Chaplain Darrius Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Ok so I read on GWs whats new today about a guy painting his sanguinary guard by base coating mithril silver and then washing it with greyphonne sepia three times is this a viable method? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrofil Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Definatly. I wonder why I haven't thought of this earlier myself. It looks a lot better than just painting with the regular GW gold colours since Mithril Silver gives better cover than they do. I have yet to paint up my Sanguinary Guard but it looks great if done on gold details on other models. A few Sepia-washes over the silver looks real dandy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingareth Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 I do Tin Bitz- Shining Gold- Sepia- Devlin and it comes out looking like: http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/DinGareth/DSCN0612.jpg It's good for a darker, grittier tone, which I feel is fitting for the 41st millennium. If you do the Mithril way though, do a was of Devlin for sure, it helps make it much more gold than dirty silver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glider0880 Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Dingareth, how do you paint the wings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timberhawk Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 I haven't tried tin bitz but brown also works pretty well as an undercoat for gold. I'll have to try tin bitz though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fivepointedstar Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 try boltgun metal, then paint on bronzed gold it a darker base then shiny gold then flesh wash and highlight with shiny gold for accents. i used this method with all my deamonhunters armor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingareth Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Dingareth, how do you paint the wings? Ugh, it's the most annoying part for sure. It's Astronomicon Grey, with a wash of Asurmen Blue, highlighted with Astronomicon again, with a final highlight of Skull White, on every single little feather!!! Also, make sure to water everything down 50/50 paint/water, and use more than one coat if necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaplain Darrius Posted July 11, 2010 Author Share Posted July 11, 2010 Ok I know this is a necro but I think its not that bad of a necro because this concerns the original post. So I finally tested out the method and I think it came out great. one solid coat of mithril silver and three to four coats of greyphonne sepia was all it took. Well here are two pictures that show the desired result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACK BLΠFLY Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 Very impressive! I'll have to try that out soon. 0b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarnak Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 WOW! That really is gold! Gonna try that for my Sternguard Helmets. Maybe. xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordofDeath11 Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 Ok I know this is a necro but I think its not that bad of a necro because this concerns the original post. So I finally tested out the method and I think it came out great. one solid coat of mithril silver and three to four coats of greyphonne sepia was all it took. Well here are two pictures that show the desired result. Dude... that is awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaplain Darrius Posted July 11, 2010 Author Share Posted July 11, 2010 there is probably only one drawback to this method. If you are like me and is going to paint about 25 people like this it requires a lot of gryphonne sepia. About 1 pot of paint for every 10-12 guys. but I think its an amazing result for a very simple painting technique with all credit going to Frode Olsen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHarrower Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 That looks great. I wasn't sure how I was going to paint my Sang Guard, but I'm good to go now. Thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACK BLΠFLY Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 I just finished painting the armor on my Dante converted model using this technique... It looks awesome and is simple and quick. I tried to get an even coat of Mithril Silver on the mini with no light patches of base coat showing through. I was going to paint my Sanguinor converted mini with black armor but have decided to use this method instead since it's so easy and quick. 0b :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordofDeath11 Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 Question; do you add any highlights to this afterwards or just leave as is...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Nihm Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/index.p...showarticle=609 scroll down for the gold recipe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaplain Darrius Posted July 14, 2010 Author Share Posted July 14, 2010 Personally I did not add any highlights but I would believe it might make the model a little brighter. I like the darker gold on my minis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donnyb Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 wow, that is pretty damn shiny! I love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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