good acrylic gold

[godfather]

I am painting epaulettes (napoleonic jacket) hope that's what they are called Anyway I am finding using vallejo old gold it doesn't leave a consitent finish and is often transparent. Any suggestions for painting gold braids and good paint etc?

 

[captnenglish]

I use Vallejos exclusively, and base coat with Brass (sorry don't have the number) and then use either old gold or gold as needed.

 

[yeo_64]

Talino,the number for the Vallejo "Brass" would be 801. HTH.
Kenneth.

 

[xavier ruiz]

Hello Talino

To simulate thread of gold you can make it with a base of English uniform and to apply lights to the base with brown golden and in you finish them lights with yellow, you can also add to the vallejo colors the medium metallic ref. 521 that it occurs certain very similar shine to that of the thread.

for the metals I use painting of citadel gold or silver with black shine being very fine in their finish.

Xavier Ruiz

 

[Jim Patrick]

Like Xavier, I too have abandoned painting thread with metalic paints instead using "normal" paints to simulate the thread. Once you've finished, put a thin coat of a metalic color over it. It'll give it that "metalic" look. Also, you can put a satin or gloss coat over it instead of the metalic color. Every time I read a "These are the colors I used on my figure" out of Europe, almost everyone uses some kind of Citadel colors. Are these available in the U.S.? If so, where at?

Thanks,
Jim Patrick

 

[xavier ruiz]

hello Jim

the citadel paintings are of games workshop, I suppose that it will be you easy to find them in u.s. , the metalized paintings are those but you die in acrylic.

http://www.games-workshop.com/

Xavier

 

[Automata]

Jim,

I'd imagine that like here, you'd most often find them at toy stores and comic book shops that sell fantasy/gaming figures.

Barry

 

[DangerAtom]

Jim, see if there's a Hobby Town USA in your area. They usually carry the Citadel line.

 

[Jim Patrick]

Thanks guys

Jim Patrick