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Dan
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 Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 5:47 am Post subject: Metallic Blue Paint??? |
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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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Pat Thompson
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| Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 6:55 am Post subject: |
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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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Dan
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| Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 8:08 am Post subject: |
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Blimey youre up early!!
Nah I need it in paint pot mode. Cheers though, mr cheese.
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Pat Thompson
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| Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 8:10 am Post subject: |
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| 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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Dan
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| Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 8:18 am Post subject: |
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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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Pat Thompson
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| Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 9:09 am Post subject: |
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| 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  ) you could spray it as a base coat and then paint over it on the areas not wanted met blue?
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Dan
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| Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 9:34 am Post subject: |
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Ahhh, well I want it for Elven scale mail.
Farty Gay Tanks!??! yeh right....  |
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PrawnPower
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| Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 11:04 am Post subject: |
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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. _________________ My CMoN Gallery |
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Samajy_Studios
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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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