metcalfedan Posted January 12, 2009 Author Share Posted January 12, 2009 Awesome tutorial. Not considered it myself. IMHO the GW washes asre one of the best things to be released for the practical aspect of the hobby. My only criticism of this technique is that you would have to be meticulous in cleaning and preparing your models (i.e. removing mould lines etc) otherwise they will stand out on the completed model. Case in point the side of the space-marines helmet. Amit edit: I have seen a side on pic of this marine somewehere on this forum, not this thread per se where you can see a bit of mould line... Yeah, I'm a bit apathetical (can't be bothered) when it comes to mould lines. I try to get rid of the main ones though. ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kairos Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 I love metallic marines - now I'm hooked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrus Manus Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Article is up. Here's a link. Congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metcalfedan Posted January 13, 2009 Author Share Posted January 13, 2009 Article is up. Here's a link. Congrats. Cool thanks Ferrus. And thanks for putting those skull headers in, I wanted to put them in but wasn't sure how to. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twistinthunder Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 id like to see metallic red (ooh i think i might do that?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrus Manus Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Cool thanks Ferrus. And thanks for putting those skull headers in, I wanted to put them in but wasn't sure how to. :D No problem, for future reference Here's a tutorial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metcalfedan Posted January 13, 2009 Author Share Posted January 13, 2009 Cool, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluewolf74727 Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 just tried this out with red and purple red needs alot more coats as it starts off going pink first purple looks good after 3 coats and just gets darker after that BlueWolf74727 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travh20 Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 I like this. I am going to be doing some paiting for a friend who just got into 40k. he bought an amry off Ebay and it needs panit bad. So, I was looking for a quick easy way to gt em done fast. His army starts with a T and ands with an au. I guess the metallic look would be OK for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedan Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Just tried this on Kantor's armor, worked great, now I am wondering if there is a way I can get a Bronze like color as thats the primary for my chapter (Aptly named Brazen Knights :P), Going to experiment on a old model I have using Gryphonne Sepia wash, may post pics when done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metcalfedan Posted January 25, 2009 Author Share Posted January 25, 2009 Just tried this on Kantor's armor, worked great, now I am wondering if there is a way I can get a Bronze like color as thats the primary for my chapter (Aptly named Brazen Knights :)), Going to experiment on a old model I have using Gryphonne Sepia wash, may post pics when done. I'll be doing this colour for my Inquisitor and acolytes. I'll let you know how it goes :teehee: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Just wanted to say thank you for the great tutorial; I spotted the original Viva Metallica thread on here and looked on in interest as I had often considered experimenting with metallic colours for marines. After seeing your results I was actually inspired enough to get the paints out after not touching them for a couple of years, and did a test model in a dark purple (Boltgun metal base, Leviathan Purple [i think?] wash) and loved it. So I can honestly say, after years of being frustrated by getting my Lords of Twilight to look the way I imagined them, you've given me a way to actually work at completing my army. I've now restarted, bought a few new models, and am just about to finish my Vanguard squad. Cheers for the tutorial and the inspiration! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metcalfedan Posted January 28, 2009 Author Share Posted January 28, 2009 Cheers for the tutorial and the inspiration! You're welcome. Next update coming soon on the main thread btw guys. :tu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Captain Andrecus Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 This looks great! Excellent tutorial, and a very interesting color scheme! One question: If I used a darker metallic color as the base, might I be able to skip the Badab Black wash? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaplain-Skylax Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 I have sort of done this with my army.I have as you can see in myGallery i have ice blue on one side the right and on the left i have done mitheal silver, i also put on The ice blue a good drowning wash on to it to give it a darker colour and also on the mitheral i drowned that in badab i will get a pic up to show u all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Combo Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 how would this end up if you replaced mithril silver with boltgun metal and the black wash with gryphonne sepia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morbad Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 This may be a silly question, but... why don't you just mix blue ink/wash directly into your silver paint? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyescrossed Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 This may be a silly question, but... why don't you just mix blue ink/wash directly into your silver paint? I will not tell you what it does, just to try it yourself :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morbad Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 I did try it, actually. Well, I didn't try it with blue; I was trying to make a metallic olive green. In experimentation, though, I got a a few rather nice shades of metallic emerald green. Can't imagine it wouldn't work just as well with blue. My only observation is that it takes a LOT of ink to affect the color of the paint. Almost in a 2:3 to 1:1 ratio. However, that's not so bad as it just means you don't need to thin it at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cedric Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 Dude! Please, provide us with some pics of your silver + ink mixing. I want to see what results the method yields, as will any metallic painter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morbad Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 Alrighty. Here's some test AoBR marines. Again, I wasn't aiming for a pure metallic green, but rather metallic olive green. After a lot of experimentation, the color above was produced by mixing dark green ink into brazen brass paint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daemon*hunter Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Would you be able to do a metallic black? or purple-y black? Just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrotherDamascus Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 i actually am in love with the effect! i usually use NMM but its an interesting alternative - you have my thanks metcalfedan! im in the middle of developing the same effect on a drop pod- ill let everyone know how that turns out <_< thanks again! <<Damascus>> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LunchBox Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Hey Met...I hate working with metallics...but I have to say I do enjoy seeing your posts, and the scheme you have going. I alos have to admit a little jealousy as to how fast you can probably crank out an army. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Drakist Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 I am in the process of stripping the paint off of my army to do a crimson fist army so this tutorial is great for me! I even tried a test model this weekend and I am very happy with the results. However, I do have a question on the method you use to apply the wash? Do you use specific strokes or just do your best to spread the wash around as much as possible? Thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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