Scale 75 Metallic Paints

[Guest]

In a effort to improve my painting I have heard lots of good things about Scale 75.

 

So I would like someone if able to give me advice on suitable colours to replace the following..

 

Retributor Gold
Liberator Gold
Balthasar Gold

Auric Armour Gold
Leadbelcher
Ironbreaker
Stormhost Silver

 

TIA.

[Son of Sacrifice]

Scale 75 sell metallic color sets which are a good buy. The sets are called Metal N Alchemy. They have sets in Gold, Steel and Copper, with each featuring 8 paints. They are the best metallics I have used personally, worth purchasing.

[Arkhanist]

The 8 paint metal n alchemy sets have 4 metallics each, and 4 'alchemy' paints, which are coloured metallics for adjusting the hue for different effects. e.g. the steel set has an additional white, and pale blue, green and purple that you can mix into the other metallics or highlight with. Blue (cobalt alchemy) is great for tinting dwarf armour for example as an alternative to doing it via a end stage blue glaze. They're less shiny than the pure metallics.

 

They are useful, but I do use them far less than the main metallic quads (I bought all three sets); so though each 8 paint set is cheaper than buying them individually, it's not 50% cheaper. Depends whether you'd think you'd use the alchemy add ons as to whether you just buy the quads as single paints.

 

The scale75 range is designed to use without washes or glazes, i.e. combining layers of each colour in highlight, using the alchemy ones to adjust the final effect. Personally, i stick to my tried and true washes such as reikland flesh and nuln oil on the main metallics as it's easier at 28mm scale, and they work just fine that way.

 

The steel main triad "thrash metal", "heavy metal" and "speed metal" is equivalent to leadbelcher, ironbreaker and stormhost silver respectively, but definitely finer grain. There's an additional very useful "black metal", that's darker than any GW equivalent - it's great for a base layer for the legs on knights and dreadnoughts for example, or more aged weapons than starting with leadbelcher/thrash metal. I can highly recommend getting all 4, they are my go-to silver/steel metallics.

 

The golds are also good, and the quad there is "negro gold", "viking gold", "dwarven gold" and "elven gold". I'm afraid I don't have the equivalent GW paints to compare, but they're sort of dark gold, old gold, red gold and pale gold respectively.

 

The copper quad is "decayed metal", "victorian brass", "old copper" and "pure copper". I find these less useful, as I usually want a brass rather than a copper effect (think polished brass instruments, or ornaments); these are definitely biased more towards a red-hued copper of different ages. If you want a copper range though, they are great.

 

For a brass set, I've switched to darkstar metallics, mostly "brass" and "polished copper", though I do use scale75 "decayed metal" for a nice dark bronze base. The darkstar bottles are rubbish though, they leak like a sieve.

[PeteySödes]

ScaleColor Decayed Metal I think is considered currency in some parts of the world.

[Magos Takatus]

I don't really think the Scale 75 paints match GW ranges  They are their own colours without that much crossover. I personally prefer to use Scale 75 Necro Gold compared to the GW equivalents currently. 

 

From my experience the Copper set seems harder to work with compared to the gold/steel sets. I find the brush coverage a bit weak with the Pure Copper for example. The Decayed metal as PeteySodes mentions is really helpful though.

 

In general I consider the Scale 75 metallics more alternatives than flat out replacements.

[Guest]

Well I have ordered the Gold and Silvers...

 

Having watched various videos on the Golds and Silvers I do feel they will up my metallics.