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I've been painting some space wolves recently and got the colour of there armour nailed down (codex grey)

I'm just wondering what people think a good spot colour would be to improve the look of the minis, I'm not 100% sure what colour to paint the bolters, shoulder pads and the aquilla symbols. Anyone got any suggestions?

I've attached some pics of how they currently look.





Cheers for looking]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/437293/4045179.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/437293/4045179.page GMT
It would be a nice, bright spot color which would offset the overall "dark" tone you've got going on(which I absolutely love, I might add!).
]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/437293/4045224.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/437293/4045224.page GMT I quite like the dark look myself.

Yea I'm thinking of a gold colour, I tried using vallejo Red Gold but its abit to rich a gold for my likeing, might try a mix of old gold and white gold and see how that turns out.

I do like the sound of using platinum for the the detailing instead of the gold.

Yea I know what you mean about a bright spot colour killing the nice dark tone i've got going, trying to paint the wolf guard markings a nice dark yellow so its not very bright]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/437293/4045266.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/437293/4045266.page GMT GW's metallics personally, so not too familiar with Vallejo's metallic range) 90 % Mithril Silver/ 10% Shining Gold.

You can substitute the Shining Gold for Burnished Gold and get a brighter look going too.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/437293/4045288.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/437293/4045288.page GMT
Might be worth picking up the p3 platinum paint just for lazyness sake]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/437293/4045296.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/437293/4045296.page GMT ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/437293/4045303.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/437293/4045303.page GMT

Left is gold, ight is the platinum colour. Need to try and get a better photo to show the difference

Ended up mixing a 9:1 mix of white gold with old gold (paints of alcholic awesome).Quite like how it turned out, but I may still buy the p3 platinum since it'll give me some consistancy.

Now to figure out how to do a muted dark yellow colour]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/437293/4045455.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/437293/4045455.page GMT
It's a nice, muted color when applied.

I'm happy the idea worked for you though.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/437293/4045601.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/437293/4045601.page GMT Tis not too different from how ah paint 'em (before ah apply the highlights).

Ah like it!]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/437293/4045658.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/437293/4045658.page GMT ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/437293/4045923.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/437293/4045923.page GMT

Going to place an order and pick up some p3 paints, anyone got any recommendations for reds and yellows? Are they much better than citadel reds and yellows?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/437293/4046043.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/437293/4046043.page GMT