gold cloak
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Just got a box of Eldar Guardians today, and I would like to learn the NMM technique. Can anyone point me i the right direction? Many, many thanks CMONers!!!!
Need to learn NMM techniques...
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Go to
http://www.thminiatures.com click on the link for English and then look in the TIPS section there is a colour chart for Vallejo colours and the metalic uses.
After that it\'s a case of learning to place highlights accoerding to the intended light source and working very carefully with blending or very fine and dilute layers to achieve the result.
If you look in the Articles section of Coolmini you\'ll see several articles on NMM Chrispy\'s is one of the most clearest but it is in itself quite a complex subject.
I\'ll give you one caveat on painting NMM, it doesn\'t really work for armies for the tabletop. Individual lightsources for an army would be a very time consuming action. NMM is most suited for highquality display or competition figures.
Have a look aty Arkaal gallery for some really spiffy examples of MNN.
http://www.thminiatures.com click on the link for English and then look in the TIPS section there is a colour chart for Vallejo colours and the metalic uses.
After that it\'s a case of learning to place highlights accoerding to the intended light source and working very carefully with blending or very fine and dilute layers to achieve the result.
If you look in the Articles section of Coolmini you\'ll see several articles on NMM Chrispy\'s is one of the most clearest but it is in itself quite a complex subject.
I\'ll give you one caveat on painting NMM, it doesn\'t really work for armies for the tabletop. Individual lightsources for an army would be a very time consuming action. NMM is most suited for highquality display or competition figures.
Have a look aty Arkaal gallery for some really spiffy examples of MNN.
Angelos3000
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You have to master or at least get right the technique of wet blending which gets really smooth blends i think other people will agree.
Yeah, Bill\'s right. Contrast and positioning of highlights and shadows is the most important thing for creating a believable illusion of metal. Blending quality is secondary, IMO. In fact, if you focus too much on blending you easily end up with \"soft\" looking results and that is not suitable for metals.
MathewBaich
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Also, thin your paint alot. Learning to do just that took me forever to figure out.lol In my opinion, its the second most important thing to remember, contrast being the most important.
Angelos3000
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Each to their own billy boy.
Angelos3000
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well..... maybe, possibly could be oh go on yeah. =p lol
Wren
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I disagree that wetblending is required to get really smooth blends. If you look at the NMM in my gallery, it\'s all done with layering of really thin glazes. It\'s a pain in the butt, it takes a fair while, and it\'s entirely possible that it suffers from the over softness Ritual mentions, but if nothing else it demonstrates it\'s possible to get smooth results without wetblending. 
demonherald
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just to ponder on the original post......Why do you need NMM on Eldar Guardians??? Just curious really as I don\'t see a right lot of metal on them.
I\'m playing around with NMM at the minute.Most of my attempts so far have been the \"soft\" style mainly because I like the sort of animation quality it lends to a model.With my latest bits I\'m going for the more contrasty effect as Bill mentions I think this can make a big difference to the metal effect in particular the small sharp light spots..
the big thing is practise practise practise.
I\'m playing around with NMM at the minute.Most of my attempts so far have been the \"soft\" style mainly because I like the sort of animation quality it lends to a model.With my latest bits I\'m going for the more contrasty effect as Bill mentions I think this can make a big difference to the metal effect in particular the small sharp light spots..
the big thing is practise practise practise.
hubbabubba
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I find NMM difficult, but at the moment I\'m trying for a very dull metal effect on weaponary, like modern day small arms, it\'s a nightmare, any suggestions?
I reckon Bills got it a nut shell with the contrast, thing is they always end up looking so damn shiney in my case.
I agree with DR that in painting armies it\'s abit of a waste of time.
I reckon Bills got it a nut shell with the contrast, thing is they always end up looking so damn shiney in my case.
I agree with DR that in painting armies it\'s abit of a waste of time.
freakinacage
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nice one. never seen this one before
