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daddyorchips
Baron
i like that! yes indeedy!
Aiteal
Baron
Nice 
And lovely to see you adding to this thread again.
I recently got a mounted earl of harkness mini that is crying out for the sort of coloured metallic paint job you have done on your chaos warriors on page 1.
I've never really been good at metallics and coloured metallics in particular.
Any advise you could give me?
And lovely to see you adding to this thread again.
I recently got a mounted earl of harkness mini that is crying out for the sort of coloured metallic paint job you have done on your chaos warriors on page 1.
I've never really been good at metallics and coloured metallics in particular.
Any advise you could give me?
Naagruz
Vassal
Aiteal":rz6iuqvd said:
Here's a bit more detail:
These guys were painted in the early '90s, but I have a fair recollection of what I did. It was pretty simple with black undercoat > drybrush steel > highlight drybrush silver in select areas (high points) > colored ink wash (I used green, blue, or red) > enamel silver for dings & finer highlights > some stipling/light drybrush overpaint for rusty character > gloss enamel laquer.
I'm a firm believer in enamels for the best metallic highlight results and gloss finishes to really make fully armored characters stand out. For something like the Earl, I'd definitely go gloss or satin at the least for a finish on the armor. It can make all the difference in the world & metal isn't meant to be dullcoted to death!
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LeadAsbestos
Vassal
My Harkness is on the way across the pond even as we speak! I'll race you...Aiteal":j680kagt said:cool, i'll try those techniques out on something else before tackling Harkness himself
Cheers for the advice
Aiteal
Baron
LeadAsbestos":37cxbuhh said:My Harkness is on the way across the pond even as we speak! I'll race you...Aiteal":37cxbuhh said:cool, i'll try those techniques out on something else before tackling Harkness himself
Cheers for the advice
Ha, i'm a slowwwwww painter, even if your little fellah is swimming his away to you, you'll probably be done first.
I'm gonna experiment with vallejo glaze medium and Naagruz's advice on a few less precious models first.
Naagruz
Vassal
Now for something really scary! 
I'm guessing most folks are horrified by the prospect of using the above medium on miniatures, or wondering what the heck all those funny pots are.
Perhaps the aversion comes from an older sibling who recanted tales of wooziness while painting with enamels or a personal tragedy involving gloppy layers of bulletproof paint eternally slopping the detail on your favorite elf. While these paints are definitely not the easiest to work with, probably banned in the EU, & pretty much absent from the miniature painting scene on the interwebz, they really can be quite fun. As a matter of fact, I think they should be looked at as "Funamels"!
Enamels definitely require some ventilation & technique, but you can blend them, they can make good washes, & provide awesome coverage when needed. The metallics are definitely the best I've used &, heck, even that heretic Phil Lewis made magic with them in WD 89.
As part of an exercise in adversity squared, I'm knocking out my group of Olley's unusual Iron Claw undeads in almost nothing but enamels. Here's the test WiP:
Not sure about what to do with the eyes yet, but Bob's already got a cartoony sculpt & I'd like to tone the googly-eyes down as much as possible. Undead guys are supposed to be scary right?
I'm guessing most folks are horrified by the prospect of using the above medium on miniatures, or wondering what the heck all those funny pots are.
Perhaps the aversion comes from an older sibling who recanted tales of wooziness while painting with enamels or a personal tragedy involving gloppy layers of bulletproof paint eternally slopping the detail on your favorite elf. While these paints are definitely not the easiest to work with, probably banned in the EU, & pretty much absent from the miniature painting scene on the interwebz, they really can be quite fun. As a matter of fact, I think they should be looked at as "Funamels"!
Enamels definitely require some ventilation & technique, but you can blend them, they can make good washes, & provide awesome coverage when needed. The metallics are definitely the best I've used &, heck, even that heretic Phil Lewis made magic with them in WD 89.
As part of an exercise in adversity squared, I'm knocking out my group of Olley's unusual Iron Claw undeads in almost nothing but enamels. Here's the test WiP:
Not sure about what to do with the eyes yet, but Bob's already got a cartoony sculpt & I'd like to tone the googly-eyes down as much as possible. Undead guys are supposed to be scary right?
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Harry
Baron
It has taken me this long to get my head around acrylic .... but I admire your confidence to experiment ...
last time i saw a pot of paint like that was at least 35 years ago .... it was olive drab and I was splashing it all over a airfix sherman tank until it obscured every bit of detail.
last time i saw a pot of paint like that was at least 35 years ago .... it was olive drab and I was splashing it all over a airfix sherman tank until it obscured every bit of detail.
Fimm McCool
Lord
Haven't tried enamels in a long time, but was wondering about maybe giving them a go in order to paint my Goblinoids Combat Cards miniatures in the original medium... did try oils with quite good success last year, but on a Reaper Bones Ice Giant so considerably larger than 28mm! Those Testors paints are great though, really good consistency and coverage.
