Originally posted by Monkeysplitters
Also, i was reading an article on here a while ago, cant remember who it was by, he he suggested that the washes are dependent on the overall color scheme of the model. but in the context he was using steel (iron, silver, etc) and not gold. you guys think that still works with gold. cause imo silverish metallics are alot more neutral and gold isnt so much.
Yes I suppose some metals are neutral as they, in reality, are toned due to their reflective qualites as well as differing metalurgical composition.
Next time you can, stop and look in a jewellers window display especially at any 3gold items. You\'ll see that Gold varies between a Pale Yellow, through to a \"Red/Orange brown\" Yellow.
Also try to see if you can make out how the surfaces pick up both light and shadow to form he highlights as well as how the window display uses differing background colours to enhance the appeal of certain items. (A number of jewellers use red or warm colours with gold to affect the colour and make it more appealing.)
Iron can vary from a brown grey to a black grey, without rust and up to a close Grey-White with polishing.
Steel can vary from a Strong Blue tone (think ultramarine tint) through blue gray(Space wolvesgrey) up to a Near white.
Add in the reflective qualites to show stuff like sashes, belts etc and there\'s another level of colour to consider. Throw rust weathering and damage into the mix and you have a whole new area to consider. Finally (just to mess with your head) due to metals reflective qualites think about light direction and how curved surfaces create their shadows.
Going back to Gold and your comment about how toning might not be the same, Gold reflects colour just the same as any metal, the only difference is that it\'s natural colour alters the reflected colour.
And I think that the article you are refering to is
This One by Automaton
