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Hey all,

At the moment I am trying my hand at some bronze painting. I am just wondering what steps everyone takes to paint bronze on there minis.... colors/ layering.. etc.
Also this is the most important one. How does one paint the green oxide that you see on Bronze or copper.
Currently I am thinking just dry brushing in the grooves... but there has to be a better more effective way.


Thanks all in advance.

thinned down hawk turquois. thats it. thin it down a lot and apply 2-3 layers,kinda lika a wash

Holy crap, I love this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6OSyAT7-Ys

You want the first part of the video.
Les is a god among men when it comes to painting (at least imo)

Yeah, he is very good at what he does.

There's two different ways to go about it, based upon how oxidized you want it.

1) Drybrushing or handpainting straight or watered down Hawk Turquoise works. It looks fairly simple, but it's nice.
2) This is the method I prefer and have been using for my Cairn Wraith blades, and even just for making magical/antiqued looking armor.
Take a drop of liquid dishwashing soap and add it to a mixture of 75/25 Hawk Turquoise and water. You want this to be the consistency of skim milk. This effectively is your "wash", and it will take a bit to set but you can move it around as it's setting to alter the shade and tone.

The bonus to this method is that you'll have 'bubbles' form, which effectively makes it look more realistic as oxidation makes some gorgeous patterns on material if you look close enough.