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@.@ Ugh Somewhat regret.
Just about to strip this, at least the bottom half (thankfully it comes apart)

I don't know though what to do. I want a strong gold gold, something that would stand out as being 'more gold' then my regular minotaurs. The non-metallic gold effect seems to look like it would work quite well but I think mixing metallic and non metallic painting styles within the same army would look dumb, so I'm back in search of a gold again...

Liquid gold gave me this, which did not work how I wanted or expected it to.

This is the comparison that I ended up with...


As you can see the 'test' leg that I painted up, while looking strongly metallic came out being brass -_- more so then the minotaurs themselves so thats back to the drawing board.

I'm in serious need of help for finding another gold something that will give a true gold look else I'm going to be forced into painting the terminator and the custodians exactly the same as the minotaurs and I really don't want that.

Which Liquid Gold did you use?

All it says is liquid gold, no 792

Old gold looks a bit better IMO though i use regular "Gold before without it looking too brassy

Are you dry brushing with a silver?

I prime white
Base silver
Layer gold
Drybrush / highlight silver again to add a bit of shine
inked shade in with agrax earthshade to add some definition to the cracks.

I tested this already and it came out a lot better on smaller miniature with more definition, but terminators have quite a bit of open area and it didn't come out nearly as well.

I trested inking sepia and ogryn a well to see the different results, but sepia added next to no shade whatsoever and the ogryn turned it too brassy.

You've got old gold (on the left) 791 is "Gold" and might work better?

There's a copper and silver too, I can check the numbers of them if you'd like.

The silver is especially useful, as not only is it an equally awesome silver as the golds are gold, you can of course add it to the golds for highlights if you so desire.


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You can also try washing gold with purple, never tried it myself, but I've seen it recommended from numerous sources better and more experienced than I.

yeah I do >.<
Do you have the numbers for the one on the right perhaps?
I'm also interested in the silver >.<

I'll have to test the purple on a spare model, it seems a bit odd but its worth a shot, I'm not sure what the final effect is supposed to look like though.

Gold is 791 like I said, but perhaps not clearly, and is the one on the right.

Silver is 790

Copper is 797

I'm not sure on purple either, I assume its a colour theory thing, I'm too poor to own enough real gold to compare!


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Noticing the gap in numbers (the four I have come in a set) I went and checked, and there's rich, white, green and red golds too, so there may be something there which is closer to your mental picture.

I think I might pick up some white gold for Slaaneshi stuff....

Yeah I think I'm going to have to buy a new liquid gold set from them. Cheaper then buying silver and gold individually I think. Still can't find examples of inked purple on gold >w<

I think mixing non-metallic style with metallic paints works really well actually. That is what Matheiu Fontaine does (though of course he is a master).

The regular Vallejo Model Colour metallics are outstanding and don't require all the special care of the Liquids... I did this blog article a while ago, when I wasn't as good a painter, but you can see the various golds. (you might also like Andrea golds):
http://atticwars40k.blogspot.com/2011/10/great-gold-rush-quest-for-best-gold.html

I do like the final product of that sanguin thats the strong kind of 'GOLD GOLD' that I'm after, because of how light a goldy brassy color the minotaurs are I can't have anything but a true pure gold look for these other guys @.@

Ty for the link its much appreciated. I might have to pick those up. Did you ever do a step-by-step as to how you got that finished look in the end?

Prime with brown.

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Prime with brown.

Under normal circumstances, good advice, but VLM laughs at the requirements of putting down a flat colour base!

Seriously, the stuff is near magic.

These golds are all acrylics. GW makes nice golds. Balthasar is a great base coat, the coverage of it is equal to or greater than liquid gold. Auric armor gold is also nice and might work for the brightness you want. Auric mixed with mithral silver makes a bright white-yellow gold. Good for final highlighting.

I usually wash gold with black now, it's cleaner looking and adds maximum contrast. I don't think washing with purple is good advice. Do you have any pictures of what that looks like?