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'lo there

I've just been painting up my Nurgle Havocs, using the usual green main body but with gold trimmings.

I've been trying to paint the small areas around the shoulder pads and legs that need the gold, using Balthasar, Ghenna's and audric armour gold, but no matter what I try and do with the edges, like trying to use the last two as top edge highlights over balthasar or covering the the balthasar totally with ghenna's then highlighting the top edge with audric, it doesn't look right or it doesn't show.

I would just like some advice from people on what they would do to the gold, what they would do differently or perhaps how they would do the same thing but I've just been doing it wrong.

Any information that could help me would be much appreciated.

Thanks, The tallest giraffe

A base coat of flat brown is always a good start with gold, some of the issues you're experiencing could be down to the fact that many gold colours don't have amazing coverage.

Secondly, try adding some silver to the gold, it will lighten it and may allow you to achieve greater contrast between the layers, which may give you more of the effect you're after.

Finally, if you're really keen to get good results, invest in some Vallejo liquid metals and the paraphernalia needed to use them (synthetic brushes, IPA alcohol for thinning and cleaning) and never look back!

 azreal13 wrote:
A base coat of flat brown is always a good start with gold, some of the issues you're experiencing could be down to the fact that many gold colours don't have amazing coverage.

Secondly, try adding some silver to the gold, it will lighten it and may allow you to achieve greater contrast between the layers, which may give you more of the effect you're after.

Finally, if you're really keen to get good results, invest in some Vallejo liquid metals and the paraphernalia needed to use them (synthetic brushes, IPA alcohol for thinning and cleaning) and never look back!

Balthasar doesn't need a brown layer. It covers very well (its actually closer to bronze and is a Base paint to boot). All the rest of the stuff though is good advice

I had the same problem as you using the exact same paints. However to make it pop I then wash it with agrax earthshade or nuln oil ( I still cant decide which I prefer so I vary from swuad to squad) then drybrush on some of gw golden griffon. It doesntneed much at all but I found it made a hell of a difference

Its also how I made my regular metals look heaps better.

I second Vallejo Liquid metals... but they do require a little extra care to use.

I've found that the basic Vallejo Model Colour metallics are just outstanding... way back I did an entire blog experiment just on painting gold: http://atticwars40k.blogspot.com/2011/10/great-gold-rush-quest-for-best-gold.html

I still use VMC metallics.

I also recommend the liquid metal vallejo, amazing metallics.