I just made an interesting discovery in regard to one of our hottest discussion topics - Brown Bess!

Have a look at the following picture:


Yes, it's BB! Both!

To the left we have BB Enamel (the old production stuff) and to the right we have BB Super Enamel (the stuff that was produced til a few years ago). Both samples were hand painted within 5 minutes and dried under the same conditions. The picture was taken without flash with halogen lighting.
Now, I finally see, why there are people who don't like BB at all (Eagle ) - these are the one's who used BB Super Enamel.

And now on to the discussion...

Cheers,
Stefan

You forgot the biggest BB hater of them all...!


"Airborne" Mike Muranetz!

Me, I love the stuff.

Lol. I still don't like either!

Don't get me wrong, I don't hate BB per se, I'm just not that anal about SA!

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krylon super flat od green is the new Brown bess

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I guess I am one of the few who still really likes BB.

That's a familiar looking piece you've painted there.


Kevin

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The color on the right is actually closer to what it should be.

Hmm,
that's strange as the right one wasn't available when Aliens was done....

Cheers,
Stefan

PS: Kevin, yep that's what you think it is

Without a doubt I prefer the one on the left if I was forced to use BB. But I am one of those evil OD fans now.

and how to differ from both?
do you have pics of how a tin old BB vs new BB looks?
im curious what i have here

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I was under the impression that it wasn't raw BB that was used to paint the stuff in Aliens anyhow? I thought it was something colour matched from a painted swatch of BB, which was then mixed later on.

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I got a sample of the vintage "screen used'" BB and it was really Brown, the newer stuff ws a bit more green, by comparison Aervoe 999 was only a few values off... but aftering handling, heavy use and weathering it really rendered pure color arguments moot.

This is custom mixed using the vintage paint as a master.



This is Aervoe 999 onthe bottom vs. Krylon OD on the top.



Heavily weathered...




I have to admit that I was resistant to BB but over time it's grown on me.

M

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Would that be like a fungus??
They do have creams for things that grow on you

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That's what I have is two tins of Super BB wich is too brown for me. I went with the Krylon OD and am very happy with it. If I ever run across original BB I might reconsider.

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Woot , I was just able to get my hands on 4 tins of BB enamel, (not Super enamel) I figure id give it a shot before finally going with the Krylon OD (I really like the look of that Krylon though)