Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

I am painting my DG as Mouldering Claw, the specialized close combat vectorum. Here is the art from the Codex:



I tried to approximate the green trim color by basing with VMA Gold and then doing a thin glaze of VGA Sick Green. I think I got it pretty close, but I'm not sure what to do with the metallic green now. I brushed on some green ink to give it a little shading, but the only ideas I have to highlight it are to go over the edges in either gunmetal or gold to give it a weathered effect. Has anyone worked with colored metallic models, and if so how did you shade and highlight them?





I would also appreciate any C&C pertaining to other parts of the paint job.

I think they look great! Sadly, I am not an expert painter, and have not highlighted a metallic green, so cannot help you there. The one thing I will say, and not a criticism, but maybe an idea, the flat armor looks "too" clean for the nurgle look. It needs to show more mottling if that makes sense. Maybe some splotchy darker inks, or nuln oil, or even some brown washes? Maybe in doing that you can darken it and therefore make the edge plates seem brighter?
The purples are a good contrast, etc...
Again, they look great, hope someone has better ideas for you.
Thanks for sharing.

Off topic, butb that bottom one is very cool! Good job sir, or m'am.

Thank you both for the replies. Edwardmyst, I've been thinking the same thing about adding some more grime to the green armor panels. I really like the way Sepia ink looks on them but I didn't want to overdo it either. I think I'll blot on some brown mud and dirt as well.

I haven't tried metallic green, but for metallic red I try and preshade rather than post-shading. For highlights I just use a bright silver and pick out the edges. When light shines off the edges of a coloured metallic it tends to look quite silvery anyway, so under normal lighting silver highlights blend it reasonably well with natural highlighting.

You have to be a bit selective and not go overboard otherwise it looks like weathering more than highlighting (which isn't necessarily a bad look if that's what you're going for, it's basically how I did my Blood Bowl Orcs).

One thing you could try if you want a more subtle look; if you build up your green in multiple thin layers over your metallic do highlights between layers. For example if the green is 2 layers, do a thin coat of the green with an airbrush, highlight that with silver, then do the 2nd coat of green. That way the edges will pop more.

If you want more subtle blended highlights rather than edge highlights I think that's something you could do as a pre-highlight and/or when airbrushing the green focus it away from highlight areas so the green paint isn't as thick on raised areas.

When doing metallic shades you really need to do your highlights before the final tint. You could try applying a new highlight and using something like Vallejo metal varnish over that to blend it in.

Thanks for the advice, guys. Looks like it will be hard to highlight these guys I've already tinted, but I will try working in shades and highlights before I put the green on next time. I'll just have to shade these ones down a notch to get some more depth.