# Top Brass (Two Thin Coats) Paint Equivalents // Lexmechanic

> Top Brass (Two Thin Coats) equivalents: Citadel Sycorax Bronze, Vallejo Old Gold and Army Painter Bright Gold, by ΔE colour distance.

Canonical: https://lexmechanic.com/paints/two-thin-coats/top-brass

§ PAINT · 11th edition

# Top Brass: Two Thin Coats metallic, hex #b59155. Its closest equivalents in every other range, nearest first.

Paint

Top Brass

Range

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

Finish

metallic

Hex

#b59155

Hex source

community data

## Top Brass equivalents

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

- ### Citadel equivalent

    [Sycorax Bronze](/paints/citadel-layer/sycorax-bronze) Citadel Layer ΔE 9.8

    ◆ maker’s pick approximate
- ### Vallejo equivalent

    [Old Gold](/paints/vallejo-mecha/old-gold-69-060) Vallejo Mecha Color 69.060 ΔE 6.6

    safe substitute
- ### Army Painter equivalent

    [Bright Gold](/paints/army-painter-fanatic/bright-gold) Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 10.8

    approximate

Top Brass is a metallic paint from Two Thin Coats. The closest paint in any other range is Old Gold from Vallejo Mecha Color at ΔE 6.6, a safe substitute. Across the 13 other ranges, none offer a near match and 1 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)

- [Bony Matter](/paints/speedpaint-2/bony-matter) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 6.7
- [Sand Golem](/paints/speedpaint-2/sand-golem) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 9.2
- [Fire Drake](/paints/speedpaint-2/fire-drake) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 12.3

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

- [Bright Gold](/paints/army-painter-fanatic/bright-gold) approximate ΔE 10.8
- [Weapon Bronze](/paints/army-painter-fanatic/weapon-bronze) approximate ΔE 21.3
- [Mithril](/paints/army-painter-fanatic/mithril) approximate ΔE 22.8

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

- [Light Tone](/paints/army-painter-fanatic-wash/light-tone) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 23.9
- [Sepia Tone](/paints/army-painter-fanatic-wash/sepia-tone) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 30.6
- [Soft Tone](/paints/army-painter-fanatic-wash/soft-tone) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 34.3

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

- [Balthasar Gold](/paints/citadel-base/balthasar-gold) approximate ΔE 13.9
- [Runelord Brass](/paints/citadel-base/runelord-brass) approximate ΔE 14.4
- [Retributor Armour](/paints/citadel-base/retributor-armour) approximate ΔE 14.5

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

- [Skeleton Horde](/paints/citadel-contrast/skeleton-horde) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 8.0
- [Ironjawz Yellow](/paints/citadel-contrast/ironjawz-yellow) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 10.5
- [Iyanden Yellow](/paints/citadel-contrast/iyanden-yellow) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 13.3

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

- [Sycorax Bronze](/paints/citadel-layer/sycorax-bronze) ◆ maker’s pick approximate ΔE 9.8
- [Hashut Copper](/paints/citadel-layer/hashut-copper) approximate ΔE 8.0
- [Fulgurite Copper](/paints/citadel-layer/fulgurite-copper) approximate ΔE 8.4

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

- [Mortarion Grime](/paints/citadel-shade/mortarion-grime) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 14.8
- [Casandora Yellow](/paints/citadel-shade/casandora-yellow) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 15.7
- [Soulblight Grey](/paints/citadel-shade/soulblight-grey) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 23.0

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

- [Bone White](/paints/vallejo-game-air/bone-white-76-034) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 6.3
- [Pale Flesh](/paints/vallejo-game-air/pale-flesh-76-003) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 9.4
- [Elf Skin Tone](/paints/vallejo-game-air/elf-skin-tone-76-004) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 9.7

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

- [Bright Bronze](/paints/vallejo-game-color/bright-bronze-72-057) approximate ΔE 20.9
- [Glorious Gold](/paints/vallejo-game-color/glorious-gold-72-056) approximate ΔE 22.6
- [Hammered Copper](/paints/vallejo-game-color/hammered-copper-72-059) approximate ΔE 22.9

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

- [Old Gold](/paints/vallejo-mecha/old-gold-69-060) safe substitute ΔE 6.6
- [Gold](/paints/vallejo-mecha/gold-69-059) approximate ΔE 7.2
- [Bronze](/paints/vallejo-mecha/bronze-69-062) approximate ΔE 18.2

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

- [Gold](/paints/vallejo-metal/gold-77-725) approximate ΔE 11.6
- [Copper](/paints/vallejo-metal/copper-77-710) approximate ΔE 16.1
- [Silver](/paints/vallejo-metal/silver-77-724) approximate ΔE 20.6

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

- [Light Rust](/paints/vallejo-wash/light-rust-76-505) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 12.2
- [Dark Khaki Green](/paints/vallejo-wash/dark-khaki-green-76-520) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 13.1
- [Dark Yellow](/paints/vallejo-wash/dark-yellow-76-503) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 14.4

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

- [Bag of Bones](/paints/vallejo-xpress/bag-of-bones-72-450) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 5.2
- [Khaki Drill](/paints/vallejo-xpress/khaki-drill-72-451) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 5.3
- [Nuclear Yellow](/paints/vallejo-xpress/nuclear-yellow-72-404) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 11.3

## Also in Two Thin Coats

- [Heirloom Gold](/paints/two-thin-coats/heirloom-gold) safe substitute ΔE 4.5
- [Skeleton Legion](/paints/two-thin-coats/skeleton-legion) safe substitute ΔE 4.9
- [Kronos Flesh](/paints/two-thin-coats/kronos-flesh) safe substitute ΔE 5.5

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

[Match it in the tool](/paints#paint=two-thin-coats-top-brass)

##  Questions

What is the Citadel equivalent of Top Brass?

Sycorax Bronze from Citadel Layer: the equivalent published by Duncan Rhodes, who makes Two Thin Coats. By colour alone the two sit ΔE 9.8 apart.

What is the Vallejo equivalent of Top Brass?

Old Gold from Vallejo Mecha Color, at ΔE 6.6: a safe substitute in the same finish.

What is the Army Painter equivalent of Top Brass?

Bright Gold from Warpaints Fanatic, at ΔE 10.8: the nearest metallic paint from Army Painter, though only an approximate match.