In what order should I paint SkyEarth-NMM?

[Garshnak]

Because I\'m painting a dwarf with a SkyEarth-NMM hammer and I don\'t know where to start..???..it\'s a Mordheim dwarf, so I\'m only using grays.

And how do I paint a profile that looks like this?

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| ------------------------------------- |
| |...............................................| |
| | This area is lower.............| | It\'s the side of the hammer
| |...............................................| |
| ------------------------------------- |
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Because the upper area is shadowing the lower one...how do I paint that?

Well, thanks a lot for any posts and sorry if I overasked...

 

[Errex]

Try this. Cut a small patch of aluminum foil and apply it to the area you want to paint, like say, the side of the hammer. You an use a Q-tip to make the foil adjust to the mini\'s contour.

Next, shine a light in the aproximate direction you want your nmm to reflect, and observe the way light reflects from the aluminum foil.

You can put your observations down in writing, or try and take a pic of it to have as reference.

 

[Garshnak]

Hey...thanks!
But isn\'t a piece of alliminium paper that small already to be crumpled when you try to put on place? that way the light won\'t be reflected as it has to be...but at least I SHOULD give it a try.
Still thanks a lot!

 

[Garshnak]

It worked!
Wow...it\'s looks so real!
Thanks!

 

[Errex]

I\'m glad it worked for you.

As a matter of fact, there is a technique used primarily by regular military modelers where instead of painting the silver/aluminum surfaces of models like jets and planes, the \"plate\" them with aluminum foil. Basically, the glue the aluminum bits using some sort of clear varnish

I have been thinking about trying that same technique on 28 mm minis, but I suppose I\'d need a faily clean one, one without too much detail sculpted over the armor plate, or without runes sculpetd on the blade of the sword

 

[mouse]

hmmm....

Errex and Garshnak,

I did read the aluminum foil way in the military magazine. However, my clumsy fingers always crumpled the foil.

Hence, I used an alternative.

I painted the areas with mithril silver or chainmail metallic paint.

Relying on it, I use the same technique of viewing the light reflection and emulate it on another piece (I normally paint armies of them). Then using that painted piece, I replicate for the rest of them.

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