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A complete guide to painting a flat surface with True Metallic Metals.
Also applicable to your NMM as-is or with some slight changes.

I cover the ins and outs of shading and highlighting, where to put them, and why. As well as a thorough explanation of the techniques for both TMM and NMM.




Al paints are Formula P3 by Privateer Press unless stated otherwise.

Base - Pig Iron
Shade 1 - Greatcoat Grey
Shade 2 - Coal Black (optional)
Shade 3 - 50/50 Mix of Coal Black (or grey) + Thamar Black
Highlight - Cold Steel
Highlight 2 (optional) - Brighter Steel/Silver, or White.