Good example of good metallics

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Margo

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... desperately looking for one.

I remember seeing a gallery of one awesome painter who did amazing things with metallics. He even signed all his works with something like \"this is NOT nmm!\". Anyone has a clue who this artist might me? Or maybe you could recommend another expert in metallics?
 
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Medved

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i think cyril has some good examples, the nurgle champ that won this years french gd is pretty good. and then there is Joe Hill, his stuff is really organic and i don\'t think he uses anything but metallics.
 
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finn17

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Not metallics or NMM....

Manu wrote an interesting article about polishing metal recently.

http://www.coolminiornot.com/article/aid/199

It\'s not exactly what you were asking for, but it has possibilities and could be combined with other techniques to produce something really different.

I found it really interesting anyway;)
 
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GunjiNoKanrei

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This is my best work to date with metallics. But I\'m certainly not a master.

To see real masters with metallics look at the works of Tammy Haye, Joe Hill (as mentioned above), Allan C, Cyril\'s Nurgle champ (also mentioned above, but easily one of the best minis using metallics), Thomas Barse, ...
 
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Jarrett Lee

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As a student of the metallics method (who constantly sucks at it) I would probably pick Allan C as my favorite artist working with that style these days. I love what he does with metallics.
 
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Margo

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Originally posted by Calavera
THOU SHALT NOT FORGET MR.NIELSEN

www.jrn-works.dk
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Oh! Thank you, Calavera! I didn\'t even know he has a website of his own. Amazing. And he even has a tuorial on metallics, which is great!
 
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Margo

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Originally posted by U4-Welcome
This one is one of my favorites, especially since I saw it IRL.
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This is simply amazing, I cannot believe it\'s metallics. There must be some tricky technique to that :)

finn17, as for the polishing, I\'ve read the article long ago. The results do look impressive, but I am not really fond of the method, I prefer painting. But thanks anyway!

The thing is, I\'m having trouble deciding what to use for my UK GD entries: metallics or NMM. I have heard they favour metallics in UK (and looking at the GD booklets of the past 2 years the trend is clearly visible). But I\'m positive that the models will look more impressive with NMM. Such is my dilemma :)
 
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Nelson

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Bahh, do what you like....Honestly, they do favour the realistic style over there, but do what you will. If YOU like painting nmm more, and if YOU think it\'ll look better, than do it. If they take you down based on their personal prefs, then screw their biased judge asses.....or take it to a GD that prefers nmm. :D
 
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Medved

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im having the same problem, i have an idea that might be easier in nmm but also look very precise. the thing is atGD UK i dont think there was one mini that placed with nmm. maybe this year we will all change this?

oh another thing.....anybody know how to thin down metallics? water just sepatates the metal bits for me and i dont really want to use spirit thinners or any with a strong smell as i have a young child around
 
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Calavera

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Huh, I just use regular water, but with some additives.. I got this big bottle of stuff I use to thin my paints. Acrylic Flow Improver, Future Floor wax and water. But I\'ve used only water when thinning metallics and it worked... but they did need some excessive shaking.
 
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Calavera

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@Margo..
Just in case if you haven\'t found any galleries of the dudes mentioned.

http://www.coolminiornot.com/browse/submitter/cyril

http://www.coolminiornot.com/browse/submitter/allan%20c

http://www.coolminiornot.com/browse/submitter/joe%20hill%201

http://www.coolminiornot.com/browse/submitter/thomas
 
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Margo

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Yes, I\'ve looked over the GD booklet once again, and there was only one NMM winning entry in the Youngbloods competition. Uh. Still can\'t make up my mind about what to do with my entries.

It\'s all very weird how mini-painting communities in different countries prefer totally different things. Here, in Russia, they\'ll say you\'re a good painter only and only if you use NMM. Even if you\'re darn good with metallics, the most you\'ll get is \"well ... metallics look somewhat appropriate on this mini. Although NMM would be better\".
 
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Valander

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Originally posted by finn17
Those links don\'t appear to be working???
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If you look very closely at them, you\'ll see that there\'s a slight typo: \"coolminironot\" should be \"coolminiornot\". ;)

Fixed links here:
http://www.coolminiornot.com/browse/submitter/cyril
http://www.coolminiornot.com/browse/submitter/allan%20c
http://www.coolminiornot.com/browse/joe%20hill%201
http://www.coolminiornot.com/browse/submitter/thomas
 
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Margo

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Originally posted by Calavera
@Margo..
Just in case if you haven\'t found any galleries of the dudes mentioned.

http://www.coolminiornot.com/browse/submitter/cyril
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Yes! That\'s the artist I was talking about. Thank you for the link, Calavera!
 
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Rab

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Originally posted by Medved

oh another thing.....anybody know how to thin down metallics? water just sepatates the metal bits for me and i dont really want to use spirit thinners or any with a strong smell as i have a young child around
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I use a 1:1 mixture of water and isopropyl alcohol with a drop of flow enhancer to thin metallics.

Cheers - Rab.
 
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finn17

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Density...

Originally posted by Medved
oh another thing.....anybody know how to thin down metallics? water just sepatates the metal bits for me and i dont really want to use spirit thinners or any with a strong smell as i have a young child around
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Anything you add to a metallic will reduce the particle to carrier ratio. You will just have to use more coats. But this applies to any paint, its just that the \'pigment\' in metallics is often bigger.

You might want to invest in some airbrush thinners. I use one by Liquitex. This doesn\'t dilute the ratio of acrylic to water by so much as it is a clear acrylic medium itself. It\'s very economical as a bottle will last ages. When I use it I make up a small pot and put in one drop of \'flow enhancer\'. I actually use photographic wetting agent as I have loads lying around.

Another alternative and we are getting very experimental now...I haven\'t tried this. Vallejo make a metallic medium which contains small iridescent flakes. Some of this added to the mix could help bulk up the particle ratio???

Whatever, I would definitely put a bottle of liquitex airbrush thinners on your shopping list:D
 
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