BloodFather's Unique Painting Tips

[BloodFather of Kharnath]

The gold golem would be an excellent means of practice. I know many artists that find the recipes you mention as the way to go. Some use a dark flesh shade for a reddish, ruddy gold.

For me, though , I over-complicated the equation by using so many different colors. I offer the snakebite version, lightened with Ivory and shaded with a wash of any version of black or brown, as a simple means for conquering the NMM gold monster.

 

[Dragonsreach]

I don't know why people say they struggle with XYZ colour NMM.
Its not Gold or Silver it's just paint and reflection and light.
Think of that and forget the 'aim' just paint the reflections/Light and highlights.

After all what's the worst that can happen? You have to strip and start over. (BTDT LOTS OF TIMES)

 

[BloodFather of Kharnath]

People may struggle with a particular brand for a number of reasons. As mentioned, I originally had trouble getting all those varied colors to work together. I suppose the answer was to desaturate, rather than using multiple saturated colors. Also there may be some technical differences that make one more challenging than another. To shade a steel NMM, for instance, I will simply blend in a darker gray to black. With gold, though, I'l do a brown ink wash followed by a purple glaze. If you have trouble with one of these technical skills it can make that form of NMM more challenging for you.

But it I certainly understand from whence you cometh, DR. Metal is metal, in a fashion. The same rules apply for them all, but it is a matter of how one chooses to apply them.

 

[MAXXxxx]

I don't know why people say they struggle with XYZ colour NMM.
Its not Gold or Silver it's just paint and reflection and light.

I was most likely that too a few years ago, but now I think that the hardest part in NMM is to know where to put the highlight/shadow. Not really the colors used / blending itself.

similar to when people (who are not really beginners and not colorblinds) ask what color was used ... What to say to questions like this?
I mean we both have eyes, so you see the basic color.
There is no way to find a pot of paint with exactly the same shade.
And even if the artist tells the 100% color recipe, it won't be the same because you use different brushstrokes / different dilution / different number of layers and order in the layers / etc etc etc.

 

[BloodFather of Kharnath]

While it is very often sufficient enough to say use a cold purple or a warm red, etc., I can definitively say that Inhave derived great benefits from actual recipes. They are not always apparent to the blind eye. I had to be told to use Ivory to highlight, or brown sand on skin. The latest recipe that has helped me a ton is to use rat skin flesh with bestial brown for a copper NMM. Some of these recipes have really improved my painting.