Painting Gold

[Hellrender]

also keep mixing the paint on the palette regulary, metalic and water tend to seperate themselves.

 

Try 1:1 scorched brown, shining gold, then scorched brown, shining gold (1:2), then pure shining gold. if it still doesn't work, make pics of your steps so we can see what goes wrong.

 

good luck

[Deschenus Maximus]

I'll try that.

 

How do the non-GW metallic paints compare to the GW ones?

[Mac the knife]

Generally speaking, GW makes relatively high quality metallics though they tend to come with a "sparkle" effect that some don't like (meaning individual flecks of pigment catch the light)

 

I've heard that vallejo air color has really good metallic b/c they have a finer pigment but b/c it's designed for an airbrush its really thin. (from personal experience air color non metallics are great for touch ups and detailing even though it required a number of coats)

 

I'll leave a more indepth analysis to our more esteemed painters

[Hellrender]

Those speckles are normally easy to get rid of, mix it with water. make sure it gets a nice smooth colour without getting to thin on your palette. What i noticed with an old pot of Boltgun Metal, was that i had to add quite a lot of water, before it turned right, and still it wasn't too thin. Recently i bought a new one, and there i needed A LOT less to it smooth. The same goes for gold i think, altough this colour is a lot harder then metal, and keeps the speckles longer.

What i noticed if i did 5:1 shining gold : scorched brown as final layer, the speckles went away and the gold didnt shine that much, i actually quite like it.