I've got a few test models set aside, so I'll be testing out many of these. You would think that putting the gold metallic in an easy to apply aerosol form would be a great idea. All Rights Reserved to their respective owners. Learn how your comment data is processed. Why? Announcing The Goonhammer 2023 Global 40k Campaign. Vallejo Model Air metallics also make a great gold paint that covers well, but also lacks the yellow-warmth. For small bases you get quick effective results. For large scale use you have to take into account the cost of Contrast Paints. Just be aware it is thicker, so either thin it or apply thin coats. Breaking the paint up into tiny particles destroys most of the contrast pooling properties, so it behaves more like a normal translucent paint. I primed the model with Grey Seer. P3 Thamar Black all over. I airbrush most of the weapon vallejo Electric Blue, aiming for more coverage towards the edges. Shake the can thoroughly (for at least a minute) and do a test spray on something other than your model. All of these were airbrushed with a 1:1 Mix of Ultramarine Blue and Tallasar Blue: Yes. Note that the Contrast Medium is most effective at retaining the original properties of the paint, but it is not necessary to limit yourself to this. You can add any acrylic ink or acrylic paint to Citadel Contrast Medium to create your own Contrast Paint. Horns and Antlers: Anything along those lines work really well with this. With those 3 elements, you have what you need to make your own version of a heavy wash or Contrast Paint. Contrast Paints are very thin and lend themselves well to airbrush application. I highlighted that with P3 Cygnar Blue Highlight. So if youve used Reikland in the past, try the same with Guillimans. I created a reasonably dilute wash with a mix of Golden High Flow Acrylics Sepia (pretty much a more concentrated Agrax Earthshade), Golden High Flow Acrylics Dioxazine Purple, and the product formerly known as Future Floor Polish (Now Pledge Floor Care Finish, unless theyve changed it again.) But itll be easy going. Dark deep green. You'll get more videos, and Elliot will get less Malnutrition.----Check out Geek Gaming for all you basing needs, and support the channel!http://www.geekgaming.co.uk?aff=8----https://www.hellstormwargaming.co.uk/For Business, contact Hellstormwargaming@gmail.comMerch: https://shop.spreadshirt.co.uk/hellstormwargaming/Join Discord! What makes it metallic is usually aluminum flakes incorporated into the paint. 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Lighter, with some more pink/salmon tones. Darker than Snakebite, lighter than Cygor or Wildwood. I generally layer auric armour over either back(for cold gold) & light grey (for bright/warm) then layer with tamiya gold flake to get a 3dish depth. You can paint it as a layer or mix it with a lighter or darker color to get some really good contrast. In ourHow to Paint Everythingseries, we take a look at different armies of the Warhammer universe, examine their history and heraldry, and look at several different methods for painting them. Great black wash when thinned. Hobby Tip! I take my golds from a brass base, through a bright copper, then finish with a bright gold. For miniature painting that require a warm gold metallic paint, definitely consider the base citadel gold metallic paint, Retributor Armour. Large Flat Surfaces like a big flowing cloak or a flat shield, are more challenging to get a good result with Contrast. The white armor of the Solar Watch was the most unique looking thing in the codex, and as a bonus it stands out cleanly from the reds, blacks, and golds of the Blood Angels, so they were a go. Leaves, clothing, grassland bases, eye lenses. Shiny teal Alpha Legionnaires. Carefully run Seraphim Sepia into the panel lines. As much as I love a really nice rich gold colour, I find it pretty overwhelming on the Custodes models. The sepia picks up on the warm tint to the white without being overly contrasted as you could get with Agrax. Vallejo has an alcohol based gold that looks like real gold. Although this is used on one of the Sacrosanct models, it will work just as well on the new Thunderstrike armored minis coming out! I've gotten great results recently by washing over Retributor Armour with Seraphim Sepia, to give it some depth, then highlight up from there. Its not the most realistic gold but I think it looks good and most importantly doesnt take too long. In ourHow to Paint Everything series, we take a look at different armies of the Warhammer universe, examine their history and heraldry, and look at several different methods for painting them. This acts like a more effective black wash and looks great on top of silver metallics. This is the bit where suddenly it looks like metal and its very satisfying. Add any further small details you may want, but theyre all ready to go slay the enemies of the Emperor. I also happen to run this site and write the majority of its content! burrowed her way through my heart and into my chest cavity the moment I saw her. You can apply them however you want, but be aware that if you only have a spray can, touch-ups are really tough to do. You can also make your own acrylic paint, or wash, or even paintbrush! If youre looking to get some good quick contrast in something black, give this paint a try. Games Workshop Contrast Undercoat Wraith Bone Games Workshop Citadel Pot de Peinture - Contrast Citadel Pot de Peinture - Contrast Snakebite Games Workshop Citadel Colour: Contrast - Talassar Citadel Pot de Peinture - Contrast Gryph-Hound Citadel Contrast Paint: Iyanden Yellow (18ml). Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings. This is the same method I use for the bone color in my. If you were doing something to a higher level, you would go back and glaze the shadows of these lines back down to make them really feel aligned with the material, Make up a mix 1:1 Baharroth:White and thin it right down to a glaze. Ive seen wildly contradictory claims elsewhere. If the spray looks watery or transparent, it didnt mix well. If you are working with Games Workshop paints, a mix of Druchii Violet, Agrax Earthshade and water/lahmian medium will work just fine. The fur was done in a few layers. A coat of matt varnish will help toprevent this damage. REVIEW: Age of Sigmar Book and Starter Set, REVIEW: Liberator and Retributer Gold Paints, How I Teach Myself New Skills (4 Simple Steps), This is pure Retributor with a wash of Reikland Fleshshade, There is also a small final highlight of Runefang here. RELATED: BEST METALLIC ACRYLIC PAINTS FOR PAINTING MINIATURES. Codex: Adeptus Custodes is full of insight into the Emperors glorious bananas, highlighting their nature, organization and secret wars, but if you want to read more, here are a few books wed suggest that dive into greater detail on the Custodes. Presto! Itll save a lot of headache trying to paint different materials next to each other. 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Since their inception, the Custodes have always had access to the most advanced armor and finest weapons and technology in the Imperium, even above and beyond what was given to the space marine legions. Contrast paint over Retributor Armor spray has awesome results! It helps to paint your heads separately no matter what you do, but this is especially important for your skin, because you dont want to get flesh tones on your nice finished armor color. All Rights Reserved to their respective owners. Only the areas that are going to end up black need a perfect coat, for other areas a single decently smooth coat will be plenty. Try to apply with a smooth stroke. As the name suggests a nice desert/sand color. I really liked the gold metallic theme, shiny and warm, with splashes of red, which reminded me of the ancient Roman military. I use the Liquitex Airbrush Medium ($9.50). These programs are designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to these affiliated sites. The reasons are unknown, but probably because no one is petting it. Hobby Guide: I did an Army Centre-piece model and so can you! Things like stone, grass, leaves, trees, branches, dirt, or even martian terrain are a perfect use for Contrast Paint. My personal mix was 1:1 mix of Talassar Blue Contrast and Ultramarine Blue Contrast. If youre looking to get some shadows with a black wash, try Black Templar thinned about 1:2 with some contrast medium. The shell is a single layer of Liquitex INK! You will, however, be spending a lot more money to wash an entire army of Custodes using this method. I wish I had it when I was starting! If the blade is really long you might want to do one wide band like this and then one thinner one either side. and will serve as the foundation for the colors on top. Carbon Black, which produces a very smooth and pigmented blend that covers extremely well. There a few more steps in there I can give but it depends what good you are after, maybe find a picture example. You can shade it up or down. This method works best if you paint the base and model separately. Retributor Armour brush-on from the paint pot (left); spray version (right). There are a ton of applications. Itll take a few coats of airbrushing to get solid, even coverage. While his posture, expression, and brutal cybernetics may make him appear violent and dangerous, I think we all know all he really wants is a snuggle! Mantonization Additional comment actions Has anyone tried the brush-on versions of the primer? Instead of a flesh wash, I used diluted nuln oil to wash the skin. Theres more to painting the Adeptus Custodes than just spraying your models down with Retributor Armor spray though thats certainly an option if you want to save time. The darker of the purple shades. Such is their might that the Administratum has never recorded a single loss for the a battle that the Custodes have participated in. Parchment and Cloth: A great shade to age and add that dirty, used, grim dark look. Pendulins Shadowkeepers scheme can be found in a separate article How to Paint Everything: Adeptus Custodes Shadowkeepers. From there you can make your own decisions. Shake the can thoroughly (for at least a minute) and do a test spray on something other than your model. Im going to cover those paints and some of the uses for them. Stegadon gold details : Retributor Gold, Agrax Earthshade wash At the end of the evening, the Stegadon was finished! I mix this with other blues or highlight with it. Can You Dry Brush Retributor Armour Metallic Gold? Id like this article to give you the confidence to try out at least one. Yes, you can make your own version of Contrast Paints. For those without an airbrush, you could easily paint the model in Hammered Copper and drybrush a gold over top. Archived post. Yes. I then painted the steel portions with VMC Steel, an excellent paint for bright steel colors if youre extremely lazy, as it covers in one coat. Or Black Armor. James Alexander. As much as I love the regular version in the paint pot, theRetributor Armour spray($27-30) isnt as nice. Step 2. Youre going to be covering this layer up.). Ive been painting a lot of Adeptus Custodes models fromGamesWorkshop (GW) for a personal Warhammer 40k collection. Wash all the metals and leathers with Nuln Oil Gloss. RELATED: TOP 3 WEBSITES FOR HOW TO PAINT NON-METALLIC METAL (NMM). Inspiration can come from nature, studio paint schemes, or the mad airbrushing on the side of a sick wizard van. For your conehead custodes, or any red cloaks, I do them in the same way. They flow very well through the airbrush. The brush-on paint allows you to do touch ups, or you can just brush on the primer. Water down some Stormhost Silver (about 1:2) and use this to sparingly to highlight some of the raised sections. Get an old brush, or use the dedicated dry brushes from Games Workshop,which I like. Load your brush with just enough paint to cover the area youre currently working on. Green is another color you might find a lot of uses for, and it is good to have a variety, but this is my first stop. Its simply fantastic for gold metal bits on your miniatures. You could use this for any of the power weapons custodes wield. When it came time to paint her, I decided it would be an exercise in blending, washing, and drybrushing. Looks really good. If youve painted miniatures for a while, maybe youve noticed how often you use some shade of brown. Thanks! Here are some great images by the fine folks at Warhammer Chelmsford. Fur. Be aware of pooling paint where you do not want a shadow. If you have a bunch of bones to paint up, this is a big help. Wulliens - You can save time by getting solid color contrast in a single coat of paint. Here are some great images by the fine folks at. Contrasts can be taken to a very high (advanced) level. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. (Random tip for leather, I like, for highlights. You can unsubscribe at any time. Again here Ill point you to JHM series on Eavy Metal Contrast. If the paint is too thick, certainly youll need to apply the metallic gold thinner. In either case, make sure youve got the solution mixed well. You want your highlights to be hitting the raised parts and points of interest. These paints all have slightly different tones and properties well be updating our guide as we test these different brands, so make sure you check back. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Contrast paints use a different medium to other acrylics. Retributor Armour metallic paint as a base color in the pot is awesome. Do you paint a lot of gold in your miniatures? If youre painting a lot of Orcs though, Id go with Ork Flesh. Of course, this is subjective and highly dependent on what you want to paint. High pigment, very thin, can be thinned even further. Cookie Notice You could also use your favorite off-white, Im a fan of Insignia white as its very close and just a tiny bit warm. That said there are some contrast paints that come up over and over. The contrast effect is what makes contrast paints so different from other acrylics the paint naturally pools in recesses and pulls away from edges. Start by creating several dots, and then randomly connect them to make the poison arrow frog pattern. Shadowkeeper Allarus Custodes. Here is his video on Eavy Contrast Stormcast. While Griffin was supposed to be a bit of base decor, I instead gave him his own 20mm square base to roam around in. Dont skip over this step and be very mindful of what you choose. For Caracalla, my shield captain here, it is very important to note that I painted the cape separately, and glued it on after I was done. Bright highly saturated blue. 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The bike itself was a pretty easy scheme: Finally, its not very visible on the final model, but the soft leather/cloth like the seat was simply: The riders were a more complex proposition! Has anyone tried blue contrast paint over a gold base coat? For the red leather, the recipe was more complex: For the head I used my standard light skin recipe you can find in HTPE: Human Skin. Try this in a thin, smooth coat over white or off white. Terradon Turquoise, I was going for a metallic teal but didn't think about the gold shading it from beneath so I ended up with a bit more greenish look. Contrast Paint Dad Jokes!). Note the lack of warmth to the gold metallic when it is from the spray can. Ifyoure investigating Contrast paints because youre just getting started in the hobby, we have a beginners guide to help explain What is Warhammer 40k?, as well as an introduction to the Warhammer 40k starter sets. For more information, please see our There's nothing wrong with Retributor Armor via brush. (For more on this technique, check out, Druchii Violet towards the base of each pipe. Metallic paints generally have poor coverage. Last update was at 2020/08/17 02:43:46, This message was edited 1 time. Privacy Policy. Fantastic. This could be as basic as spraying the model from above with white paint (a zenithal highlight), dry-brushing the model and concentrating on raised surfaces (slapchop), or carefully highlighting the model with white paint (sketch style). Since the return of Roboute Guilliman and his ascension to the role of Imperial Regent, they have lifted their self-imposed Edict of Restraint and once again begun crusading across the Imperium to bring swift death to the foes of mankind. Martian terrain. Because contrast paints are translucent, if you make a mistake with them you cant tidy it up by simply applying more of the same paint. Use this to pick out just the very tips / corners of the armour. Ive made the mistake of base coating with the spray, and now regretting it. Instead, I went for a striking red-dominated scheme, with darker bronze metallics. Get some of the gold metallic paint into the bristles; rub off the excess moisture on a paper towel until the pigment barely shows on the paper, then apply to the model surface with light back-and-forth strokes. Contrast paints are a tool and not perfect for every job. If youre using the retributor armour gold metallic paint, youll need to shake the pot to mix the paint really well to avoid the transparency. Ive personally used this one a lot, but thats because I painted up a ton of Blue Armored Ultramarines. Priming and the color you choose is especially important with Contrast Paints. That means if you put them onto a black undercoat, they will be almost invisible. A single layer of contrast paint will be very translucent and the undercoat will make a huge difference on the final appearance, especially for lighter colors. The thinner is mixed about 1:10 (more gold metallic paint to less thinner). Have a damp brush available to soak up any excess paint that pools in areas you dont want it. I wanted to do my Custodes in NMM (Non metallic metal) but also wanted something I could replicate across a whole army without losing the will to live. Youll need to reapply your baselayer, then use contrast paint over that or simply make any corrections with conventional acrylics. I used the Medium on a few of the colors on the Skaven, especially for blending, like on the smoke and tail. Start highlighting the majority of the armour in Citadel Mournfang Brown. Hes swole out of control, and the only thing he likes more than treats is the bones of his enemies crunched between his teeth. Personally I just tell people that Rippy would appreciate it if they didnt violate his personal space. Then apply your choice of teal contrast paint, such as Aethermatic Blue. Citadel has two specific shades they offer for Contrast Paints. I also share my thoughts about the metallic spray version of Retributor Armour Gold. I switched the basecoats out for Zandri Dust but otherwise its the same process. Ive tried doing this with an airbrush (Badger Patriot 105) with a 0.3mm nozzle. Stormvermin Fur highlight on the extreme edges, Skrag Brown, watered down heavily and applied in the recesses for rust, Stormhost Silver scratches and highlights, White Scar, thinned down and painted into the runic design, Guilliman Blue in the runic design (as this color is no longer available, you could make a custom glaze using a 2:1 mix of Lahmian Medium and any blue), Stylenrez ebon flesh followed up with a zenithal of white, Screamer pink for nose with Emperors Children highlight, Base- Ushabti Bone/Yellow/Vallejo Model Color German Camo Black Brown Mix, Paws Vallejo Dead White at feet faded to Stonewall Grey towards elbows. I airbrush Citadel Mephiston Red as a highlight. Very deep color, almost black. Gives a brownish, golden yellow. 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The good news is that it worked great; my floors are bare. Follow on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. The little filligree is hard to paint around, so paint that black too.)