Re: A Busty Steampunker...
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2015 2:31 am
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!
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!