Rough Iron Equivalents
Army Painter Warpaints · Metallic · Metallic · WP3181P
Discontinued — see current equivalents belowDon't have Rough Iron? Get a free step-by-step guide using the paints you own.
Make a free guideLooking for a Rough Iron equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Rough Iron (Army Painter Warpaints) in Reaper MSP, Army Painter Fanatic, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Citadel Colour, Vallejo Game Color, Army Painter Speedpaint, Vallejo Model Color, Vallejo Model Wash, Army Painter Quickshade, Vallejo Weathering Effects, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Scale75 Scalecolor, Army Painter Colour Primer, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Vallejo Diorama FX, Monument Pro Acryl, Vallejo Xpress Color, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Metal Color, Vallejo Game Color Effects, 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
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Shade & highlight partners
Suggested shadow and highlight colors for Rough Iron, 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 1Red CopperArmy Painter FanaticRough match
- BaseRough IronArmy Painter Warpaints
- Highlight 1Rough IronArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
- Highlight 2True BrassArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
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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.