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I'm trying to decide which paint scheme is going to work best for painting the Burning of Prospero Thousand Sons force. I like the gloss red look for them, so I tried using Testor's Pearl Red airbrush paint, but the gold flecks in it make it look weird to my eye.

Tamiya pops up a few times while googling through various sites and here. So... Any suggestions on which Tamiya paint might be the best option to achieve the gloss/metallic Thousand Sons look?

Paint the model silver or gold, highlight and/or shade it (FYI green is what FW uses to pre-shade for red) then cover it with Tamiya Clear Red X-27.

Yep, clear red over gold is the best way to go about it. Tamiya works nicely but my favorites are Alclad lacquers and enamels, like in this video:

Does anyone have a method of reproducing these results for those of us who can't afford airbrushes?

Works just fine with a brush as it does an airbrush.

I've brushed the Tamiya clear red, needs thinning slightly more to slow it drying really. Works for small areas fine so a Maine is fine but a rhino isn't as good.

Expect to use three or four coats and clean your brush between panels, painting a whole panel before moving on.

Works well with preshading the metalic base for highlights as well. I've got some CSM on here somewhere that are brush painted

Awesome, thanks.