Getting dirty with metallic gold

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doombadger

New member
Hello there !!

I\'m looking a few pointers on how to weather and tone down a rather shiny metallic gold.

I\'m painting up a classic GW giant ogre (hrothyogg) and have decided to paint the shoulder in shining gold. The trouble is, all I\'ve been painting recently is High Elves, So i\'ve ended up with a dirty old ogre mecenary captain with prestine highy polished gold armour. How a can save this ogre from being called a \"waffy pansy\" by his gore covered mates :)

anyone out there can help?

Thanks
 
Fizl

Fizl

Secret Crocodile
Green and brown washes - lots of em. Layer those suckers on, then layer on some more, then make sure the varnish makes it look matt.
If you want to keep it very metallic I would guess you could layer some very thin tin bitz/Tinny Tin into the shade areas. This is the base coat colour I use for all my metallics

Shaz
 
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Drake Farstrider

New member
Fizl pretty much nailed it on the head. I have also tried using a red wash and then buliding it up from there. I have since gone back and added a wash of smoke to darken the recesses. Good luck and have fun.
 
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Brokenblade

New member
Theres good suggestions here already, but what i\'ve found works well is using a wash of a mix of watered down chaos black and scorched brown, may sound too dark, but when its highliy watered down, and used in multiple layers it creates a very pleasing effect.

Hope this helps, Joe
 
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doombadger

New member
Thanks mucho for the idea\'s.. Top effort !!

One thing is confusing me.. but that could be because I\'ve just had a liquid lunch :)

Is it a green mixed with brown wash or green wash followed by brown washes?

Or does it really not matter?

Ta !!
 
Fizl

Fizl

Secret Crocodile
To be honest, you could use, either of them or both, depending on the colour you are aiming for. Green will give it a verdigri\'d tinge to it, and is quite good at matting it down, brown will shade it down nicely too. I tend to do a couple of brown or smoke washes, then use a green wash at the end in the areas you want the verdigris to be.

Shaz
 
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doombadger

New member
Excellent..

I shall grab a cup of coffee and start straight away...

And try not to wash the mini in coffee and drink my ink washes..

Thanks again for the advice :)
 
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philologus

Subgenius
Spacemunkie is using the same technique I do. I start with brazen brass or tin bitz. Then I put on the shining gold and then hit it with the tamiya smoke. Then I like to add some thinned brown ink. I then edge the armor plates with a mix of shining gold and mithril silver. Last; Testors Dullcote. This gives a very realistic worn look. It also creates little dented/dinged areas where the ink pools. Overall a very satisfying effect.
 
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tidoco2222

Active member
Washes very thin practically dirty water, what I do is to mix a little scorched brown and black and then using an old eye dropper drop two to three drops of water on the mix and mix it all together and then just wash away the more coats the dirtier the look. Adding a bit of green will give it a slightly vert de gris appearance. ALso washes with snakebite leather will enrich the metal. Once I have finished the washes and gotten a look I like I then pick out some edges again with either chainmail or silver.
 
Avelorn

Avelorn

Sven Jonsson
I highlight from brazen brass through shining gold up to mthril silver. In between some of the steps I use brown, green or purple glazing depending on the effect I\'m after. I use very diluted Vallejo smoke as a wash to bring out details.. it\'s really a great ink IMO. Finally... You can enrich the metal even further by using thin layers of tamiya clear orange.

Oh one more thing.. I use a light brown as a base for my GW metallic gold.. as they have really sucky coverage!
 
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