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vidaldiego

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Hi all.

Tomorrow I start to paint armor. I have few metallic colors and little experience with them. Can I do something good with "Gun Metal", "black" and "Silver", "Cooper" and "old cooper"?

I have also some metallic colors of humbrol: "Aluminium Metalcote 27001", "27003 Metalcote Polished Steel", "black metallic".

This is the armor:

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Thanks!
 
Keep it relatively simple.
Black undercoat, make sure it's bone dry before doing anything else.
Thin layer of Metalcote steel, let it dry for about 30 minutes and buff fairly vigourously this should give a reasonably convincing base colour bringing the black through a bit.
Repeat with Metalcote 'til you're happy with the look.
Wash in darker shades such as Raw Umber to emphasise shaded areas and also give more 'colour' to the steel. Don't be afraid to use greens, blues and reds.
Using a light touch pick out highlights with your aluminium.
Play about a bit with the colour of your washes, you wont go wrong as you can always drybrush some steel Metalcote over any areas you're not happy with.
 
Thank you very much for your simple explanation.

I've used the Metalcote and I gave shine. Question: Before working with oils and other products: Is it necessary to protect the layer ?, brightness remains unprotected ?.

I have semi bright satin varnish "Testors" or bright like "future", both based on water.

Diego.

Keep it relatively simple.
Black undercoat, make sure it's bone dry before doing anything else.
Thin layer of Metalcote steel, let it dry for about 30 minutes and buff fairly vigourously this should give a reasonably convincing base colour bringing the black through a bit.
Repeat with Metalcote 'til you're happy with the look.
Wash in darker shades such as Raw Umber to emphasise shaded areas and also give more 'colour' to the steel. Don't be afraid to use greens, blues and reds.
Using a light touch pick out highlights with your aluminium.
Play about a bit with the colour of your washes, you wont go wrong as you can always drybrush some steel Metalcote over any areas you're not happy with.
 
No need to protect, and certainly don't use varnish.
If you feel you're losing too much shine then get an old worn down brush dip it into the Steel Metalcote, wipe most of the paint off and using a stippling method cover the armour with random patches of fresh paint. Buff up to the level of shine you want.
The problem with varnish is you can get too much shine.
That being said I sometimes use Testors Dullcote to protect a finish allowing me to work on it and if I don't like the results I can wash back to the original finish.
 
Perfect, then I start working with shadows. The base "Metalcote" stay well and the brightness is excellent, look:

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Now is time to work, with shadows and midtones.

Thanks!

No need to protect, and certainly don't use varnish.
If you feel you're losing too much shine then get an old worn down brush dip it into the Steel Metalcote, wipe most of the paint off and using a stippling method cover the armour with random patches of fresh paint. Buff up to the level of shine you want.
The problem with varnish is you can get too much shine.
That being said I sometimes use Testors Dullcote to protect a finish allowing me to work on it and if I don't like the results I can wash back to the original finish.
 
Couple of pointers (from an archaeologist).
(1) The rivets holding the various brass (NOT bronze) fitments on to the iron plates were made of almost pure copper. In this scale, it would be an obvious difference from the yellow of the brass.
(2) Where the brass fitments are in contact with the iron, there would be some discolouration of the iron. It's an effect similar to galvanising. Here the iron corrodes instead of the brass. It would appear to be almost black against the lighter colour of the iron plate. This would only extend for a short distance around the fitment. Experiments from re-enactors has shown that the discolouration appears after only a few days, hours in some levels of heat and humidity.

Otherwise, great job!
 
Thank you very much for your good comments. I'll remember that and try to do, if my pulse permits.

Diego from argentina.

Couple of pointers (from an archaeologist).
(1) The rivets holding the various brass (NOT bronze) fitments on to the iron plates were made of almost pure copper. In this scale, it would be an obvious difference from the yellow of the brass.
(2) Where the brass fitments are in contact with the iron, there would be some discolouration of the iron. It's an effect similar to galvanising. Here the iron corrodes instead of the brass. It would appear to be almost black against the lighter colour of the iron plate. This would only extend for a short distance around the fitment. Experiments from re-enactors has shown that the discolouration appears after only a few days, hours in some levels of heat and humidity.

Otherwise, great job!
 
A good tutorial, I learnt a bit there. Also a very good result. Well painted Vidaldiego.
 


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