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Hi

so im trying to become ever so better with painting and what not, finally learned how to make white look good
as im doing my Eldar Biel-tan colour scheme.

But im still having Issues with painting metallics, especially Silver and Gold.

Do any you guys know any good tutorials or tips to help me improve my painting of these colours?

I want the colour to be able to shine and be dull in the places needed and i dont think im talented enough to try NMM,
so something simpler would be handier.

The biggest thing with metalics especialy gold is you need a good base color under it, brown is fantastic for golds, as well as silvers.

Using a darker brown gives you a darker gold and vise versa

In gw paints try this. These are older paint names I think but all I can remember off the top of my head. Im still using them lol.

Make sure to water your paints down

First Layer: Tin bitz
Second Layer: Dwarf Bronze
Third Layer: Burnished Gold
Fourth Layer: Fine edge highlite with mithril silver.

Now for a little technique explination.

Tin bitz can go on solid.

Dwarf Bronze needs to be added carefully layer by layer. Leave the darker tin bits showing in recesses and such or where you want some shading. You can go over those areas with watered down bronze a little at a time to lighten them to prefrence. Add the gold on top of the bronze in a similar fashion. Now this might be a wierd step but sometimes I add a glaze shade or wash at this stage to blend them all together. I either use Agrax Earthshade watered down a bit or an orange glaze. The orange just makes it a little warmer.

Thr mithril is just for sharp edges to represent the light reflecting off the raised corner etx.

Hope this helps. If your interested in how this looms check my necron gallery. Used it a lot there. Im no professional painter but I was happy with the results.

Good luck and cheers.

P.s. typos my bad...wrote this on my phone heh

The tendency with true metallics is to rely on the paints' natural reflectivity for the bulk of the effect, merely giving it a little boost at the lightest and darkest points (basecoat, wash, drybrush -> done). With a proper undercoat (I prefer black for silvers and browns for gold, redder or greener depending on the desired final tint), that's more than good enough for the amount of bare metal showing on most tabletop models. Toss in a final edge highlight with a very bright silver, in either case, for a little extra pop, and the job is done.

If you really want to take your metallics to the next level, you'll have to expand your palette, a bit. Not only can various metallics be layered and blended like normal paints, non-metallic paints and glazes can enter the mix. Massive Voodoo did a nice blog entry on TMM that's well worth glancing over. Focuses mostly on steel, but the concepts carry over. Playing with color, as well as reflectivity, really enhances the effect.