Don't have Mithril? Get a free step-by-step guide using the paints you own.
Make a free guideLooking for a Mithril equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Mithril (Army Painter Fanatic), ranked by CIE76 deltaE color distance. Use them as substitutes, or generate a painting guide from the paints you actually own and let PaintGuide handle the matching and mixing for you.
Closest match in each brand
No supported color equivalents are available for this product. A verified digital color and compatible paint behavior are needed before recommending substitutes.
Own Mithril? Put it to work.
Get a step-by-step painting guide built around your paints — exact colors, mixes, and where each one goes. First guide is free.
Shade & highlight partners
Suggested shadow and highlight colors for Mithril, picked from the full catalog by color science — not paints you own. Shadows stay richer when they lean cool; pure black just flattens them. Highlights read best warmer and a touch softer than the base; pure white bleaches them out.
- Shade 2Gun MetalArmy Painter FanaticClose match
- Shade 1Plate Mail MetalArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
- BaseMithrilArmy Painter Fanatic
Mix starting points — real pigment blends shift a little; adjust by eye.
Your paints, one journey — the blends between them live here.
No good highlight suggestion — Mithril is already near the edge of the catalog's value range, or nothing in the catalog is close enough to recommend.
Don't have Mithril? Paint with what you own.
PaintGuide builds a step-by-step guide for your miniature using only the paints in your collection — matching colors across brands and giving exact mixing recipes for anything you're missing.
Make a free guide with your paintsMatches are computed by converting each paint's color to CIELAB and measuring CIE76 deltaE distance. A “great match” (deltaE < 3) is very close to the eye; a “close match” is a usable substitute. Finish, opacity, and coverage still differ between brands, so test on primer when it matters.