About this paint guide

Based on the original Bandai July 2017 GSC13 instruction set, matched to this kit using its printed identifiers and product barcode. The source photographs show a painted model. The reference link opens the instruction scans hosted by Dalong.

11 color recipes, including 10 mixtures, summarize the finish shown in the original instructions.

Bandai recommends water-based paint. These instructions name colors without numerical paint codes or a specified paint brand or range. Any suggested shop paint is an approximation to review, rather than a manufacturer-specified coded match.

Mixing and coverage

Use the percentages as color-mixing proportions. Where the source adds a small amount or a very small amount, it gives no numerical quantity for that addition. Keep that addition separate from the stated percentages.

The instructions give color recipes and part locations, but no primer, clear-coat, thinning, coat-count, weathering or paint-layering schedule.

This is the complete printed recipe list. Decorative stickers and assembly colors do not create extra paint recipes, and the instructions do not give a separate recipe for every visible surface.

Materials and construction

All four runners, A through D, are marked PS (polystyrene), including the display base and wave-effect pieces.

The assembly diagrams show the molded parts fitting together and do not specify a glue step. Follow the kit instructions for fit and sticker placement.

Stickers and markings

Two sticker sheets provide BIGMOM lettering, Big Mom’s skull emblem, the crown, decorated sails and smaller hull and sweet details. The blue, purple and red labels in the assembly diagrams identify sticker details; they are not extra paint recipes.

Display choices

Choose the included pedestal display or a waterline display with the six separate wave pieces. An Action Base 2 can also be attached under the hull and is sold separately.

Figures

Charlotte Linlin is illustrated for reference and is not included. There is no figure-painting recipe.

The original prints no numerical paint codes and names no commercial paint family. It recommends water-based paint. The store products below are approximate candidates, not manufacturer-specified paints or physically verified matches.

Complete original painting recipes

11 printed roles use 15 distinct named ingredients. 10 roles use mixtures. Original ratios are preserved as source facts; using these different products is a trial mixture, not a validated substitute formula. Test and adjust a small dried sample before painting the kit. Unquantified additions remain unquantified.

1. Hull/Masts (Light brown): Tan 70% + Orange yellow 30%. Tan is the printed English paint name. No numerical product code or paint range is specified.
2. Hull (White): White 100% + Cream yellow small dose (unquantified). The source specifies White 100% plus an unquantified small dose of Cream yellow.
3. Hull (Orange): Orange 80% + White 20%.
4. Windows (Light blue): Light blue 80% + White 20%.
5. Sail (Red): Red madder 50% + Wine red 50%. Candidate recipe incomplete: Red madder remains without a selected store match.
6. Sail (Pink): Pink 60% + White 40% + Cream yellow small dose (unquantified). The percentages apply to Pink and White; the added Cream yellow is an unquantified small dose.
7. Bow face/Pudding cabin (Cream yellow): White 70% + Yellow 30%.
8. Pudding cabin (Brown): Brown 100%.
9. Hull (Dark brown): Cocoa brown 60% + Mahogany 40%.
10. Bow/Deck (Light green): Lime green 90% + Yellow green 10%.
11. Sweets (Light brown): Tan 80% + Cream yellow 20%.

Named ingredients and optional store candidates

14 mapped purchase cards and 1 disabled source references cover the 15 names below. The mapped cards represent 14 distinct paint variants, including any currently unavailable items. Source-role counts are not quantities to buy. Every candidate and optional supply starts unchecked.

1. Tan. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic Tan Earth AK11121. Tan Earth is a tan-brown candidate; original lightness and formulation are not specified. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: matte.
2. Orange yellow. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic Golden Yellow AK11041. Golden Yellow is the yellow-orange candidate in the primary chart; separate from plain Yellow and Orange. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: matte.
3. White. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic White AK11001. Named white color candidate; matte finish belongs to the offered AK paint and is not asserted as a printed source requirement. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: matte.
4. Cream yellow. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic Pastel Yellow AK11037. Pastel Yellow is an optional pale warm-yellow approximation to the unnamed Cream yellow ingredient. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: matte.
5. Orange. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic Medium Orange AK11078. Medium Orange is a standard opaque orange candidate, distinct from Orange yellow. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: matte.
6. Light blue. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic Sky Blue AK11175. Sky Blue is a light-blue candidate, distinct from the more saturated Bright blue candidate. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: matte.
7. Red madder. No water-based match is offered for Red madder. It is a distinct original ingredient from Wine red; do not treat the two as interchangeable.
8. Wine red. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic Wine Red AK11096. Same descriptive Wine Red name supports a hue-family candidate, not an exact formulation or manufacturer crosswalk. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: matte.
9. Pink. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic Pastel Pink AK11059. Pastel Pink is an optional pale-pink approximation; original pigment strength is unknown. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: matte.
10. Yellow. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic Yellow AK11044. Named Yellow standard opaque candidate; separate from Cream yellow and Orange yellow. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: matte.
11. Brown. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic Deep Brown AK11102. Deep Brown is a warm brown candidate for the generic Brown callout; it remains distinct from Cocoa brown, Mahogany and Tan. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: matte.
12. Cocoa brown. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic Chocolate (Chipping) AK11113. Chocolate (Chipping) is the manufacturer dark chocolate-brown standard color, an approximation to Cocoa brown. This is opaque paint, not chipping fluid. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: matte.
13. Mahogany. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic Mahogany Brown AK11106. Mahogany Brown is a named reddish wood-brown candidate; original formula unknown. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: matte.
14. Lime green. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic Lime Green AK11137. Same Lime Green descriptive name supports an approximate candidate, distinct from Yellow green. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: matte.
15. Yellow green. Approximate candidate: 3G Acrylic Interior Yellow Green AK11138. Interior Yellow Green is the manufacturer yellow-green candidate; the source does not prescribe an aircraft-interior standard. Kept distinct from Lime green. Family: AK 3rd Generation. Finish/effect: matte.

Digital color squares are browsing aids. They do not establish a dried-paint match, pigment strength, sheen, metallic reflection or a successful mixture. Compare dried samples with the original painted example.

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