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**Pat**

I just painted this up for our City Fight game this weekend.

more pictures of it in my blog

**ph34r**

Awesome. The tarnished metal looks great, and like it might be a really simple process. Is it just a teal wash over metal color?

**Belphegor**

I too would like to know the secrets of your verdigris, and what metallic you used as the base.

**LBursley**

Looks really good. I also want to know your technique.

I know there's a paint kit at Michael's that does this. It's a paint that is metal based, and when dry there's a solution you spray on it that tarnishes the paint. So it's authentic patina.

**malfred**

I believe the method is:

1. Cast the miniature in bronze.
2. Place it in a pocket dimension where time moves faster than in ours.
3. Profit.

**Warlord Imp**

LBursley wrote:Looks really good. I also want to know your technique.

I know there's a paint kit at Michael's that does this. It's a paint that is metal based, and when dry there's a solution you spray on it that tarnishes the paint. So it's authentic patina.

I thinks that's a little pricey. The teal wash sound more budget friendly. Then again for larger models the patina kit sound like it would take less time.

**HaLLuCiNaTiOn**

It should be obvious that I like this piece. Fantastic job!

**Pat**

Thanks, I painted the model in metal shades and then washed it several times with different blue/green glazes, I also added black and white.

**Fafnir**

*salute*

**warpcrafter**

That's awesome! Were'd you find a statuette of Lenin anyway?

**KingCracker**

Oh you can get those in communist friendly pet stores. Over in the fish section of course

**gennadius**

HaLLuCiNaTiOn wrote:It should be obvious that I like this piece. Fantastic job!

hahaha i knew it after i saw your avater