Golden Armour is a mid-tone vivid metallic gold with a warm undertone. Highlight it toward Glittering Loot, the nearest lighter paint in the The Army Painter lane. Substitutes are thin here, with Revell Brass/Messing the closest same-finish option at 73 percent and no brand hitting the strong-match bar. Cross-brand swaps are adjust-on-model territory here, useful as a starting point rather than an exact replacement.
Golden Armour equivalents in other ranges
We ran The Army Painter Golden Armour against every mapped catalog and came up empty: no brand makes a color close enough to call an equivalent.
Even the nearest color, Revell Brass/Messing, dries clearly cooler and more muted than Golden Armour, so any substitute will change how the scheme reads.
How to read the score
90+Close
80sUsable
<70Mix
Revell
Vallejo
Tamiya
AK Interactive
Citadel
Humbrol
P3 Paints
Two Thin Coats
Green Stuff World
Scale75
Monument Pro Acryl
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Frequently asked
What is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Golden Armour?
The closest same-finish match is Revell Brass/Messing at 73% color similarity.
What finish is Golden Armour?
Golden Armour is a metallic paint with a gold tone and a reflective finish. Because the shine comes from metal flake, a flat paint can match the color and still be wrong for the job, which is why cross-finish matches here are references rather than swaps.
What do I highlight and shade Golden Armour with?
The next step up for highlighting Golden Armour is Glittering Loot in the The Army Painter range. Nothing sits directly below it in the same lane, so reach for a wash to shade.