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Hi guys,

I want to paint me some Necrons soon, and I'm going to go with a gold theme.

Now this might sound stupid, but I really would like to achieve an almost chrome-like mirrored / shiny gold effect on my Necrons, especially on the larger models like the vehicles.

Currently I have a Shining Gold from the old Citadel range, but that is exactly the opposite of what I want - the old Citadel Shining Old has a very dark, almost orangey tone and definitely doesnt give out a polished, chome-like look.

I want bright, almost yellow kinda gold, so which one would you recommend to me?

http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Paint_Range_Compatibility_Chart




Also, another paint I am looking for is a nice bronze tone. I bought the new equivalent of Tin Bitz, namely Warplock Bronze, but actually have been rather disappointed in it as it is EXTREMELY DARK and almost has no character of its own. Any solid bronze tones you can recommend?


Oh and finally, one small question: when painting white miniatures, do you prefer White Scar or Ceramite White?

cheers,
Sir Arun

I moved over to the Tamiya golds and bronzes after watching Schaunerface on the YouTube and I swear by my pretty little bonnet that they are by far the best I have ever used. They are alcohol based so you need a separate brush and some isopropal alcohol to thin them but man are they fantastic.

Vallejo Liquid Metallics. They cover well and smoothly in one shot. Beautiful finished result and they can be washed with standard washes when dry. Easy and pretty.

For a bright gold I would use their Old Gold. These are also alcohol based and warrant the previous posts disclaimer.

 darefsky wrote:
I moved over to the Tamiya golds and bronzes after watching Schaunerface on the YouTube

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think Andrew uses Vallejo Liquid Gold for a majority of his metallics.

I will also recommend using the Vallejo Liquid Gold range. They are alcohol-based and the learning curve is a little more steep than regular acrylics, but the end result is fantastic; easily the best looking true metallic paint on the market.

If you want to try them, Old Gold and Silver are good colors to start with. I also love Red Gold and Cooper as well.

 ScootyPuffJunior wrote:

 darefsky wrote:
I moved over to the Tamiya golds and bronzes after watching Schaunerface on the YouTube

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think Andrew uses Vallejo Liquid Gold for a majority of his metallics.

I will also recommend using the Vallejo Liquid Gold range. They are alcohol-based and the learning curve is a little more steep than regular acrylics, but the end result is fantastic; easily the best looking true metallic paint on the market.

If you want to try them, Old Gold and Silver are good colors to start with. I also love Red Gold and Cooper as well.

I think you might be right. Now my whole alcohol based metallics collection is living a lie!

On the bright side I really do like the Tamiya stuff.

 darefsky wrote:

I think you might be right. Now my whole alcohol based metallics collection is living a lie!

On the bright side I really do like the Tamiya stuff.

Tamiya metallics are good?

There is a shop near me that sells Tamiya paint, I'll have to pick up some metallics the next time I'm in there and give them a go.

 ScootyPuffJunior wrote:

 darefsky wrote:

I think you might be right. Now my whole alcohol based metallics collection is living a lie!

On the bright side I really do like the Tamiya stuff.

Tamiya metallics are good?

There is a shop near me that sells Tamiya paint, I'll have to pick up some metallics the next time I'm in there and give them a go.

I'd say grab one or two and give them a shot. Worst case you are out $10 bucks on some paint and alcohol.

One thing to note is that when you take paint out make sure to clean off the screw top of the glass really well or you will never ever be able to get the lid off again (without two pairs of pliers (learn from my experience).

Vallejo liquid metallics are the best you can get some something seriously shiny . You are gonna need alcohol and a different brush. Don't forget to knock yourself out shaking the bottle since this paint is so heavily pigmented that most pigment is usually on the bottom of the container.

 Capamaru wrote:
Vallejo liquid metallics are the best you can get some something seriously shiny . You are gonna need alcohol and a different brush. Don't forget to knock yourself out shaking the bottle since this paint is so heavily pigmented that most pigment is usually on the bottom of the container.

This is true about the shaking. This is the only time I've ever considered buying a paint-shaker.

 darefsky wrote:

 ScootyPuffJunior wrote:

 darefsky wrote:

I think you might be right. Now my whole alcohol based metallics collection is living a lie!

On the bright side I really do like the Tamiya stuff.

Tamiya metallics are good?

There is a shop near me that sells Tamiya paint, I'll have to pick up some metallics the next time I'm in there and give them a go.

I'd say grab one or two and give them a shot. Worst case you are out $10 bucks on some paint and alcohol.

One thing to note is that when you take paint out make sure to clean off the screw top of the glass really well or you will never ever be able to get the lid off again (without two pairs of pliers (learn from my experience).

If the top gets stuck, try heating up some water, pour the hot water over the cap and then open it using rubber gloves.

I had a couple of pots that were stuck shut and got them open like that. It doesn't work quite as well with plastic/plastic pots, but the plastic/glass pots it works well because the plastic expands more and faster than the glass does.

Second the Vallejo, I painted an armor plate today that looked like a damn mirror. Just recently started using them and that blew me away.

How does Sycorax Bronze hold up?

My painting usually doesnt involve applying a whole host of different paints over each other.

Rather, I baseboat black, then apply the main color, and perhaps do highlights with a brighter color.

As such, would Necron warriors painted with sycorax bronze look good, or would you recommend a different bronze tone?

is this pic correct? it supposedly shows sycorax bronze (left) and a coat of agrax earthshade applied on it (right)

If you have an airbrush, you may want to look at alclad, as they have a lot of very shiny tones like that.