How to get metallic red for necrons

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**SalamanderMarine**

I am doing a necron army and want to paint them similar to the sceme in the 4th ed rulebook on page 186 , however i want them to look metallic and not have to do a vernish I was thinking mecrite red and boltgun metal mixed but am unsure if it would work any help will be apreciated

Thanks
Salamandermarine

**Battle Brother Lucifer**

Paint boltgun red and give it a Baal Red wash.

**SagesStone**

Doesn't quite work. You'll need a stronger red ink to get it done properly.

This tutorial shows that at best the red wash will make a metallic pink.

Besides the red ink you could try mixing red gore or something like that with the gloss varnish in order to make a sort of glaze to put over the metallic colour. However the red ink would be easier and more consistant.

**SalamanderMarine**

so shall i use the mecrite red mixed with boltgun metal? and then do a red wash?

**mullet_steve**

Considering your going to lose the shinnyness with the more red paint you add I'd start with the most silvery silver you have. mithril probably mix it with red what you want is the purest red pigment without a base that you can get so red ink might me your best bet straight into the silver then apply thin layers. on larger area paiont jobs I.E. motorbikes/Architectural models you's paint the best silver you can then go over it with multiple red glazes to build up the depth without losing the shinnyness.

**MechaEmperor7000**

Use Gold as the metalic base. It's warm yellow color makes the red ink more brilliant and it wont turn out pink or magenta. I used it for all of my Khorne berserkers.

**Corpsesarefun**

Use boltgun metal base and wash first with a 50/50 ogryn flesh and baal red wash before a straight baal red.

**DODcrazy**

Vallejo model air metallics, they have metallic reds and blues and everything you can think of.

**SalamanderMarine**

Thanks DODcrazy but I cant find a red metallic on the site if there is one can you post the link?

**Savis**

http://www.acrylicosvallejo.com/pdf_web/MA_CC071_rev05.pdf In their leaflet it's color 71.070 Turn signal red (metallic)

**TNM**

SalamanderMarine wrote:so shall i use the mecrite red mixed with boltgun metal? and then do a red wash?

Tht would probably work.

**Corpsesarefun**

TNM wrote:
SalamanderMarine wrote:so shall i use the mecrite red mixed with boltgun metal? and then do a red wash?

Tht would probably work.

It doesn't.

**oadie**

If tinting a metallic basecoat with ink doesn't work, there are metallic/pearlescent mediums sold at art and craft stores that you can add to paint to make it glimmer. Do your research before picking one though - you want to end up with a metallic red, not "red with sparkles."

**Peter Wiggin**

Battle Brother Lucifer wrote:Paint boltgun red and give it a Baal Red wash.

This. Works really well and gets some intersting colors.

**sluggaslugga**

Dwarf broze mixed with Boltgun metal and 2 washes of Baal red.

**shasolenzabi**

I have a friend who has made red 'crons

**Ouze**

oadie wrote: Do your research before picking one though - you want to end up with a metallic red, not "red with sparkles."

Maybe that's what he's going for. I myself eagerly await Twilight Necrons, and the choice a girl must make when she's torn between her love between an ancient, undying robot, and a Space Wolf.

**SilverMK2**

Ouze wrote:Maybe that's what he's going for. I myself eagerly await Twilight Necrons, and the choice a girl must make when she's torn between her love between an ancient, undying robot, and a Space Wolf.

I think she would quite litterely be torn between them in that senario

**shasolenzabi**

I could ask him to write down the steps he took to make his metallic red crons.

**Lord Scythican**

I used a mix of blood red and Mithrill silver for these. Afterwards I gave them a heavily watered down black wash followed up with two coats of red ink that I bought at Hobby Lobby:

**Leigen_Zero**

A guy at the swansea GW had some metallic red logos on his exodites, he used GW mithril silver followed by numerous coats of the old GW Red ink.

As an experiment, I wonder how it would look if you did a silvery metal basecoat and then applied Tamiya Clear Red (yes, the wonderful blood-on-a-weapon stuff) over it?