Is Cote d Arms 'Tan Earth' the same as Gw Graveyard Earth?

[Vermis]

Which brands are the good ones?

In the past I've heard Delta Ceramcoat and Plaid's Folkart and Apple Barrel praised, on CMoN no less, but apart from a couple of bottles of Folkart I've had trouble finding them over here. I've heard Anita's described as a junk brand, but that's the one I've used the most and I think it's pretty good. They've got a nice range of more muted colours with generally decent matt coverage. Not much worse than some mini paints and colours. (See Anita's coffee on the right side of this swatch. It didn't need much more brushing-on than the foundations and bases and vallejos etc. beside it.)

The two brands I'd advise you to steer clear of if you see them, are Royal & Langnickel's Essentials and Lefranc & Bourgeois' Multi. (Latter seems to be long gone from their site, anyway) One relentlessly glossy and a bit transparent (when you can't make a decently opaque black...) the other chalky with an immense colour shift.

[Steve63]

I've got a few pots of Graveyard Earth, which I was going to use at the start of a new project, as it doesn't have to match anything I could use another colour, pm me if you are interested.

[Hu Rhu]

I have found the Formula P3 Gun Corps brown is almost a perfect match for graveyard earth.

[westwaller]

I just ordered some Vallejo 'Earth'....is 'Flat Earth' a different shade or have I ordered the wrong colour from the right company?  Confused

Vallejo do a colour in their 'model colour' range that is called 'Flat Earth' and a colour called 'Earth' in their 'Game Colour' range.

As the Game Colour range is a direct alternative to the former GW range, I suspect that VGC 'Earth' is possibly closer to Graveyard Earth

than Flat Earth is.

I have both colours, which are 'similar' but no Graveyard Earth to compare them too...sorry I can't be of more help.

[Major_Gilbear]

I have found the Formula P3 Gun Corps brown is almost a perfect match for graveyard earth.

I agree; it's a match so close that I don't think you can spot the difference with the naked eye.

Attached is a (poor) comparison of the two.

[FramFramson]

Very nice find you two!

[Vermis]

That's pretty good! I'll have to keep it in mind myself.