Steel fist foot knight experimentally painted

[Steel fist]

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.

[Hu Rhu]

Ooh!!  That looks tasty.

[fred]

That works very well.

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

[tomrommel1]

very nice indeed

[Steel fist]

Thanks for the comments

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

[OSHIROmodels]

Lovely 

cheers

James

[painterman]

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

[Davout]

Looking good. I love Nuln oil

[Captain Blood]

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.

[rokurota]

Very nice!

[Bosch]

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

[levied troop]

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.

[Steel fist]

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.