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True Metallic metals
By: Cheesehammer40k Date: November 23, 2018, 7:10 pm
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Hey all, after a bit of advice and I thought I'd come to the
guys in the know!
I'm having trouble with true metallics and I'm not sure what I'm
doing wrong. There's too much contrast with and the paint looks
super grainy, help! The metals on this guy's backpack and
magazine are what I mean, they just look so dull :(
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Re: True Metallic metals
By: Queen_annes_revenge Date: November 27, 2018, 4:10 pm
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You need to glaze down to a darker shadow, then take the
highlights up to a starker metallic, a silver.
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Re: True Metallic metals
By: Cheesehammer40k Date: November 29, 2018, 7:24 pm
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[quote author=Queen_annes_revenge link=topic=40.msg180#msg180
date=1543356644]
You need to glaze down to a darker shadow, then take the
highlights up to a starker metallic, a silver.
[/quote]
Excellent, thanks, I'll give it a go on the next one :)
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Re: True Metallic metals
By: ilraenor Date: November 30, 2018, 3:03 am
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For the grainy part, I don't get how it happens but sometimes
it's about a good shake of the paint pot and really thinning it
down. This makes it a pain to get good coverage though so I
usually base coat with a normal color close to what i want (grey
for silver, brown for bronze etc).
I'd add that for shadows, you need to glaze with mate paints as
metal as very mate shadows ^^
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Re: True Metallic metals
By: Gekados77 Date: January 11, 2019, 4:31 am
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Try mixing a bit of Flow Improver on metallics, it help (with
every acrylics it help).
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Re: True Metallic metals
By: Cheesehammer40k Date: January 31, 2019, 5:18 pm
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[quote author=ilraenor link=topic=40.msg184#msg184
date=1543568624]
For the grainy part, I don't get how it happens but sometimes
it's about a good shake of the paint pot and really thinning it
down. This makes it a pain to get good coverage though so I
usually base coat with a normal color close to what i want (grey
for silver, brown for bronze etc).
I'd add that for shadows, you need to glaze with mate paints as
metal as very mate shadows ^^
[/quote]
Had a go at glazing in some olive drab, made the metal a little
bit more interesting, thanks!
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