After priming your model black.
1)paint on the chainmail basecoat.
2 give a general wash of nuln oil and or chaos black mix. (Remeber to use water and not lahmian medium , as this can really dull the metallics. It takes a bit linger but if you use very thin coats to hyoid up it will retain the shune(thank you skelette)
3) in the recesses only layer in the scorched brown.and random spots of scorched brown on any flat metal surfaces as well.
4) dilute the bestial brown and now lay that in the recesses.
5) after it dries ,Do the same with the vermin brown. Random patches as well.
6 build up your layers on any flat surfaces with chainmail and runefang steel . On the edges make sure you "highlight the edges" with this color as well( when edge highlighting fan your brush out until its not a point but a flat edge . This will make sure your edge highlights hit just the edges and not get into the cracks you've layered your browns into
7)now use the runefang steel in its own and repeat the highlighting and edge highlighting process.
8) on the last 1/3 of your edge highlights use the valleo silver . It's very bright so keep your edge highlights tight and str8. This will really bring out the depth and shape of the model.
9)mix white and valleo silver and apply sparingly again just the the edgings when highlighting.
With this same color apply teeny tiny str8 scratches with the flattened sables of your brush . Diff sizes in length and diff directions. I cannot emphasize this enough make the scratches tight and thin. The thinner the better.
10)now use agrax earthshade (GLOSS) as this as opposed to reg agrax will leave a shiny surface. After all even dull metal is 1) reflective and 2) shiny.
Optional if your doing iron as opposed to steel you can use rust colored pigment powders by MIG, FORGEWORLD, TAMIYA etc. and hit random patches or spots of the armor for rust effects. The way I use pigment powders is I take the powder and put a bit in my well palette then I take the fastener and put that via my brush into the powder and mix. Depending on how intense I want my rust is how much I dilute my pig powders with the fastener . I then dip my brush into the mix and gently hit random spots that I feel rust will accumulate and form. If you use too much and it's for eg too orangey than hit it with the agrax earthshade to knock it back.
NOTE any colors you are not sure if you have from another paint company ... Than simply type into google what the conversions are for the paints you DO HAVE.
VIOLA - enjoy
BasM any questions feel free to ask. Just follow the steps and practice practice practice!!!
