posted by Andrea, MXP, Big Orang-Utang
HeyHo junglelovers :)
I try to illustrate the technique that I use for painting the metals on my figures.
To simulate the metal-effect? Simple, let's use the true metal!! : D
The first step is that to carefully clean our miniature from all the imperfections. The second step is that to carefully polish the parts in metal.
I use a simple brush in brass for this.....
Even if scratches remain... It's all right... I believe that the knights that I paint fought... :) and it was normal to have helm and armours with scratches and damages.
The third step is..."primer" for the following painting!... if you want to use this technique you cover the parts in metal before sprinkling the "primer".
Well, the next step is that to prepare our colors...
Oil colors are needed, I used black, burnt umber and blue of prussia.
Important: Use only "Essential Oil of petroleoum" or "White Spirit" for dilution.
I prepare my colors... for the chainmail I use only burnt umber and black.
I prepare the mix diluted with the Essential Oil of petroleoum...
Attention, more dilutes the color.... more the color will be transparent and the metal will be seen under.
You begin the part that you want to paint (don't use thin and small brushes, brushes with the short hair that pick up a lot of color more better)
paint...paint...
Please...5 minutes of break!
the Essential of Oil evaporates and leaves the colour soft and workable...
Now you need an clean brush to short hair and from the hard bristles.
You start at pass the brush on the surface, removing the color for begin to create the lights. Soon the brush is dirty of color....necessary that you have a clean rag for continually cleaning your brush.
IMPORTANT: don't clean up the brush in the essential oil... because when will cross again on the surface when you remove the color, the color will be diluted and will escape everywhere!
Clean the brush at the end!
Practically it's a reverse drybrushing ... you don't add color, you remove it.
My Knight at this step now:
If you want a type of metal more burnished, at the beginning of the painting you put more color, if you want a colder effect you add the blue one instead of the burnt umber.
At this step is necessary to wait that the color dries completely.
Later, if you desire , you will add the last lights with enamels (humbrol, molak,etc..) or printer ink's.
You can also add some shades with the oilcolors, but in small percentages with the color at minimum dilution.
Last Step: When all colors are dry .... I use Tamiya X19 Smoke for protection and glossy effect.
Some examples:
Before
After
MountedKnight complete, metal painted with oils:
Thanks for view and ..HAPPY PAINTING! :)
CIAO! ;)
Andrea Aka mXp
ps... please, excuse me for my real banana-english .. :D
HeyHo junglelovers :)
I try to illustrate the technique that I use for painting the metals on my figures.
To simulate the metal-effect? Simple, let's use the true metal!! : D
The first step is that to carefully clean our miniature from all the imperfections. The second step is that to carefully polish the parts in metal.
I use a simple brush in brass for this.....
Even if scratches remain... It's all right... I believe that the knights that I paint fought... :) and it was normal to have helm and armours with scratches and damages.
The third step is..."primer" for the following painting!... if you want to use this technique you cover the parts in metal before sprinkling the "primer".
Well, the next step is that to prepare our colors...
Oil colors are needed, I used black, burnt umber and blue of prussia.
Important: Use only "Essential Oil of petroleoum" or "White Spirit" for dilution.
I prepare my colors... for the chainmail I use only burnt umber and black.
I prepare the mix diluted with the Essential Oil of petroleoum...
Attention, more dilutes the color.... more the color will be transparent and the metal will be seen under.
You begin the part that you want to paint (don't use thin and small brushes, brushes with the short hair that pick up a lot of color more better)
paint...paint...
Please...5 minutes of break!
the Essential of Oil evaporates and leaves the colour soft and workable...
Now you need an clean brush to short hair and from the hard bristles.
You start at pass the brush on the surface, removing the color for begin to create the lights. Soon the brush is dirty of color....necessary that you have a clean rag for continually cleaning your brush.
IMPORTANT: don't clean up the brush in the essential oil... because when will cross again on the surface when you remove the color, the color will be diluted and will escape everywhere!
Clean the brush at the end!
Practically it's a reverse drybrushing ... you don't add color, you remove it.
My Knight at this step now:
If you want a type of metal more burnished, at the beginning of the painting you put more color, if you want a colder effect you add the blue one instead of the burnt umber.
At this step is necessary to wait that the color dries completely.
Later, if you desire , you will add the last lights with enamels (humbrol, molak,etc..) or printer ink's.
You can also add some shades with the oilcolors, but in small percentages with the color at minimum dilution.
Last Step: When all colors are dry .... I use Tamiya X19 Smoke for protection and glossy effect.
Some examples:
Before
After
MountedKnight complete, metal painted with oils:
Thanks for view and ..HAPPY PAINTING! :)
CIAO! ;)
Andrea Aka mXp
ps... please, excuse me for my real banana-english .. :D
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Whoaaaa!!! nice tutorial mate..
Great tutorial! I use oil stains and washes like you do on all my metal areas on white metal figures. Blacks, browns, Prussian Blue and Violet.
Andrea, don't you worry about your english... your english is well and the article is wonderful! Really got to give this a try - after described so clear and understandable.
Jim already explained it to me and i am not yet after it, ay, ay, ay... i guess i have to paint a Crusader soon... or maybe i try this on a Space Marine... oh dear, too many ideas... thanks so much for this inspiration and the work you did put in the article...
IPWT my friend!
Wow, great effects come in easily digestable lessons!
Terrific tutorial, thank you so much.
Greetings from the land of the rising sun, (which is the land of the rising son right now as I just got up)...
Zaphod
Great and very very interesting to see how you work. Great tutorial monkeybrother !
Excellent tutorial! One question - after finishing the job you said you'd have to wait for the paint to dry. How long does that usually take?
@ Ben,Jim,Mati,Zaphod :... BIGThanks! :D
@Roman:really I am curious to see a space marines painted in this way.. (IRON WARRIORS?)or Necron? :DLOL
@Bomster:the time of drying depends on some factors
Exemple: from how much color you has deposited on the figura ,temperature of the environment ...(oh dear..so warm in Italy in this time :Dlol)
normally I wait 2 days for I'm sure to all dry. Finally, I finish with the smokeX19 tamiya.
to decrease the time of drying I suggest 3 simple steps:
1) before diluting the color on the palette, deposit the color as it goes out of the tube on a sheet of paper.... I wait around 10-15 minutes... the paper absorbs part of the oil ,not the pure color ... and after I deposit my color on my palette ( in this way ,if you remove the pure oil the color dry more fast)
2) I leave the model after painting under the heat of a light bulb 60W for around 45min
3) You can use the series GRIFFIN ALKYD by Windsor&Newton (Fast Drying Oil Colour) They are a oil's colour modified with Alkyd resin. The same final result.
This is the only way that I use the oil's colours , for all rest I paint with acrylic... I think that is not necessary spend many money for purchase the topquality oil's colours for paint with this technique, I use a economic oil's colors for this...
Best regards from Italy and...HAPPY PAINTING! :D
Andrea mXp
Cool! :D
Thank you very much :-) It looks really convincing and it seems to be easy to do. I probably will give it a try at opportunity. Best wishes Yvonne