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Title: Steel fist foot knight experimentally painted
Post by: Steel fist on 09 November 2016, 03:51:15 PM

This is the result of some experimental painting the armour was inked with GW nuln oil ink wash then I used a piece of metal to buff of some of the ink and leave the metal shine through.

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Post by: Hu Rhu on 09 November 2016, 04:19:59 PM

Ooh!!  That looks tasty.

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Post by: fred on 09 November 2016, 06:07:51 PM

That works very well.

When you say a piece of metal to buff the ink off, was this wire wool or something else.

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Post by: tomrommel1 on 10 November 2016, 09:09:01 AM

very nice indeed

Title: Re: Steel fist foot knight experimentally painted
Post by: Steel fist on 10 November 2016, 10:21:21 AM

Thanks for the comments

Quote from: fred on 09 November 2016, 06:07:51 PM

That works very well.

When you say a piece of metal to buff the ink off, was this wire wool or something else.

I used a sculpting tool for the larger bits and a scalpel for the details

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Post by: OSHIROmodels on 10 November 2016, 10:47:50 AM

Lovely  :)

cheers

James

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Post by: painterman on 10 November 2016, 11:09:14 AM

Looks like an effective and easy technique for steel - when the model has all that lovely detailing.

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Post by: Davout on 11 November 2016, 02:28:36 AM

Looking good. I love Nuln oil

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Post by: Captain Blood on 12 November 2016, 10:01:03 AM

Very nice Oliver.

This is more or less the wire wool technique that the brilliant Bugsda uses for armour and metalwork.
I've never tried it myself (preferring to slap on the silver paint!) But it does give a very realistic effect, particularly picking up any tiny little imperfections in the surface of a moulding to give the look of slightly worn and pitted metal.

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Post by: rokurota on 12 November 2016, 10:12:26 AM

Very nice!

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Post by: Bosch on 12 November 2016, 11:07:53 PM

I thought that you needed to ensure that no metal was left uncovered in order to avoid metal disease. Have things changed?

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Post by: levied troop on 13 November 2016, 04:38:30 PM

I've been using the same technique on and off for about 15 years and never had a problem but I do Magic wash and spray varnish, so that may prevent the issue. Also I think the metal composition in 'lead' miniatures has changed significantly.

Title: Re: Steel fist foot knight experimentally painted
Post by: Steel fist on 14 November 2016, 07:20:12 PM

Thanks for all the thoughts here.
I may put varnish on it at some point, I think for fluted harness this is they way I will do it in the future.