You Say Goodbye, I Say Hello

While most of this blog is intended as a coming-out party for the new paints, I want to provide some substitutions for those leaving the lineup. I know some of you are not ready to give them up yet.

Goodbye

You can approximate the color of many of the paints being retired by mixing up colors using existing Turbo Dork paints. My suggestions are below. The mixes for the three pastel colors (Matcha, Momo, and Yuzu) are pretty spot. In addition, the one for Peachy Keen is fairly close but you  might also want to just try Prism Power over a white base. However, you will likely want to play more with the Ill Gotten Gold mix to get the balance a bit closer to the original color.

• Matcha - Appleseed + Pearly Gates (1:1 ratio)
• Momo - Multipass + Pearly Gates (1:2 ratio)
• Yuzu - Pucker + Pearly Gates (1:2 ratio)
• Ill Gotten Gold - Summoning Sickness + Gold Rush (1:1 ratio)
• Peachy Keen - Turbo + Multipass (2:1 ratio)

Two of the remaining older paints have been replaced by new paints. Murple has been reborn as a Turboshift version of itself in purples and yellows. Sweet Dreams is now a more active blue/purple/pink Turboshift called Dream On.

• Murple - replaced by Dark Ritual
• Sweet Dreams - replaced by Dream On

There is not a good Turboshift replacement for the last older paint Supermassive. Lunar Eclipse or Molten Mantle is probably the closest but without the black. Alternatively, a Metallic such as Box Wine or the new Red Queen, might be a good starting place depending on how bright of a red you are interested in. However, neither has the black shift of Supermassive. Therefore, I suggest using one of these colors as a base and then lightly drybrushing over it with some Black Ice.

• Supermassive - replaced by Lunar Eclipse/Molten Mantle/Box Wine/Red Queen?

Hello

Eight new Gr8 colors will be hitting the shelves and the online store in February — 4 Turboshifts, 1 Zenishift, and 3 Metallics. These paints are all made with the new formulation so that they have a better feel for smoother hand brushing and improved coverage for both airbrushing and brushing by hand. 

Type: Turboshift
Colors: Dark purple shifting to a creepy greenish-yellow
Tone: Shadow
Suggestions for Harmonizing Colors: Box Wine, Lunar Eclipse, People Eater, Purl Grey

Comments: Dark Ritual is the spirit of Murple reincarnated in a Turboshift. It has just the right amount of eeriness to be perfect for anything magic or mythical. Please note that Dark Ritual is one of the paints that must be used over black or some other very dark color. It is white in the bottle and shows no color when used over a white basecoat.

Type: Turboshift
Colors: Shifts from purplish-blue through magenta ending with twilight pinks and oranges
Tone: Midrange
Suggestions for Harmonizing Colors: Cool Ranch, Let Them Eat Cake, People Eater, Sugar Rush

Comments: Think about the old Sweet Dreams, put on some music by Miles Davis or Ella Fitzgerald, and envision a brighter, jazzier paint. That’s Dream On, perfect for all your dream projects. This paint must be used over a black basecoat as it is funky orange-red over white.

Type: Metallic
Color: Fire engine reddish-orange
Tone: Midrange
Suggestions for Harmonizing Colors: Ground is Lava, Life On Mars, Multipass, Redrum

Comments: Besides being used on its own, Fahrenheit works well as a highlight/edge color to give your model that certain fire. It is suggested that you use a similarly colored basecoat, such as orange, to bring out the most vibrant results with this paint.