Paintin' Armour on a Fightin' Knight Technique.

I've had this technique posted on another forum for a week now, and thought maybe you guys would be interested in seein' it too.

OK, here goes.

This is how I paint all my armour on all my figures, now that i've discovered Vallejo's alcohol based metallics. In all honesty, I don't know how I did without 'em in the first place.

These metallics offer the painter a highly realistic finish, with very little fuss when used the right way. These paints are no good on they're own and so will need a wash of sorts.

Fortunately, Tamiya offer a pot of paint which I think is the best thing since sliced bread, X-19 Smoke. This paint has a gloss finish and so will need to be flatcoated. The qualities of both paints will become apparent as I progress through this SBS.

This paint contains real metal flake and the pigment is so rich that, basically you are paintin' real liquid metal. Vallejo offer an Anti - Rust Varnish for these paints to prevent not only rust but any tarnishin' if the paint comes into contact with water.



So here is the first coat. I've jus' started on the legs. I know, it looks a nightmare but trust me that will all change.



Next up is my custom mixed wash. Not all that custom really, its jus' a 50/50 mix of Tamiya's X-19 Smoke and Tamiya's X-20A Acrylic Thinner. I guess you could use any other acrylic thinner, but I like to not mix my brands, in this case anyway.





So, this is the first coat applied. Any unsightly blemishes of wash can be easily cleaned up with some acrylic thinner, even after it has dried. There is one, jus' there on the side of his left leg. More updates later...