Matching colours.

[Mr Mystery]

Evening all.

Just bought me a TIE Bomber, and there's a small mark annoying me on the launch pod.

To save me repainting the whole thing, can anyone advise the best matching paint for a quick retouch?

[ksoh75]

trial and error brother. Trial and error. I use plastic container lids to match my colors in that type of scenerio.

[Mr Mystery]

Knackers!

I'm crap at that.

[kellyj]

Most X-wing ships are a simple base coat with washes applied (then stamped colors for effect). So really you need to match both the base and the wash.
I would find the local Golden Demon winner and show him the model. He may be able to tell you what colors and washes just from a quick look.

[Ben_S]

If you try to match and get it wrong, it will look bad. Could you try picking it out in an obviously not supposed to be matching colour?

[Mr Mystery]

Well that's not going to help!

Somehow I doubt a polka dot Bomber is going to keep the outer systems in line!

[Deadlift]

Paint it as battle damage.

[Houghten]

Don't be silly, TIEs don't suffer battle damage. If you look at them hard, they explode. There's no room for a state in between "perfectly fine" and "debris cloud."

[Mr Mystery]

He's right you know!

TIE Pilots have to sit down very gently, as even that can cause them to detonate!

[kellyj]

Lord help the TIE Pilot who just ate a bunch of beans.