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Post by thorpyuk on Nov 11, 2023 20:20:09 GMT
Hi all, I have a battle-of-skull-pass style gold & blue army that I'm adding a unit of longbeards with shields to. I don't want to cop-out and paint them all in silver, as they'll look the same as my ironbreakers, and kinda like the idea of the armour taking on a blue effect. Took a look on the net & I really like the look of this type of thing below. Does anyone have any idea how this kind of effect is achieved? To my view, it looks something like a white undercoat with a speedcoat style dipping ink over, but I've never used anything like that before... any guidance from those experienced painters out there would be gratefully received!  |
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Post by Horace on Nov 11, 2023 20:36:39 GMT
I would look up NMM (non metallic metal) and then just use blue/greys instead of pure grey/white/black
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Post by thekeep on Nov 11, 2023 20:40:08 GMT
Howdy, this appears to be NMM. So it’s all blue-ish grey’s highlighted up to white probably. You can get a nice blue hue to your armor colors if you do a thinned blue wash at the end.
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Post by thekeep on Nov 11, 2023 20:40:38 GMT
I would look up NMM (non metallic metal) and then just use blue/greys instead of pure grey/white/black Jinx! 🤣 |
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Post by FvonSigmaringen on Nov 11, 2023 21:38:14 GMT
Perhaps a look into Picasso's Blue Period could help...
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Post by vulcan on Nov 12, 2023 12:22:24 GMT
Yeah, that's definitely a blue-hue NMM. Looks great, but will be a LOT of work for a unit.
A simpler method would be to do standard steel/silver, and then use a blue ink glaze to impart the color. I did that a lot with my Dark Elves. Best part is it works for any color you like, not just blue. I'll even do a passable gold, bronze, or copper with the right yellowish-brown inks.
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Post by thorpyuk on Nov 12, 2023 13:58:56 GMT
Thanks all- as I'm going to be doing around 40 models like this, I'm going to use your suggestion vulcan. I've ordered two 'dipping inks' from Green Stuff World-
Dusty blue & Indigo blue. These are very similar to Citadel contrast paints.
I'm then going to try a variety of different tequniques to try and find a suitable effect. Unfortunately I'm just not confident enough - nor have the time - to complete a model, let alone a unit using the NMM!
I'll post some pictures of my efforts
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Post by vulcan on Nov 14, 2023 2:57:45 GMT
You might want to experiment with thinning the inks as well, the sample picture doesn't feature all that saturated a blue.
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Post by thorpyuk on Nov 14, 2023 10:54:05 GMT
You might want to experiment with thinning the inks as well, the sample picture doesn't feature all that saturated a blue. A fair shout... I'll see how they look. What I'm thinking is maybe trying these two: Undercoat spray (will try black and white) 1) Ink directly onto the white 2) Paint silver onto the black then ink over the silver So 4 options using the 2 different ink colours. I dont want to deviate too far from the blue/gold effect from battle of skull pass, which is how I've framed my army |
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Post by thorpyuk on Nov 22, 2023 10:22:46 GMT
Hi all, So I wanted to share the results of my experimentation, and overall I'm really happy with them! I tried the ink directly onto white undercoat, and while the effect was quite good, for heavily-armoured dwarfs it didn't quite have the armoured feel I wanted, so here's what I ended up with: Undercoat spray chaos black Paint over with silver Wash over with ink (I tried both, hence the slight difference in hue between them in the pics) Then a drybrush over with silver again, to really give them that armour feel, because the ink wash on its own does make them look a little too dull... Overall I'm chuffed with the results   |
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Post by tileag on Nov 22, 2023 15:18:53 GMT
Lookin good!
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Post by bastardfromhell on Nov 23, 2023 5:40:39 GMT
Good result, the blueish shine of the armor is nice.
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Post by Luigino on Nov 24, 2023 13:53:31 GMT
Great job! Those IB are looking spiffy.
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Post by hivefleetmanticore on Nov 30, 2023 3:04:40 GMT
Yep, very much liking the blue silver.  |
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Post by thorpyuk on Nov 30, 2023 13:22:26 GMT
So I've finished off 17 of these now & I'm chuffed with the effect. Don't get me wrong, they're not anywhere near the level of the NMM image up the top, but as rank & file troops on a battlefield, I think they'll really 'pop'. I'm aiming to have a full unit of 40 available so I can have a good-sized horde if I so desire! In terms of time, they've taken me longer than I originally anticipated as once I've washed them, they really need the drybrush over them again to give them the 'armour' metallic shine. I did a batch of 10 recently, including the champion, and I reckon they took around 8 hours all-in including bases    |
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