Hells_Clown Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Does anyone else hit a snag when painting armor? Specifically metal armor? I have a few figs that are wearing plate mail and usually I end up staring at them all primed at ready and not having a clue how to procede. I just put an undead horseman in the green bath cuz I didn't like the way he came out. Any tips on how to make metal armor look interesting? How to paint rusted, burned or ghostly armor (all effects I'd like to achieve on various figs)? I think I need a special red "Panic" button that I can press to alert the troops to my desperate need. I wouldn't use it every time. Really... I wouldn't lie about something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claymoore Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 If you're working with metallics Jacob Nielsen offered some comments about his winning Chaos figs here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mini-painter/message/84601 I like to mix metallics to obtain more transitional shades working up from something like Reapers Steel Plate to Mithril Silver or Tamiya Chrome Silver and alternating ink washes or Tamiya clears for different effects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hells_Clown Posted January 9, 2004 Author Share Posted January 9, 2004 Interesting ideas, I think I'll try something like that. Thanks, I usually skip GD topics on that list for some reason or another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claymoore Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Thanks, I usually skip GD topics on that list for some reason or another. I usually avoid them as well but I know Jacob Nielsen is one of the few painters getting recognition for using metallics instead of NMM and I prefer metallics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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