Gold on/with Bronze/Brass

[RazorDaemon]

So I'm doing a Blood Angels Successor that has very a heavy Greek theme, not unlike Brazen Minotaurs. While they won't be fully bronze, they will have bronze legs from the knee down, bronze gauntlets (not hands), bronze shoulder trim, and bronze helmets for Vets (where BA would have gold helmets). Torso, upper arms and upper legs will be white, blue shoulders and a white and light blue Chapter Bade. I originally thought things like Aquilas and winged skulls would be the same metallic color, bronze, but while painting I started second guessing myself as to making them gold. I attached my original SM Painter version as well as a couple pictures of a model WIP. What looks better? (Sorry if photo quality isn't great, it's the best I have atm.)

 

TLDR: Look at pictures, what looks better (model WIP)?

[Bryan Blaire]

As you have them painted currently looks good IMO, but it won’t be hurt to throw the gold on there.  Depending on how you do it though, it may end up looking like a different color of bronze.

 

For your model, I would strongly reconsider painting the gauntlets (those are the hands) bronze, as opposed to just the vambraces (the forearm guards) bronze as you have them now - it will differentiate the gauntlets from the weapon/weapon casing.  Otherwise, if you are going to leave the gauntlets white, consider painting the weapon casing in something other than white.