daismith906 Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Right im painting a Silver Skulls Space Marine army to the moment and was wondering how best to weather silver on my tanks/ dreadnoughts etc My current paint scheme is P3 Pigiron, black wash, highlight pigiron Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanhausen Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Don't know what pigiron is (I guess silver xD) but... sounds you're doing it in an easy and correct fashion. Maybe a pic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daismith906 Posted November 22, 2010 Author Share Posted November 22, 2010 Ill post some pics later What do you suggest for battle damage as most people use silver to simulate battle damage which wouldnt work on my minis? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanhausen Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Either scrathes (black line, a very soft silver towards the edge and maybe some white higlight to give it depth) or thinking of what is beneath your shiny silver armour (maybe black and then clear grey on the sponge?). I'm a pretty "meh" painter myself...I lack the patience... not much more help I can offer I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firepower Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 I've wondered about this myself (more specifically for gold, but metallics all the same). For silver, the fine line technique may work, but I'd recommend browns instead of black and white, which would likely just blend in with the silver too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugamonster Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 you could try a flat grey - like fortress - i remember some fluff saying that all suits come from the admechs and are then painted by the chapter's artesians. I think that a neutral grey would deffintely be the way to go with a really bright silver - not sure about a dull one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WingsOfTheFalcon Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Similar issues with my Iron Snakes, my approach is to paint the damage in a 50/50 mix of boltgun metal and black, then highlight the lower edge with mithril. I.e: http://b.imagehost.org/0361/ie.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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