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I have an impressive character model I want to paint, and I'd like to try to do a shiny purple metal look, using NMM. Anyone know of any guides to help with this? I saw a picture of a Marneus Calgar done in a shiny blue, but I can't find a close-up pic of him and a tutorial would be nice, too.

I don't have a tutorial, but I would suggest doing the same thing with other tutorials, only with purples.
The thing that you should understand is that for NMM people use Codex greys that are highlighted with white. Same thing with purple, cept I would use pink as the color to make the purple brighter.
More or less, common sense.

Purple through pink to white? Would that work, better than just lightening the purple with more and more white?

http://www.coolminiornot.com/230957 that is a large army painted in a dark blue to white scale should give you a good deal of help working with a colored palate.

Acrylic medium for iridescent/pearlised/metallic finish.

http://www.liquitex.com/Products/fluidmediripearltint.cfm

You can also buy ready-mixed iridescent paints.

The trick with NMM's is putting your highlights in the right place to give the impression of sharply reflected light. It really shouldn't matter which colour you want to work with, it's just a case of getting the light source right.

A trick i used on my first few attempts at NMM was to take a picture of the naked model under a bright light source and use this as a reference for my highlights.

If you don't have any experience painting in this style, i would strongly advise you to try it out on another model first. Being able to do the fine blending required is one thing, getting the light source and highlights in the right place is a whole different kettle of fish!

J.Black wrote:The trick with NMM's is putting your highlights in the right place to give the impression of sharply reflected light. It really shouldn't matter which colour you want to work with, it's just a case of getting the light source right.

A trick i used on my first few attempts at NMM was to take a picture of the naked model under a bright light source and use this as a reference for my highlights.

If you don't have any experience painting in this style, i would strongly advise you to try it out on another model first. Being able to do the fine blending required is one thing, getting the light source and highlights in the right place is a whole different kettle of fish!

Thats a brilliant idea. Ill have to remember that one

jtw1n wrote:http://www.coolminiornot.com/230957 that is a large army painted in a dark blue to white scale should give you a good deal of help working with a colored palate.

That army hurt my eyes... Also, it was too bland for my taste. Yes, it looks fabulous, but I dont like it.

Another thing is that I think the NMM look has run its course, again just my opinion. Yeah when someone first did it, it looked cool and they probably one a golden daemon for it or something, but now everyone is doing it, and its played out, like Britney Spears. Time to find a new awe inspiring technique.

I think NMM succeeds where gold and silver (and similar) are concerned because those are a universal reference for everyone.

Once you begin introducing a colorful palette, it may not be readilly seen as being "metallic". I think you'd have to really perfect your NMM technique to pull it off well.

Myrthe wrote:I think NMM succeeds where gold and silver (and similar) are concerned because those are a universal reference for everyone.

Once you begin introducing a colorful palette, it may not be readilly seen as being "metallic". I think you'd have to really perfect your NMM technique to pull it off well.

QFT

I don't think the look itself has run it's course, but the technique is so widely used these days by the top painters that it can be a bit repetitive.

Like the OP said, this is for a central character with the intention of making it stand out. In this case, i think it will work really well and make it stand out against the rest of the army.