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Hello everyone! I thought I'd share my thoughts on this paint from Duncan's brand!! I ordered it as well as GSW's Persian Violet (which I have not yet received) to test out purples for my 30k Emperor's Children, and I tried it today!!! TL;DR: It's great!! Just a quick disclaimer: I'm by no means an accomplished or experienced painter: I have about 1k points of Necrons painted up, and that's about it!! But still wanted to give my opinion in case anyone else was considering this paint :))). So, to test it out, I used some unassembled parts I had lying around: these are the back and front bits of the Skorpekh Lord's body, I believe. I primed them with Abaddon Black (two thin coats of which, of course), then applied the paint as I would any other metallic (thinned down with some water): (Apologies for the picture quality) One somewhat thinned-down coat of Emperor's Purple basically covered all of it immediately, tho the big smooth "panels" on the back bit needed an additional coat (which seems pretty standard as far as metallic paints go, with a similar coverage to that of Leadbelcher, in my experience painting Necrons). Overall, very happy with the paint's coverage! It's such a pretty purple!!, and basically exactly what I wanted: a nice, metallic royal purple but with pink undertones, rather than blue. Of course, up close like this, you can kinda see the mica flakes, but irl it's a very smooth paint. Then, I wanted to see what it looked like shaded. On the front bit (in the above image, the bit that's to the right) I shaded with Reikland Fleshshade, and on the back bit (left) I used Nuln Oil. It's pretty hard to see on pictures, but the difference is *kinda* visible, so just in case, here's what I got!!: Shaded with Reikland Fleshshade ^ Shaded with Nuln Oil ^ The difference is really quite subtle, and even more so on the pictures, but you can still kinda see it: as expected, the Reikland Fleshshade made the tone a bit more redish, while the Nuln Oil darkened it slightly, and both do a reasonably-ish good job of highlighting recesses - tho perhaps I was didn't apply enough shade. The effect the Nuln Oil had is the most difficult to see on the pictures, but it really did darken it up, almost making the color a bit colder; and it feels like the Reikland Fleshshade matted the paint considerable more than its black counterpart, tho it's still visibly metallic and reflective. Definitely try this for yourself, as the difference isn't super apparent on camera, and is especially subtle with the amount of shade I used!! I think I will do more tests, applying more Nuln Oil but to just the recesses, as I love the bright color it has prior to the Nuln Oil treatment; if you want a darker metallic purple, try shading it completely!!! :D For more variation, I might see what applying a thin coat of Doomfire Magneta does, and could try Ardcoat to make it shinier/glossier!! But the purpose of this review is mainly to show the effect of the paint itself, which you can see in the first two pics!! I hope this was helpful to some!!!! Honestly, Emperor's Purple just feels like a purple Leadbelcher (as someone who uses that one a lot to paint my crons), which is definitely a compliment!! Great coverage, awesome color, what a great purple!! Definitely recommend!! :D

Short version - the Wave 2 metallics, particularly the Platinum Crown one, are very very good. Hands down better than GW metallics for me, they just seem to be far more consistent, mix better and don't dry as fast. The Glazes are also superb - Video for those interested in seeing them on screen:

Hope its ok to post this - I succumbed to the many Instagram adverts that I was seeing, and bought one of these. Thought i'd do a review for anyone curious as to what its really like and whats in the box etc. To be fair, I wanted a new wet pallet to try, and have been using just a glass jar or a mug for my paint water, so figured why not give it a whirl. FYI - not actually tried the wet palette at the time of recording, but have used it since recording the video, and while its smaller than my Army Painter one, the two palettes together have the same sort of area and I've found that the palette paper lies smoother on the sponge than my AP painter one which tends to crinkle easily. Cheers

This is something that may be of particular interest to Custodes players, but might also be helpful to anyone looking for a good undercoat for gold. For the longest time, I'd been priming miniatures in black, and then using something like Mournfang Brown to basecoat sections that were to be gold. It works okay, but you have the primer, then a couple thin coats of brown, then 1-2 thin coats of gold. I've used Vallejo AV primer for the longest time, and I brush it on because weather and space concerns really keep me from using aerosol sprays or an airbrush. But I've heard a lot of good things about Stynylrez from Badger. They have a red-brown primer that looked to be perfect. However, with the really cold weather we've had here for the last couple months, there was no way I could mail-order it and not have it frozen to uselessness by the time I get home to get the mail. Well, the weather's finally warmed up to the mid-40s so I ordered some a couple of days ago and it arrived today. I have got to say, the stuff is wonderful. It goes on nice and smooth, even with a brush, It's self-leveling like Vallejo but it dries with a matte surface rather than the shiny finish of Vallejo primer. It's got more tooth for what you'll paint over it, and coverage is great. And where Vallejo's ideal cure time is measured in days (one to three days was killing me to wait), Stynylrez cures in hours. I primed a couple of Custodians before dinner, watched a little TV and came back to basecoat the gold. They were ready to go. Here's the best part. Where I used to have to do three thin coats of gold to cover the black primer, Gold goes over red-brown Stynylrez in One. Thin. Coat. And the brown undercoat makes the gold look really rich and warm. Because you're applying fewer coats of primer, basecoat, and gold to cover, detail is preserved far better and the model doesn't look "painted". I highly recommend this stuff for anyone who paints Custodes, Stormcast, or anything where you'll be doing a lot of gold. You'll wonder why you waited so long.