WIP: Erec One-Arm, need a little advice.

[Spoontoes]

I'm working on am Erec One-Arm I got for Christmas (along with a whole slew of other minis yay!), it's my first time working in resin which is proving interesting (managed to snap the banner pole twice already so now it's a little wonky/shorter but still....) here's where I am so far:

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What I'm thinking of doing is making the plates on the armour a brass sortof colour in true metallics, however I'd like some advice on how I go about making the brass colour - I want it to very much NOT be mistaken for a gold colour - I'm not really sure where to start as the two would be fairly close colours, but gold does not look like brass and vice versa..... I can put my hand on any VMC colour including the alcohol based Golds range (though I've not actually used those yet) - I also have (I think) all the GW metallics......

On a seperate note, I'm also first time using a new macro-ising lens filter and lamps and a (homemade) lightbox to get some better pics (that pic is untouched other than being resized), hope it comes out ok. Father Christmas was very kind to my minis obsession this year

Cheers,

Spoony.

 

[Bloodhowl]

GW way of painting brass: (over a black primer):

Step 1- 1:1:1 mix of tin bitz, dwarf bronze and scorched brown base coat. Follow with a 1:1 wash of chaos black and badab black.
Step 2- apply mid-tone of basecoat mix with small amount of mithril silver added to it (no ratio listed).
Step 3- thin wash using 1:1 mix of dark angels green and hawk turquoise applied to any rivets and recesses ( this recipe is on an Ork Warboss, so this step may be a verdigris weathering step and could possibly be skipped)
Step 4 (and final step)- mithril silver as a final highlight, small dab of rotting flesh added to some of the deeper recesses.

Edit- This is in the 'Eavy Metal Masterclass book. I checked the GW website as I thought I saw the article originally posted there, but now I can't find it. GW may have removed their masterclass articles that are in the book from their website in order to force book sales.

The Masterclass is titled Ork Warboss and it was painted by Darren Latham. You might be able find a pdf of it floting in cyber-space by using an internet search on engine of your choice.

 

[Spoontoes]

Cheers BH, that looks like it's a bit darker than I'm after - I've tried a bit of my own experimenting with mixed results, the pictures haven't come out too well but I'll post up a bit later.

 

[Bloodhowl]

Instead of tin bitz in the base, shift it. Use dwarf bronze, shining gold and scorched earth. Brass is one of those things that's hard to pin down. Well polished and taken care of brass is gold almost silver. Neglected and it is almost a brownish deep gold color. Really neglected and it gets verdigris.

 

[Spoontoes]

Indeed - I should have been more clear - I'm after the pale silvery/goldish brass colour, here's the latest piccy:

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I'm not overly pleased with how it came out, I'm sortof having trouble making it look 'real' rather than just a bunch of goldy painted plates on a mini, but I'm still learning and there's going to be a lot of metallics on this one. Mostly I need to accept my current level of ability rather than strip a mini each time I'm not 100% pleased with it hehe, I'm determined to keep going with this one.

 

[Bloodhowl]

What is the recipe you are using? It looks like it needs to go a touch more towards a yellow gold tone. Maybe a sepia glaze can yellow it out a little?

GW used to make a color called Brazen Brass. Try Vallejo Brassy Brass or Reaper Tarnished Brass for the base. Use 1:1 brass to scorched brown for shade and a 1:1 brass to shining gold for highlight. Then use silver for final highlight.

 

[BPI]

Verdigris will be the biggest clue that it's not gold. Tricky if you want everything to look clean & well maintained. Try glazing tiny touches of green on after the metallic work is done (I'd use browns for gold).

You've made it harder for yourself by choosing a mid brown for the leather tunic that the metal plates are tacked on to, it's pretty close to the yellow end of the brass that you want. A greeny grey (Charadon Granite base) might work better for contrast? Or slather on Badab Black rather than overpainting

I got a Lead Adventure post-apocalyptic gang for Christmas, it's great getting hobby gifts instead of soap and socks eh?

Cheers, B.

 

[Spoontoes]

Verdigris will be the biggest clue that it's not gold. Tricky if you want everything to look clean & well maintained. Try glazing tiny touches of green on after the metallic work is done (I'd use browns for gold).

Aye I may dab a little verdigris into the holes where the plates connect to the leather. I'd like it to look clean - but also distiguishable as brass so maybe a wee bit of verd...

You've made it harder for yourself by choosing a mid brown for the leather tunic that the metal plates are tacked on to, it's pretty close to the yellow end of the brass that you want. A greeny grey (Charadon Granite base) might work better for contrast? Or slather on Badab Black rather than overpainting

Yup - I wanted it to look subtly close in colour which is one of the reasons I opted for true metallics (plus I wouldnt know where to start tryng to NMM those plates yet ), there is some shading towards the bottom of the leather to try and give that a used look.

Unfortunately upon starting painting the plates I've noticed a *huge* rift in the molding, it's bajigganormous comparatively speaking (how can these things only appear *after* I've already painted some of the area hehehehe) and I'm unsure even if it's fixable, luckily it completely unnoticeable from some angles so I'm not sure if I'll try , we'll see.

I got a Lead Adventure post-apocalyptic gang for Christmas, it's great getting hobby gifts instead of soap and socks eh?

Cheers, B.

I got stacks of stuff, another Banelord - Eirik Longaxe, a whole mix of Avatars of War, a couple of Finecast (that look Ok at a first inspection thank goodness) including the Ogre Firebelly which I think is an awesome figure, plus bits and bobs for taking better (hopefully) photos... twas indeed one of my finest Christmasses