Blue-ish NMM help, please!

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Stickabee

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I have seen some really awesome examples of NMM work done in a blue steel stype of way that really stands out to me from the normal greys. I did not, of course, bother myself to save any of those examples, and now that I have a desire to try my hand at NMM, I am regretting it.

I would love some help either finding some pictures of well done blue-ish NMM, or some pointers on which colors are best, or some combination of the two options. Any help here would be awesome, as I really think that kind of style NMM looks great for elvish weapons (will be doing it for wood elves here). Thanks in advance.
 
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fieldarchy

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With the blueish NMM I\'ve been doing I use

Reaper Master Series Paints (RMS)

RMS Midnight Blue
RMS Twilight Blue
RMS Snow Shadow
RMS Ghost White
RMS Pure White.

That\'s it. And I don\'t usually mix any shades in between each, I\'ll blend them on the mini instead.
 
Dragonsreach

Dragonsreach

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I\'ve been trying variations based around a basecoat of Vallejo Intermediate Blue, with French Mirage Blue working up to Silver Grey and White.
Shdows tones I\'ve tried using Luftwaffe Blue and variations of Darker Greys as tonal glazes.
Not happy with the overall effect as yet. think I need to work some complementary colour into the shadows.
 
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generulpoleaxe

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a fast method is intermediate blue base coat with black washes for the shading.
then use vallejo glossy white thinned and feathered for the highlights and glare spots.

use german field grey glazes to give it a more metalic tint.
then weather.

you can also use browns etc mixed into the shadows to represent the reflection of the ground or other colours to represent the reflection of objects that are realy close to the item.
a touch of a light blue just before you add glare spots can help them stand out even more.

i use these ideas on my metals nowadays as i like the realism it gives as well as the reflective qualites of the metal paints (metal medium realy does give it realistic metalic style reflective qualities)
 
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Bill

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I used Black > Hawk Turquoise > White all blended together for the bluey NMM on my Warrior Priest. I also added some Shadow Grey in places to help bring it together a bit more.
 
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Beelzebrush

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Originally posted by generulpoleaxe
a fast method is intermediate blue base coat with black washes for the shading.
then use vallejo glossy white thinned and feathered for the highlights and glare spots.

use german field grey glazes to give it a more metalic tint.
then weather.

you can also use browns etc mixed into the shadows to represent the reflection of the ground or other colours to represent the reflection of objects that are realy close to the item.
a touch of a light blue just before you add glare spots can help them stand out even more.

i use these ideas on my metals nowadays as i like the realism it gives as well as the reflective qualites of the metal paints (metal medium realy does give it realistic metalic style reflective qualities)
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Vallejo Intermediate Blue is a great base colour. I also use German Luftwaffe too... very convincing.
 
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Gussy

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Are you supposed to premix all the colors and paint everything in a single session? How many different tints would you need for a sword?

Does anybody have a large picture of an NMM painted sword? I can\'t seem to get mine painted correctly.
 
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