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Back into the hobby playing blood Angel's and despite worrying about making my models look terrible. I decided to go for it.

Welcome back to the hobby!

Just curious, are you using acrylic paints? Looks kind of like enamel, to me, so I was wondering.

I believe so. I got a reaper learn to paint kit doesnt say acrylic but is water soluble. And then got Vallejo acrylic red and citadel leadbelcher. Was trying for metallic. but I put three coats of red so that kinda killed that idea.

If you'd like a red metallic, I'd suggest GW's Red contrast paint over either gold or silver. The gold gives a kind of candy apple finish, and is nice and bright.

Silver is still bright, but a colder red overall. I like warm, bright and shiny, so prefer gold.

Very nice. What size brushes are you using?

Ya my local game store owner said I would need to keep layers thin to get best results with thel eadbelcher. Pretty sure I just got to nervous and over painted. I never thought if using gold. That sounds interesting

@KingmanHighborn. I used a flat 2 and round 0

I like the contrast because it lets the "under colour" show through. That's why they usually suggest white, as the lighter colour provides highlights and then the thin paint flows to the recesses and provides shading.

When you paint over metallic, one thing coat looks like a "tinted" metal, where a second coat or thick first coat gives a more solid, metallic colour.

For example, if you take one of the lighter blue contrasts, and go over silver / steel, it looks kind of like glowing metal... perfect for power weapons and that sort of thing.

Can we get some more angles on it?

Overall, it looks good! Definitely worth putting on the table.

Welcome back to the hobby!

Ya I have consistently heard good things about the contrast paints. But I bought the learn to paint kit before I heard how good contrast was. So I feel obligated to use this paint first.

@JNAProductions. I'll take some more pics and post them later today.

For me, it's a mix of both. Contrast is good for somethings, but normal paint / wash is good for smaller details (usually).

For example, I'm painting some Firewarriors right now. I used the dark grey Contrast for fatigues, Ultramarine Contrast for the Armour, and Gryph Hound Orange for the guns and backpacks.

But now, I'll go back to "normal" paint for metal bits, and other details like the Tau insignia on the shoulder pads, so I think it's best to think of contrast as a tool. Good for some jobs, not great for others. You wouldn't screw a screw in with a hammer, and you wouldn't put in a nail with a screwdriver, but both tools are good when you hammer in a nail and screwdriver a screw... know what I mean?

Sorry for not posting yesterday. Had as game go long. Anyway here are some more pics with different angles as requested.