#Metallics
True metallic paints and finishes: gold, brass, bronze, silver, and patina.
21 pages, 9 of them guides
Failed attempt at NMM tutorial
Recorded a full non-metal metallic tutorial, lost the footage, and laid in highlight passes anyway to keep the streak alive — plus calling time on a model I've got a hundred hours into.
Highlighting black
Glazing up from Tenebris Gray to pearl gray for the dark panels — plus a sink ripping off the wall, another bout of sickness, and thoughts on a new Army Painter wet palette.
How to Highlight Red Without Getting Pink
Drybrushing a final red highlight that reads as edge highlighting. Use a warm white, use far less than you think, and mix carefully or you get pink.
Probably Not the Worst Chainmail Tutorial Ever
Painting chainmail on Norman miniatures using speed paints, dry brushing, and Molotow Liquid Chrome—plus a nostalgia trip through my history of painting metal armor.
How to Paint Bronze Part 2
Finishing the brass/bronze metal helmet with layered drybrushing and patina effects to create a realistic forged metal look on the monolith bearer.
How to Paint Brass / Gold
Painting a brass helmet on our monolith bearer daemon using true metallic metals—base coat, wash, drybrush, and scratch techniques for a realistic forged metal look.
How to Paint the Anchorite Shrine
Finishing Trench Crusade with the Anchorite Shrine—purple preshade for silver, aged wood recipe, and streaking grime magic on the Catherine wheel.
Paint a Trench Pilgrim Warband in 2 Hours
Fully painted Trench Crusade warband in 2 hours—speed paint silver, Blood Angels red contrast, Molotow liquid chrome, and the streaking grime magic.
2 Color NMM Easy Peasy Style
Don't be intimidated by non-metallic metal—it's just poking your mini with watered-down paint. Here's my honest, messy, real-life approach to two-color NMM gold.
The power of purple
What's up? I'm back. I'm still alive. I missed a couple of days of uploads. Uh I have I've got the hobby streak alive. So, the hobby streak is still going, but…
Mail day and what’s coming next
What's up? Quick one tonight. Uh things are returning back to normal. Tomorrow I'll be back on the channel. But uh my first order, they sent me the stuff I was…
I can paint and ramble again.
Back from a long illness and back behind the brush. Where the Infinity commission stands, why airbrushing single models isn't worth it, and the math that makes paint commissions barely worth doing.
Mail day
Old Mage Knight metal activation tokens finally landed for $5 — opening up the box and figuring out what to do with them.
RIP to my heat gun
Painting a glowing gemstone with fluorescent orange glazes — and losing the heat gun I inherited from my grandfather in the process.
Why are 3d sculpted models so overly detailed?
Today, I'm just building the last bit of models I need to have built for like some personal projects and the commissions.
NMM Blue Steel Scales and an Existential Crisis
Painting non-metallic blue steel scales with Scale Color Artist paints while having a late-night breakdown about the hobby, commissions, and what I'm even doing.
More Progress on the Normans
Painting leather, chainmail highlights, gold buckles, blue fabric, and skin tones on a Norman foot soldier—getting close to a finished test model.
Hobby Vlog and Terrain Inspiration
Comparing chainmail painting steps—is the extra work worth it at tabletop distance? Plus nature shots as terrain inspiration for your next build.
Quick Base Work
Finishing up a base with dirt effects, weathering powders, and liquid chrome scratches on metal panels.
Starting the Year with True Metal Metallics
New Year's Day painting session finishing Crucible Guard warjacks with true metallic metal techniques, treating metallics like NMM for impressive results.
Finishing Paint on the Shack
Adding LED lights and painting the metal details on the Love Shack objective marker—true metallic metal techniques with liquid chrome highlights.