Question about paints

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Morian Miner
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Question about paints

Post by Morian Miner » Sun Feb 03, 2008 10:01 pm

Someone was posting some images of unproduced GI Joe items. One thing I noticed was on the 2.5" figures, they kept referencing "Pantone" paints.

http://www.joebattlelines.com/phpBB3/vi ... 62&start=0

I seem to remember a discussion before that toy companies seems to keep what paints they use close to their vest. Does Pantone make a line of paints that would be suitable for painting plastics, or is this just a way to reference a specific color mix?

I know the paints Hasbro use hold up real well to repeated handling, something some of the other model paints don't.
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Post by Morian Miner » Mon Feb 04, 2008 5:44 pm

Thanks, Schizuki. I'm thinking, based on your comments, the Pantone number just references what "color" they want, not the specific paint.
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