Testing Color Changing Paint / Necron Kill Team Build

OK so I was hoping mother nature would cooperate today and give me some natural light to work with to take some better pictures, but alas she has decided that we need a dark overcast day.  So I have tried with what I have

So now we are done, with the non color shift parts and the highlighting.  I basically followed Duncan’s guide on painting Necrons to complete these.  With the last layer of highlight on the glowing green I used Green Stuff World’s fluorescent Lime paint.  I think I might use another highlight in the future over the fluorescent paint, but as this was an experiment I did not want to cover it up.

Once finished I used Krylon’s Matt Finish to seal the paint.  I was unsure what to expect with the color shift paint.  I am happy to report that it does not take off the shine of the paint.

I will post the full color list and review below.

I have also added Duncan’s tutorials at the end.

Review ColorShift Paint:

The Colorshift paint works as advertised, it changes shade as you view it from different angles of light. The color pallet available is about the same as you can get put on your car.  The twelve colors fall into a variation of red, green, blue, and yellow/gold.  The paint is formulated to go directly into an airbrush without the need to thin it.  Youtube tutorials show you how to apply paint with both a brush and an airbrush.  The application process is easy enough that any skill painter can do it, but failure to follow the instructions could lead to some frustration.

The good:

• We now have a paint that can reproduce the look that you get on a car when a metallic paint is applied.
• Formula worked well in my airbrush without the need to thin further.
• Colors come out very vibrant.

The bad:

• It needs at least three layers to be applied.  From an airbrush this is easy since you can speed drying by blowing air, but with a regular brush this takes a long time.
• It requires a black base to be applied.  In the never ending argument do you prime with black or white these paints take the choice away from you.  The colors come out so vibrant, that getting standard colors up to the same vibrancy will take some work on black.
• Airbrush formulation makes it difficult to get even layers on surfaces with a standard brush.

Overall:

I like them and will use them again, but it will probably not be one of my go to paints.  I feel there is limited application and will probably relegate these to vehicle (Speed Freaks, I see you) and sci-fi use.  So I do not believe you need to run out today and buy these, but if you have an application where you want the metallic colors you can find on cars, these are for you.

Paint List:

• Primer – The Army Painter CP3001 – Matt Black Spray
• Primer – Minitaire D6-102 – Raven Black
• Primer touch up – The Army Painter WP1101 – Matt Black
• Base Green Colorshift – Green Stuff World 1609 – Emeral Getaway
• Base Gold Colorshift – Green Stuff World 1606 – Burning Gold
• Base Red Colorshift – Green Stuff World 1558 – Nebula Copper
• Base Silver – The Army Painter WP1131 – Gun Metal
• Base Gold – The Army Painter WP1132 – Greedy Gold
• Base Green – The Army Painter WP1413 – Crypt Wraith
• Base Grey – The Army Painter WP1418 – Dungeon Grey
• Wash Dark – The Army Painter WP1136 – Dark Tone
• Wash Light – The Army Painter WP1135 – Strong Tone
• Highlight Colorshift (Mixed with Original Color) – The Army Painter WP1129 – Shining Silver
• Highlight Green – The Army Painter WP1439 – Moldy Clothes
• Highlight 2 Green – Green Stuff World 1700 – Lime Fluorescent
• Highlight Black – The Army Painter WP1424 – Filthy Cape
• Highlight Grey – The Army Painter WP1117 – Ash Grey
• Highlight Red – The Army Painter WP1104 – Pure Red
• Highlight 2 Red – Green Stuff World 1706 – Rose Fluorescent
• Effect – The Army Painter WP1478 – Wet Mud