Achieving this metallic effect...

[Andaah]

This is what I would like to achieve for my next project. I did a test this morning using GW\'s Dwarf Bronze and it simply looked too boring.

I am lacking inspiration for my colour scheme and much help would be nice.

The more detail anyone can go into the better.

Thanks -Andy

 

[KingM]

Looks like the main colours used here are gold tones and brown washes, try working back and forth - Doing a wash, then stippling the gold colours onto the raised/highlight areas, then another wash coat etc (Make sure the washes are thinned down a lot)

Looks also like this figure has the gold highlighted upto silver (eg GW mithril silver)

 

[Legacy Account]

Very thinned washes/glazes of purple and green inks work well on gold too. Check out JRN\'s site for tutorials:

Here!

 

[Calavera]

Just ask Deucalion.. send him a PM.. i\'m sure he\'s very friendly

 

[Andaah]

I shall, thanks. And thanks for the link.

Also, when highlighting metallics you stipple eh? Sounds good.

 

[Legacy Account]

It\'s a lovely piece that. Not seen it before. Top notch!

 

[Einion]

Hi Andy, in addition to glazing with browns over a metallic basecoat you can mix browns into the paint and apply it much like with any other colour; I tend to use a little of both techniques doing metallics with standard paints.

Judging from the photos there\'s a little silver used for the highlighting too which is a technique some people use. I don\'t like it myself because in the flesh in particular it looks wrong to me, I prefer to vary the colour of the metallics (I have a large selection to choose from) and let the natural gloss take care of the final highlights as much as possible. If you want to try this I\'d suggest using a mix of silver and the base yellow metallic instead of pure silver, or tint the silver with something like Tamiya clear or an ink.

Originally posted by Andaah
Also, when highlighting metallics you stipple eh? Sounds good.

Careful doing this, metallics have a nasty habit of developing texture when you don\'t want it.

Einion

 

[Mosch]

Orginal gepostet von Einion
(...), metallics have a nasty habit of developing texture when you don\'t want it.

While we\'re at it.... any tips on how to avoid this?

 

[Andaah]

I never use pure silver to highlight either. More a mix of silver and my base colour.

For my next project I am thinking of using this process:

Shining Gold base > Brown Ink > Higlight with Gold/Silver mix > Repeat 2 and 3 with diff colours til I get something I like > Glaze with a greeney, purpley brown.

 

[Einion]

Originally posted by Mosch
While we\'re at it.... any tips on how to avoid this?

Depends a lot on the specifics of the paint you\'re using, GW metallics are quite good from what I\'ve seen, never used them myself, but with any good paint of this type laying down a smooth basic coat shouldn\'t be too difficult and that\'s a good start.

After that when adding any metallic paint or mixture in a fluid manner make sure the brush doesn\'t dry out as you\'re painting so rinse and reload frequently, also be careful the previous layer is quite dry - use a quick blast from a hairdryer if you\'re painting quickly. I would also make an effort to use as few coats of metallic paint as possible to get the desired result, this really seems to help.

I can\'t think of anything else offhand, anyone else?

Einion

 

[Drake Farstrider]

This may sound like a dumb question, but what is stippling? I have heard the term before but have never really seen a definition?

 

[Legacy Account]

Hold the brush vertically and dab the paint onto the surface you are painting. It\'ll give you a textured/noisy surface...

 

[KingM]

I find the stippling helps to easily break up the boundary where the last wash coat ended, whilst also giving a weathered metal look. When you are stippling, make sure you have very little metallic paint on your brush, or you will lose the detail on the model\'s armour etc after a few coats

 

[Andaah]

Here is the reply to my email. Thought you could all check it out.

Hello Andy, I am glad about what you said of my work, thanks! About the metallic, I used just four colours. black, flesh ink, mithril silver from GW and bronze from model color vallejo. First of all, basecoat the armour with bronze (I applied two layers) and blackline the armour being careful ;-) Now I started shadding the bronze with diluyed flesh inks (this time 3 layers of flesh ink with water, you know) Then I started to highlight it. Add a bit of mithril to the bronze for the first light. Next lights adding more and more mithril to the mix until pure mithril silver and it is done! No more, you only need to be patient and careful because of the blending and the inks, sometimes they are too difficult to apply in the correct way. for more questions here I am ;-)
byebye
Saul