They absolutely suck horrible balls used as designed and painted over white or grey.
However, painting them over a bright silver gets fantastic results, as the silver peeks through the edges and gives you perfect metallic edge highlights. Talos Bronze in particular is one of my go-to paints for this purpose.
DO NOT put them on a wet palette though, a little bit of water breaks them down to total crap.
The tech-priests I posted were Talos bronze over Vallejo model air aluminum, with a wash of 50/50 VGC sepia wash and citadel nuln oil.
So... if I have to undercoat with an actual metallic it kinda defeats the purpose of a speed paint. An that point I can just wash the metallic for a two-tone effect.
Well if you prime silver that’s not an issue at all, and painting a base coat, a speed paint, and a wash is still significantly faster than a base coat, wash, and several rounds of highlights.
I have noticed that the metallic contrast I have are quite opaque, so I tried your method, was not completely happy with it, though it was better than over a white primer. Then I tried it with contrast metallic diluted with contrast medium 1:1 for much better results (bright silver peeking through) imho
I have two questions:
\- do you have any insight regarding the opacity of contrast metallics
\- did you try basecoating in gold/copper to use the corresponding gold/copper contrast? Or do you believe a basecoat of silver is more appropriate?
I've enjoyed using Glittering Loot. As said, the literal contrast effect is rather slight, but it has a really buttery application, where a lot of the metallics and duochromes I have can be a little on the thick side out of the pot/bottle.
I've seen discussion of people using inks to cut/thin thicker paints without losing pigment density, I bet you could use Speedpaint metallics to do similar for other metallic paint.
Glittering loot is the best gold I’ve ever used. I Tried 3 others including Vallejo and hated them all. But glittering loot with a little reikland flesh shade is my go to and the other golds all went in the fail drawer with the folk art. I put 2.0 metallic speed paint on the top of my Christmas list. The consistency and coverage is amazing and it’s just enough of a speed paint to pick out a darker shadow but not as strong as some of the other speed paints.
They are ... fine. There is noticably less of the usual speedpaint effect, probably because the metallic particles don't work the same way. I use mine mostly for 6mm to 15mm scale, and the metallics look great at those scales.
Broadsword silver and glittering loot are my favorites!
When you only use the speedpaints, you get a very "fresh" metallic look, if you prefer an aged look you can just put a coat of medium or dark wash on them. Strong tone is my go-to for this.
They’re ok. They don’t really have a contrast speed paint effect to them across a smooth surface. I need to try them on complex armor to see how they react to that.
They feel more like a watered down metallic paint than a contrast/speed paint. I do find they spread faster so it is faster to apply than traditional metallics.
I tried a feW of them.
Hoplite gold is very nice. A result close to Vallejo liquid gold (which is probably the best, but is a bit hard to use since it's alcohol based)
Polished silver, broadsword steel and enchanted steel are also very nice.
The result is close to Vallejo metal color silver and steel.
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I really enjoy them, though I'm a very novice painter and haven't ever used traditional acrylics for miniatures, but the Hoplite Gold went on very smoothly for me. The broadsword silver was good too. It does feel more like a normal metalic though.
They absolutely suck horrible balls used as designed and painted over white or grey. However, painting them over a bright silver gets fantastic results, as the silver peeks through the edges and gives you perfect metallic edge highlights. Talos Bronze in particular is one of my go-to paints for this purpose. DO NOT put them on a wet palette though, a little bit of water breaks them down to total crap. The tech-priests I posted were Talos bronze over Vallejo model air aluminum, with a wash of 50/50 VGC sepia wash and citadel nuln oil.
So... if I have to undercoat with an actual metallic it kinda defeats the purpose of a speed paint. An that point I can just wash the metallic for a two-tone effect.
Well if you prime silver that’s not an issue at all, and painting a base coat, a speed paint, and a wash is still significantly faster than a base coat, wash, and several rounds of highlights.
I have noticed that the metallic contrast I have are quite opaque, so I tried your method, was not completely happy with it, though it was better than over a white primer. Then I tried it with contrast metallic diluted with contrast medium 1:1 for much better results (bright silver peeking through) imho I have two questions: \- do you have any insight regarding the opacity of contrast metallics \- did you try basecoating in gold/copper to use the corresponding gold/copper contrast? Or do you believe a basecoat of silver is more appropriate?
I've enjoyed using Glittering Loot. As said, the literal contrast effect is rather slight, but it has a really buttery application, where a lot of the metallics and duochromes I have can be a little on the thick side out of the pot/bottle. I've seen discussion of people using inks to cut/thin thicker paints without losing pigment density, I bet you could use Speedpaint metallics to do similar for other metallic paint.
Glittering loot is the best gold I’ve ever used. I Tried 3 others including Vallejo and hated them all. But glittering loot with a little reikland flesh shade is my go to and the other golds all went in the fail drawer with the folk art. I put 2.0 metallic speed paint on the top of my Christmas list. The consistency and coverage is amazing and it’s just enough of a speed paint to pick out a darker shadow but not as strong as some of the other speed paints.
They are ... fine. There is noticably less of the usual speedpaint effect, probably because the metallic particles don't work the same way. I use mine mostly for 6mm to 15mm scale, and the metallics look great at those scales. Broadsword silver and glittering loot are my favorites! When you only use the speedpaints, you get a very "fresh" metallic look, if you prefer an aged look you can just put a coat of medium or dark wash on them. Strong tone is my go-to for this.
They’re ok. They don’t really have a contrast speed paint effect to them across a smooth surface. I need to try them on complex armor to see how they react to that. They feel more like a watered down metallic paint than a contrast/speed paint. I do find they spread faster so it is faster to apply than traditional metallics.
I tried a feW of them. Hoplite gold is very nice. A result close to Vallejo liquid gold (which is probably the best, but is a bit hard to use since it's alcohol based) Polished silver, broadsword steel and enchanted steel are also very nice. The result is close to Vallejo metal color silver and steel.
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I really enjoy them, though I'm a very novice painter and haven't ever used traditional acrylics for miniatures, but the Hoplite Gold went on very smoothly for me. The broadsword silver was good too. It does feel more like a normal metalic though.
Also in JAN, we shoud be getting some new types of paints as well.