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So I'm painting Madrak Ironhide and went with a bronze for his armor. I would like to age the metal a bit.

Right now it looks really new, and for a warlock that is in the field a lot, it doesn't seem right to keep it nice and shiny.

I've seen black washes to make it look dirty and oily, but I just want to dull it down a bit.

Like he takes care of his armor but he didn't get it straight from the blacksmith.

The colors I painted so far are GW Brass Scorpion with a bit of PP Molten Bronze.

Maybe a coat of mat varnish could do the trick

When I aged the metal on my manticore tank I painted it balthasar gold, then dry-brushed lead belcher over it, then washed it with agrax earthshade. Gives a very worn, slightly rusted bronze look.

Have you tried to water down your wash? And i'd suggest brown wash on bronze instead of black one.

And if you feel fancy maybe this might help you: http://www.tinyworlds.co.uk/blog/painting-aged-patina-bronze/.
But it might be too aged for what you want to do ...

I'll try a very light brown wash, I was looking at the oxidized washes but I don't feel like turning him into the statue of liberty yet XD

typically, to get tarnished metal, i usually just lay down the nearest color of paint to the metallic I will be using, and then just gently dry-brush the desired mettalic paint onto the surface. Then, if there IS a brighter shade (so, for bronze, it'd be gold) take the tiniest amount of gold, and dry-brush ONLY where it would see alot of rubbing/wear, as the wear would polish the metal, and it makes it look like the metal is catching the light.

It might be worth trying what i said next time, or doing a few test models. Right now though, try a wash.

Chaos black then dry brush tin bitz , gunmetal, and mith ril silver on increasingly smaller areas. Wash to desired level of tarnish. Then dry brush again with mithril sparingly.

There's a really nice tutorial for doing the silver metallics on Trollbloods in the army book.

Basically its the following steps:

1) Drybrush your silver colour
2) Wash with 3:1 water to paint (2:1:1 water, flow improver, paint) of a lighter, rusty brown
3) Shade (crevices, surfaces that won't see light or see more dirt contact) with a dark brown ink/wash (Devlan Mud could work here in small amounts)
4) Light drybrush with your initial silver colour
5) Pick out raised surfaces with a light silver colour

You could use that same method with gold/bronze metallic colours, you'll just need to modify the colours used for your washes/shades.