\"Simple\" NMM White Dwarf #328 Article

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pest947

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In Whitedwarf#328 there was an article showing how to paint NMM Gold bacialy using 3 colors.

Basecolor = Tau Cept Ochre

Shade= A mix of tauCept ochre and bestial brown

Highlight=The color escapes me at the time.

It looked pretty decent and like it wouldnt take alot of time to do.

Does anyone know of a 3 color formula for other metals specfically Silver and Steel? Dosent have to be using Citadel paints.

Im starting a new Empire army and would like to do all the metal like this, if it is something that would be feasible and look decent.

Im not shooting for 100 different layer Gold Daemon type results. Just want something to look good on the tabletop. Like High quality gaming standard.

How would you experts thing a method like this would work on larger expances of metal like plate armor?

Thanks in advance for all your tips and advice.
 
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Ritual

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Steel is easy! Just pick a mid-tone grey colour you like and then use black and white for shading and highlighting.
 
Avelorn

Avelorn

Sven Jonsson
Any special reason why you won\'t be using metallics? There are far more effective techniques I think for quick but great looking metallics then quick and great looking NMM.
 
Dragonsreach

Dragonsreach

Super Moderator
Well the article you are refering to is in the USA version of White Dwarf not the UK one. (Thanks Lizcam :D )

To be honest I didn\'t think it was all that good an example of NMM , despite the fact it was GW staffers showing how it could be done. (But Hey I\'m being picky here).
Having said that as Ritual has said any grey could be used as a basis for Steel. The Foundation paint sets colours do lend themselves towards easier use for NMM especially for someone beginning this style/technique.

And yes some people do find NMM \"pretentious\" but hey anything that helps me to learn a better way to paint isn\'t bad in my book. So excuse me when I put the back of my hand to my forehead and go \" Oh no-one knows the agony I go through to extend my art\". (*)








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EArkham

EArkham

Necromancer
NMM is less about the specific colours and more about the placement of the highlights. You can use just black and white and do excellent NMM work as long as the highlights are right. Any colours, as long as one is bright and one is dark, can be used for NMM.

I still don\'t get the highlights quite right myself, but putting the shaded part on the top and the highlighted part on the bottom (with a thin line of brightest highlights on all edges) goes a long way to making NMM effective. It\'s also probably the fastest way.

Kep
 
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DaN

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I would also say, if you decide you do a grey NMM, then you could always just go over the end result with a glaze or two to make it look like a different or have a different effect, such as blued metal.
 
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J2FcM

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Hi-Jack:

What type o steel would this be...

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I would guess... a codex grey\\black, then grey, then white + white + white.

Then on random parts glazing is done with green or purple, and nuts n bolts, etc.. have a brown shadowing.

also, their highlights are not typical of the \"high lights on the bottom, shade the top\" type NMM. most their stuff is highlighted normal, eh?
 
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montka

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Originally posted by matty1001
I wouldn\'t bother, its \'daft and pretentious\' lol
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:twisted: Stumbled on this thread looking for colours for my first gold nmm. Should be done soon. :twisted:
 
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