gives the right shade of light sand? The tamiya's desert yellow is a shade too dark and i certainly dont want to buy the spray can version of light sand by Tamiya.

Ive heard many members on this forum recommend brands like Model Master and Vallejo but i cant seem to find this brand in Auckland. Have you guys had any luck in this area?

Hi Jeremy

I personally just use Tamiya lightened with a little flesh colour.

I dont wory to much about colour variation as it happens in real life with different tinting and batches etc plus differeing weathering effects etc.

I believe Citadel and Vallejo acrylics are available in New Zealand. There is a wargaming shop in Newmarket who stocks them just Google in New Zealand suppliers will come up.

Hope that helps.

Regards

Sean

Thanks for that Sean. Will give them a call.

The main reason why it would be nice to find the light sand colour in the bottle is to prevent the amount of paint that gets used in the mixing process. I do end up using alot more paint when i start to use other colours to compensate the others before getting it the right shade.