Well, after I got home from work today (painting houses over the summer, funny how that works, huh?), I decided to bust out the paint jars and get to work.
I threw down some basecoats on the Warlock and also sketched an idea for a freehand pattern on the jetbike canopy.
Now, I have a friend who's graduating from High School soon and has been collecting his army for quite some time now, yet has barely made a dent in the painting of it. So, in commemoration of his passing high school, I decided to get him (in my opinion) one of the most gorgeous Space Marine sculpts in the line and paint it as lovingly as I possibly can.
So if anyone is reading this, how do you paint your golds?
ReplyDeleteDepends on how "rich" a gold I'm looking for and if I'm using metallic paint or NMM techniques.
For metallic paint, I tend to prefer a black basecoat. If I want a ruddy gold, I'll lay down a basecoat of Dwarf Bronze and then layer mix up to Burnished as the highlights. If I want a bright gilt, I'll start with Tin Bitz as the base, Burnished as the main tone and Shining as the highlights. And example of the latter: http://www.flickr.com/photos/10852323@N04/2645134568/in/set-72157607945601788/ Bad lighting kinda washed out the depth though.
Cheers!
I'll give a basecoat of Boltgun Metal, then give it a Flesh Wash, followed by a highlight of Shining Gold with just a trim of Mithril Silver.
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