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Jul. 3rd, 2006 09:18 pmI took a several month break from painting miniatures. Say what you will about my lack of anything resembling an attention span, but I maintain that I simply have too many enjoyable hobbies. Which reminds me that I must cut out and assemble some garb tomorrow. Yes.
Anyway, I got nudged back into painting by a Warhammer 40k RPG. That game has, sadly, ended, but the paints and brushes stayed out. I picked up one of the minis I prepped a Very Long Time Ago and started painting her over the weekend. And, in my usual habit of jumping in without checking the water depth, I decided to try something new.
You see, the paint manufacturers make metallic paints. These are very pretty and are useful for painting metallic things: weapons, armor, jewelry, sparkly bits, etc. They're very pretty, but can occasionally look flat.
To remedy this, there's the technique for Non-Metallic Metals (NMM). Yes, the name is silly. No, I'm really not very good at it. NMM requires very good knowledge of the physics of light and how colors are affected by same. I have a sneaking suspicion that Czar Victaar would be insanely good at this.
To me, at my current skill level, this seems unreasonably difficult, but the results? The results can be spectacular! I know better than to compare myself to the people who do this sort of thing professionally, but check out some of these links:
http://www.blackmoor.ca/gw40ksmchaplain1.htm
http://www.harbingermagazine.com/showcasewin23.htm
http://www.harbingermagazine.com/images/news/darkage004.jpg
http://www.jenova.dk/FemaleHumanCleric.htm
http://www.jenova.dk/Alvhaera.htm
http://www.arjayslotd.com/empchamp.html
http://www.arjayslotd.com/ashlynn.html
http://www.arjayslotd.com/GKdread.html
http://www.arjayslotd.com/BCStern.html
http://www.arjayslotd.com/bard.html
Anyway, I got nudged back into painting by a Warhammer 40k RPG. That game has, sadly, ended, but the paints and brushes stayed out. I picked up one of the minis I prepped a Very Long Time Ago and started painting her over the weekend. And, in my usual habit of jumping in without checking the water depth, I decided to try something new.
You see, the paint manufacturers make metallic paints. These are very pretty and are useful for painting metallic things: weapons, armor, jewelry, sparkly bits, etc. They're very pretty, but can occasionally look flat.
To remedy this, there's the technique for Non-Metallic Metals (NMM). Yes, the name is silly. No, I'm really not very good at it. NMM requires very good knowledge of the physics of light and how colors are affected by same. I have a sneaking suspicion that Czar Victaar would be insanely good at this.
To me, at my current skill level, this seems unreasonably difficult, but the results? The results can be spectacular! I know better than to compare myself to the people who do this sort of thing professionally, but check out some of these links:
http://www.blackmoor.ca/gw40ksmchaplain1.htm
http://www.harbingermagazine.com/showcasewin23.htm
http://www.harbingermagazine.com/images/news/darkage004.jpg
http://www.jenova.dk/FemaleHumanCleric.htm
http://www.jenova.dk/Alvhaera.htm
http://www.arjayslotd.com/empchamp.html
http://www.arjayslotd.com/ashlynn.html
http://www.arjayslotd.com/GKdread.html
http://www.arjayslotd.com/BCStern.html
http://www.arjayslotd.com/bard.html
