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Metallic Blue Paint???

 
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Dan
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 5:47 am    Post subject: Metallic Blue Paint??? Reply with quote

Are there any manufacturers of met. blue that are any good? If so wheres the best place to buy it? I thought Coat d'arms supplied it, but it appears not.
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 6:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

not sure whether it's what you're after but Langleys do several metallics (inc blue) in a small spray can format....

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PostPosted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 8:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Blimey youre up early!!

Nah I need it in paint pot mode. Cheers though, mr cheese.
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 8:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dan wrote:
Blimey youre up early!!


Jill's got the flu which means she's spluttering and coughing all night. The sofa is my only solace!

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PostPosted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 8:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I see....

I'm now coming off night shifts - so attempting to stay awake until tonight!

Did you think I was respraying my car or something??
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 9:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dan wrote:
Did you think I was respraying my car or something??


Nope ... guess i thought that if you wanted to cover a large area (maybe you were doing a Farty K tank Shocked ) you could spray it as a base coat and then paint over it on the areas not wanted met blue?

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PostPosted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 9:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ahhh, well I want it for Elven scale mail.

Farty Gay Tanks!??! yeh right.... Mad
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 11:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yopu could just go with gun metal / mithril silver. Then apply a couple of thin layers of blue before re-applying silver highlights. Bit like the metallic article of Sebs I posted a link to. Except instead of using lots of layers and tones for shading you should just need to add a couple of get a blue tinge before tweaking the edges with some pure mithril silver to put the highlights back.

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 5:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i have usede metalic blue before. i mixed it myself, works really well. i used it for some grey nights. base coat of 1:1:1 mix of fenris grey, boltgun and painter's medium/matt varnish. then add mithril to that for highlighting. instead of water add the painter's medium/matt varnish. its much better for metalics. u can pic up painter's medium at whsmiths. ill do a 'how to do it' soon
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