# Retributor Armour (Citadel Base) Paint Equivalents

> Retributor Armour (Citadel Base) equivalents: Vallejo Polished Gold, Army Painter Bright Gold and Two Thin Coats Dragon's Gold, by ΔE colour distance.

Canonical: https://lexmechanic.com/paints/citadel-base/retributor-armour

§ PAINT · 11th edition

# Retributor Armour: Citadel Base metallic, hex #edc169. Its closest equivalents in every other range, nearest first.

Paint

Retributor Armour

Range

[Citadel Base](/paints/citadel-base)

Finish

metallic

Hex

#edc169

Hex source

community data

## Retributor Armour equivalents

One paint from each other brand: Duncan Rhodes’s own pick where there is one, otherwise the closest in colour and finish.

- ### Vallejo equivalent

    [Polished Gold](/paints/vallejo-game-color/polished-gold-72-055) Vallejo Game Color 72.055 ΔE 14.8

    approximate
- ### Army Painter equivalent

    [Bright Gold](/paints/army-painter-fanatic/bright-gold) Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 22.3

    approximate
- ### Two Thin Coats equivalent

    [Dragon's Gold](/paints/two-thin-coats/dragons-gold) ΔE 8.3

    ◆ maker’s pick approximate

Retributor Armour is a metallic paint from Citadel Base. The closest paint in any other range is Skullcrusher Brass from Citadel Layer at ΔE 2.7, a near match. Across the 13 other ranges, 1 offer a near match and none a safe substitute in the same finish; the rest are approximate or a different finish.

## Closest matches

### [Army Painter Speedpaint 2.0](/paints/speedpaint-2)

- [Ancient Honey](/paints/speedpaint-2/ancient-honey) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 7.3
- [Pallid Bone](/paints/speedpaint-2/pallid-bone) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 8.2
- [Pastel Yellow](/paints/speedpaint-2/pastel-yellow) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 9.9

### [Army Painter Warpaints Fanatic](/paints/army-painter-fanatic)

- [Bright Gold](/paints/army-painter-fanatic/bright-gold) approximate ΔE 22.3
- [Mithril](/paints/army-painter-fanatic/mithril) approximate ΔE 28.3
- [Shining Silver](/paints/army-painter-fanatic/shining-silver) approximate ΔE 32.0

### [Army Painter Warpaints Fanatic Wash](/paints/army-painter-fanatic-wash)

- [Light Tone](/paints/army-painter-fanatic-wash/light-tone) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 37.3
- [Sepia Tone](/paints/army-painter-fanatic-wash/sepia-tone) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 45.9
- [Soft Tone](/paints/army-painter-fanatic-wash/soft-tone) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 52.3

### [Citadel Contrast](/paints/citadel-contrast)

- [Bad Moon Yellow](/paints/citadel-contrast/bad-moon-yellow) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 9.3
- [Imperial Fist](/paints/citadel-contrast/imperial-fist) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 12.1
- [Skeleton Horde](/paints/citadel-contrast/skeleton-horde) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 17.6

### [Citadel Layer](/paints/citadel-layer)

- [Skullcrusher Brass](/paints/citadel-layer/skullcrusher-brass) near match ΔE 2.7
- [Auric Armour Gold](/paints/citadel-layer/auric-armour-gold) safe substitute ΔE 4.6
- [Liberator Gold](/paints/citadel-layer/liberator-gold) safe substitute ΔE 5.6

### [Citadel Shade](/paints/citadel-shade)

- [Mortarion Grime](/paints/citadel-shade/mortarion-grime) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 15.4
- [Casandora Yellow](/paints/citadel-shade/casandora-yellow) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 21.1
- [Soulblight Grey](/paints/citadel-shade/soulblight-grey) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 28.2

### [Two Thin Coats](/paints/two-thin-coats)

- [Dragon's Gold](/paints/two-thin-coats/dragons-gold) ◆ maker’s pick approximate ΔE 8.3
- [Overlord Brass](/paints/two-thin-coats/overlord-brass) approximate ΔE 10.1
- [Heirloom Gold](/paints/two-thin-coats/heirloom-gold) approximate ΔE 10.3

### [Vallejo Game Air](/paints/vallejo-game-air)

- [Moon Yellow](/paints/vallejo-game-air/moon-yellow-76-005) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 8.0
- [Dead Flesh](/paints/vallejo-game-air/dead-flesh-76-035) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 9.1
- [Toxic Yellow](/paints/vallejo-game-air/toxic-yellow-76-109) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 9.7

### [Vallejo Game Color](/paints/vallejo-game-color)

- [Polished Gold](/paints/vallejo-game-color/polished-gold-72-055) approximate ΔE 14.8
- [Glorious Gold](/paints/vallejo-game-color/glorious-gold-72-056) approximate ΔE 15.0
- [Bright Bronze](/paints/vallejo-game-color/bright-bronze-72-057) approximate ΔE 15.7

### [Vallejo Mecha Color](/paints/vallejo-mecha)

- [Gold](/paints/vallejo-mecha/gold-69-059) approximate ΔE 17.9
- [Old Gold](/paints/vallejo-mecha/old-gold-69-060) approximate ΔE 19.9
- [Light Steel](/paints/vallejo-mecha/light-steel-69-064) approximate ΔE 24.9

### [Vallejo Metal Color](/paints/vallejo-metal)

- [Gold](/paints/vallejo-metal/gold-77-725) approximate ΔE 17.7
- [Dull Aluminium](/paints/vallejo-metal/dull-aluminium-77-717) approximate ΔE 23.8
- [Chrome](/paints/vallejo-metal/chrome-77-707) approximate ΔE 24.4

### [Vallejo Wash](/paints/vallejo-wash)

- [Dark Yellow](/paints/vallejo-wash/dark-yellow-76-503) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 10.0
- [Desert Dust](/paints/vallejo-wash/desert-dust-76-522) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 10.4
- [Light Rust](/paints/vallejo-wash/light-rust-76-505) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 21.6

### [Vallejo Xpress](/paints/vallejo-xpress)

- [Bag of Bones](/paints/vallejo-xpress/bag-of-bones-72-450) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 11.3
- [Imperial Yellow](/paints/vallejo-xpress/imperial-yellow-72-403) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 11.9
- [Mummy White](/paints/vallejo-xpress/mummy-white-72-449) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 13.0

## Also in Citadel Base

- [Averland Sunset](/paints/citadel-base/averland-sunset) approximate ΔE 7.7
- [Morghast Bone](/paints/citadel-base/morghast-bone) approximate ΔE 10.4
- [Wraithbone](/paints/citadel-base/wraithbone) approximate ΔE 14.3

Every pot in [Citadel Base](/paints/citadel-base) has a page like this one. Citadel against the other brands, whole ranges at a time: [Citadel to Vallejo](/paints/citadel-to-vallejo), [Citadel to Army Painter](/paints/citadel-to-army-painter), [Citadel to Two Thin Coats](/paints/citadel-to-two-thin-coats), [Vallejo to Citadel](/paints/vallejo-to-citadel), [Army Painter to Citadel](/paints/army-painter-to-citadel), [Two Thin Coats to Citadel](/paints/two-thin-coats-to-citadel).

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##  Questions

What is the Vallejo equivalent of Retributor Armour?

Polished Gold from Vallejo Game Color, at ΔE 14.8: the nearest metallic paint from Vallejo, though only an approximate match.

What is the Army Painter equivalent of Retributor Armour?

Bright Gold from Warpaints Fanatic, at ΔE 22.3: the nearest metallic paint from Army Painter, though only an approximate match.

What is the Two Thin Coats equivalent of Retributor Armour?

Dragon's Gold from Two Thin Coats: the equivalent published by Duncan Rhodes, who makes Two Thin Coats. By colour alone the two sit ΔE 8.3 apart.