Saturday, June 1, 2013

Tutorial - Brassy Bronze


With my last WIP of my Knight, a couple of you were interested in how I'd done the brassy bronzey armor plates. Well, here's a quick recipe to get you started on your own tarnished/burnished combo.


Step 1: I used Vallejo's Tinny Tin as the base coat.

Step 2: Highlight with a mix of Tinny Tin and Vallejo Brassy Brass.

Step 3: Highlight with Brassy Brass.

Step 4: Begin shading with thinned wash of Vallejo Charred Brown mixed with a little Black.

Step 5: Continue shading by adding more Black.

Step 6: Once you are satisfied with the depth of your shading, take it one step further with a thin glaze mixed from two Secret Weapon washes - Storm Cloud and Algae.

Some of this may be a little tough to see in the color swatches above, but it works pretty much in that progression. Of course, feel free to add a few more "in between" steps if you feel the need.

I hope you have fun with it!


And I wasn't sure if I'd shown you the updated insectoid-walker for my army. It has previously sported green armor plates and has been used as a Defiler : )

Cheers
Dave

14 comments:

  1. Thanks alot for a great guide Dave :)

    Regarding the walker - your work is awesome as always :)
    I'd like some more pictures of the walker :)

    Cheers

    Janus

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    1. Thanks Janus, Once I'm all done with the display board etc, I'll shoot some more pics of the proto-defiler.

      Cheers
      Dave

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  2. Very cool - Thanks for sharing the recipe! I really dig the proto-defiler, that looks fantastic!

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  3. That was a bang on job. I love the look over your Brass, and have been upset ever since GW discontinued Brazen Brass.

    A nice tutorial coupled with a some great looking models. Always a pleasure Mr. Taylor.

    I do have a few questions in regards to paint choice. Have you tried any of the P3 brand paints? Does Vallejo cross over well with GW? Do you like Vallejo?

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    1. I haven't tried many of the P3 paints, but I'm fairly sure they don't really suit most of my painting style/approach. The ones I've tried have seemed to be thinner than I'd usually like to use.

      Currently I have a bottle of Sanguine Base and I'll be working that into my evolving style, I think. I used it in the shading of the Malifaux wastrel I posted last week.

      Vallejo and GW do work together, as far as mixing go, and Vallejo Game Color paints are modeled on the old GW range.
      I do like Vallejo : )

      Cheers
      Dave

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    2. Thanks for the reply! I have noticed that P3 is rather thin, but I like how it "applies" to the model if that makes sense. I don't mind building up layers. However, as you said your style doesn't mix (hah, I made a funny)with the P3 line as you would like.

      I'm glad that Vallejo and GW paints can crossover well. I didn't even think to mix them either. Clever girl.

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  4. Thank you Dave, impatient to see it finished.

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    1. Thanks for that, hopefully in the next week (fingers crossed).

      Cheers
      Dave

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  5. Fantastic work as always! Best of luck at Games Day!! :-)

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    1. Thanks Jim, sorry you won't be there : (

      Cheers
      Dave

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  6. Thanks for the step-by-step. I like your look better than mine and I'll have to give this a shot!

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  7. Thank you for the stage-by-stage painting swatches. Little tutorials like this make painting so much easier.

    Thanks

    Tony

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  8. On your finished models using this scheme, how did you achieve the highlights such as on the scratches?

    Is that Brassy Brass with a some silver?

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