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Now, we all think a good bit differently...so I shouldn't be surprised that I hear this question a bit. As opposed to explaining it over and over again - I figured I'd go ahead and write up a short tutorial on how I use this tool in order to help get people's brain juices flowing. Unfortunately, when I write a short tutorial, it usually ends up a novella. So here we go!

The most basic way to use the Color Match utility is pretty straight forward. It normally goes something like this:
  • I like to use Vallejo Paints.
  • I like the color Nasty Blood from Adikolor
  • What Vallejo color best matches that color from Adikolor?
  • Couple clicks later and you have a handful of choices to take a closer look at.

Now, it isn't limited to just that. You can also use it to find spray paints or craft paints if you want to keep a consistent color going from small miniatures to larger terrain sized pieces. Since the spray paints are considerably faster, and craft paints are considerably cheaper they both are items that are often used in addition to normal hobby type paints. As time allows for it, I will also be adding additional options to the program in order to allow for even more detailed searching and sorting.

Other options of course come into play when you are reading tutorials written by people on the other side of the world using paints you have never seen. In order to really get a handle on what they are talking about it helps to be able to try out the colors yourself. Unfortunately, shipping paint across the pond is not cheap - so it helps to be able to find a local paint choice. Or at least something you can get on your continent.



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COMMENTS (1)
Another Use
1 Sunday, 11 November 2007 06:23
I work at a craft store and we get customers who come in looking for specific paints we don't carry. Now I can look them up and suggest something that we do carry.
Plastic Pots

Stop by a green house or the lawn and garden section of a local chain store and look at their plastic pots.  Depending on what scale and genre you deal with there are lots of different uses for them.  They come in hundreds of sizes and shapes and are normally pretty cheap.  Some even have a useful texture molded into them.

The seed starting trays make good industrial complexes for smaller scale sci-fi games.  The larger pots work well for towers and what not throughout various periods.  You can also use the smaller seed trays for making tank traps for more modern conflicts.

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