Painting Metal

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=3 height=90 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="043005a0dvldtc.gif"> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1c3ea250.jpg" border=0 width="234" height="37" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#777777" FACE="Arial" ><B>Rookie</B></FONT><B>    |    </B><A HREF="id76.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Moderate"><U><B>Moderate</B></U></A><B>    |    </B><A HREF="id77.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Veteran"><U><B>Veteran</B></U></A><B>    |    </B><A HREF="id78.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Different Armies/Games"><U><B>Different Armies/Games</B></U></A><B>    |    </B><A HREF="id79.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Miscellaneous"><U><B>Miscellaneous</B></U></A><B>    |    </B><A HREF="id80.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Scenery"><U><B>Scenery</B></U></A></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=75 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Painting Guide</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Gallery"><U><B>Gallery</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact"><U><B>Painting Questions</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id73.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Painting Service"><U><B>Painting Service</B></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="1e6003a2egerdp.jpg"> <div> Where you could just drybrush metal, it's worth mentioning here about actually painting areas of metal instead. Either way has it's advantages and are equally effective in the right circumstances. There are areas that should be drybrushed and others that should be painted to gain the best effects. Also always paint metal over a black undercoat. If you undercoated the model white, paint the metal areas black before painting them metal. This is because the metallic paints do not show up well over a white undercoat.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="367" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#BBBBBB > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 82 WIDTH="361"><div> Drybrushing It</div> <div> When drybrushing metal, use either bolt gun metal or chainmail. You could if you wanted then lightly drybrush a highlight of Mythril Silver over this. Areas such as chainmail armour, Chains, Mesh etc. deserve to be drybrushed.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <IMG SRC="11d9bd80.jpg" border=0 width="155" height="216" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="344" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 98 WIDTH="338"><div> Painting It</div> <div> When painting metal, use watered down paint and give it a couple of coats. Then, to give it a shade, paint black ink over it. This will make it appear more effective and not just flat. Areas such as armour plates, helmets, guns etc. deserve to be painted.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1630e0e0.gif" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> The metal areas of this space marine have been painted on and then given a black ink wash as shade.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id104.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Drybrushing"><U><<Previous Section</U></A>  |  <A HREF="id106.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Basic Eyes"><U>Next Section>></U></A>  |  <A HREF="id74.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rookie"><U>Back to Rookie</U></A></div> <bR> <div> This not answer your painting needs? <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact"><U>click here</U></A> to email us a <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact"><U>question</U></A>, or <A HREF="id70.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Painting Guide"><U>here</U></A> to try another level of skill.</div> <bR> <div> Is there anything you would like to add or a section/technique you think should be added to the painting guide? why not send us an <A HREF="id335.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contributons"><U>email</U></A> about it. We will add anything we think is useful.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> ________________________________________________________________________________</div> <div> This section written by Merchant Prince</div> <bR> <div> Please feel free to print this page for personal use only.  Remember, these are not strict guidelines, they are a selection of techniques we use.  If you want to change any of our advice so it suits your own painting style then by all means do! 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