Duncan Rhodes Two Thin Coats - Emperor Red (Midtone)

Emperor Red is the sort of red that means business — a confident, slightly warm midtone that reads as authority rather than gore. Lay it down as your base and you've already done the hard part: getting flat, even colour across banners, robes and armour trim before the shading and highlights go anywhere near it.

Best for

• Base-coating banners, robes, cloaks and heraldic red trim
• Officers, standard-bearers and anything meant to command attention on the table

Two thin coats and you're covered, properly covered, with none of the patchiness that sends most reds to a third or fourth pass.

Give the bottle a proper shake before you start — pigment settles. Emperor Red is designed to run with Centurion Red as its Highlight partner, so pick that up alongside it and you've got the midtone and top note of the trio sorted; browse the rest of the range in our Two Thin Coats paint collection.