A Busty Steampunker...

[tigrazor]

The metal colors are from Humbrol in most cases (MetalCote) - you can polish them - very useful if you want shiny surfaces! Basically, I use a standard procedure for the "depth" of the surfaces:

Metal Cote >> darker washing (brown for golden/brass tones, black for Gun Metal etc.) >> Highlighting with the base color + a bit of Chrome/Aluminium...

Simple as that.

Heres an actual example - the shoulder pads from the "Imperial Knight":

This is just GunMetal as it comes from the glass...




and this is the other one - with some black washing and 50/50 Gun Metal/Chrome Silver





BTW:

If you want to create rugged/cut/destroyed areas, its pretty helpful to use Maskol here and there. Theres many methods, I found out that (for me) a sponge + Maskol works very good. Just cover the desired areas with some Maskol - careful, careful... - let it dry and then paint your color over it. Once its dry, you can peel off the Maskol (with a soft toothpick or brush)...

Tada!