Get ad-free access to our hobby videos, a monthly crate of miniatures, and support some of the best creators out there for as little as$6 a month on Patreon! By this point something in that delicious Tamiya paint had given me a splitting headache. I'd be tempted to try a darker blue too, see if you can't get a bit more of the "classic" look. Last but not least, Fairy Dust can be used on its own, for example for pearl white Lumineth armour, but it will require quite a few coats for solid coverage, so I recommend switching to an airbrush for a more even finish. Colours like red, blue, and purple but metallic are some of the few things you cant find in Games Workshops paint range. For a quick comparison, the left model was made with thenormal Contrast Paints,and the right model was made with the samples Rob mixed together. And this was insanely easy, much easier than trying to airbrush Tamiya glazes on, imo. This paint is great for doing all sorts of bone colors and if you want to make them stand out from one another, try various kinds of washes on it to make them stand out. A lot of the comments say to check out YouTube vids, and I completely agree. Seems like there could be nice shortcuts for some effects here. Base appropriately Im using a red/orange martian ground to give me some contrast with the greys of the armor. Once I get my order in, sure. Cool thanks everyone, I think I am going to try the Vallejo Metal Color Steel and also the Reaper one. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. The flesh is weak! If you put it on straight out of the pot then you will get a darker tone that equates to about two layers of nuln oil. New Citadel 5. Black Primer https://i.imgur.com/MUzg365.jpg, Corvus Black, airbrushed on to leave a little bit of pure black in the recesses https://i.imgur.com/SUUerQa.jpg, Edge Skavenblight Dinge https://i.imgur.com/Rnq7IPR.jpg, Edge Stormvermin Fur https://i.imgur.com/DyxqorE.jpg, Edge Administratum Grey https://i.imgur.com/udOZYlz.jpg, Basecoat anything that will get washed with Nuln Oil: pouches in Rhinox Hide, armor joints in VMC Black Grey followed by Contrast Black Templar, metals in Scale75 Thrash Metal. @tyriks I like the Flesh Tearer Red one for Heresy! Not pictured is Nuln Oil on the bases and in the recesses of the silver arms. The Iron Hands are one of the less-explored of the First Founding Chapters. I wasnt lucky though . During his coming of age on Medusa, Manus fought and killed some kind of robot, long hinted to be a Necron construct, and in doing so ended up with his arms and hands covered in the silvery metal of its necrodermis. Spikey Bits is a registered trademark of Purple Elephants. These new colours run the gamut from bright and bold to grimy and eerie whether youre painting a tank turret or a raging Endless Spell, theres a pot here for you. David Johnston (Brother Argos) and the Bolter and Chainsword These new paints unlock wilder colour palettes for your armies, meaning theyll stand out even more on the battlefieldpainting mind-blowing models will be easier than ever! It's easy! Personally, I like it over Wrathbone white, then shaded using Agrax earth shade to make it really pop. Black Templar almost looks like it's greenish compared to the other two. ". "@type": "Answer", No extra costs for you and we'll get a small kickback. Sign up for a new account in our community. Black can be so hard to get right, and so can our other key colour: white. For mixing paints, especially metallics, I recently picked up a mini vortex mixer. Should be the two on the lowest right, correct? Its a pearl, almost white metallic paint, similar to Scale 75s White Alchemy, but a tiny nuance more yellowish. Contrast is an incredibly powerful paint range. Washes are typically used to shade a base colour, such as Agrax Earthshade over a Khorne Red base coat, or Nuln Oil over Leadbelcher.While I certainly do that as well, depending on the colour scheme, I also use the shade as my primary colour, essentially . This would all end in disaster, as the Iron Hands role as one of the loyalist Legions on the wrong end of the Istvaan Massacre, and their Primarchs death at the hands of Fulgrim, became a cornerstone of Heresy lore and the pivotal moment of the Fulgrim novel exploring the fall from grace of the Phoenician. ", Contrast paints essentially allow you to accomplish a few steps at once. For the armour I washed blood angels red contrast and then flesh tearers red contrast all over straight from the pot. Make a mix of Black and Leadbelcher at a ratio of roughly 4:1. Mix with Fairy Dust for highlights. Still, the way I paint black, I get my definition purely from highlights. Contrast paints retail for $7.80 per 18 ml pot, and because these are between a layer and a wash in consistency, the paint will probably go fairly quickly. The result was decent, much quicker than the Tamiyra process, and no bonus headache. Pardon the flash on this, without flash I can't get a good picture of how metallic they look. Contrast paint is designed to be applied over light base colours. Get ad-free access to our hobby videos, a monthly crate of miniatures, and support some of the best creators out there for as little as, If you buy something from a link on our site, we may earn a commision. That said, there are some interesting possibilities which present themselves. In ourHow to Paint Everything series, we take a look at different armies of the Warhammer universe, examine their history and heraldry, and look at several different methods for painting them. We make these new colors simply by placing some of our 50-50 medium/flow improver mixture and the paint we want to use on the palette and mixing them a little bit to create the consistency we are looking for. Also it smells like it would be delicious. Press J to jump to the feed. 47,932 views Jan 19, 2020 1.2K Dislike Share Save eBay Miniature Rescues 80.5K subscribers This week I take another crack at using a Contrast. Slap that on over the silver icons, ammo and eagles and youre golden. Still, if you use contrast paints, this could be a good addition to the line. ToP Tip: Visual comparison of all 61 Contrast, 23 Xpress Colors, 23 Speedpaints & 24 Dipping Inks, Scale Comparison: MkVI Horus Heresy Space Marine Legionaries, Review: Kill Team: Into the Dark Part 1: Terrain & rules, Tutorial: How to paint an inverted super hot plasma glow, Showcase: House Hawkshroud Imperial Knight Castellan and Valiant, WIP: Ultramarine 2nd Company Tactical Squad, Most vibrant metallic colours in the market, Paints exclusively available in this set (so far), Some paints require a good stir before use. } Fingers crossed that all the colours will be available separately soon. Review: Speedpaint by The Army Painter really better than Contrast? So far, Ive tried a lot of coloured metallic paints, from brands like Vallejo Mecha Color, Greenstuff World, and Scale75. if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[300,250],'spikeybits_com-leader-2','ezslot_18',634,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-spikeybits_com-leader-2-0');if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[300,250],'spikeybits_com-leader-2','ezslot_19',634,'0','1'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-spikeybits_com-leader-2-0_1');.leader-2-multi-634{border:none!important;display:block!important;float:none!important;line-height:0;margin-bottom:7px!important;margin-left:auto!important;margin-right:auto!important;margin-top:7px!important;max-width:100%!important;min-height:250px;padding:0;text-align:center!important}Mix Your Paint In Seconds! Lastly I gave all the armor plates a coat of thinned Tamiya Smoke to tie it all together and bring the black tone up a little more. Can be mixed with a light silver paint such as Stormhost Silver or Shining Silver Warpaint for creating highlights, as well as Fairy Dust. Having said that, I'm fully intent on testing them on one model to see if there's a lot of difference side by side. Still, if you love GWs paints and contrast more specifically, this could be really good. If I can get some definition on the blackt,to get some minor definitional shifts in the black before highlights it might be good, but if i can't highlight it as them as my previous ones, they'll clash too much for me to have any use for it. Plus, every miniature needs to stand onsomething like a solid, dependable hero rock. Flesh Tearers Red on the gun/weapon and then go back with the silver to fix the icon you just mucked up. Dont miss how all the new Citadel Contrast paints really look on miniatures with each of the new model primers from Games Workshop! In this review, I find out how The Army Painters new Metallic Colours Set can keep up with the competition from Scale75 and Green Stuff World. Would also be very suitable for Idoneth Deepkin. These should match the tones of your basing, in my case I used reds and oranges. The medium you wish to use solely depends on your desired effect. Painting black can be hard, and this offers a really good solution to getting something black but then showing you where to highlight. Over leadbelcher the contrast paints achieve a nice coloured metallic look, but they didnt do the whole shade and highlight thing they are supposed to do iirc. Colour. Cables and cybernetic bits were Brass Scorpion washed with Nuln Oil, and I hit the eyes with some Lothern Blue to give it a touch of color. The tutorial with zenithal priming for the blood angel has also given me lots of hope for the new line. 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The Army Painters Warpaints Metallic Colours paint set comes with nine new and exclusive metallic colours and Fairy Dust metallic effect paint, all in 18 ml dropper bottles. However, this is only a minor inconvenience and can easily be remedied. The consistency of the contrast paint causes it to pool in recesses to create shading and pull away from high spots, allowing the light base colour to show through a bit more, to create highlights. So it goes. If there isn't, I might use it for some units. He transitioned from Lego to Games Workshop models at the tender age of 11 and didn't look back ever since. "@type": "Question", 25 new paints is a lot of colour to cover, so weve split the range into four simple categories to help you get an idea of what they look like. Imperial fanboy, tabletop fanatic, King of sprues. Opinions are our own. "@type": "Answer", }. My main concern is the large amount of troops I'm most likely going to want to paint and also the fact that the majority of units in the Admech army have a large amount of metal on them so the leadbelcher spray could be put to good use across the whole army. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. #citadelcolour #contrastpaint #citadelcontrastIn this video I show you several techniques for the Citadel Contrast Paint range from Games Workshop that you c. Will these give you high-level paint jobs on their own? As the rest of the models is unpainted, it makes the black stand out differently from how it would normally. Heavy use of Dreadnoughts and Techmarines has been encouraged in their lore, and 8th edition offers a wealth of options for just that. Since Contrast paints do not look too good on large flat areas, I use a different approach for Necron vehicles though. I then brushed on some Seraphim Sepia, Druchi Violet, and Biel-Tan Green in places to get the shimmery oil effect, and then washed the whole thing with Nuln Oil. Contrast paint is designed to be applied over light base colours. In particular, they were known as armour-breakers, sent into battle to destroy enemy war machines wherever they massed. All names, trademarks, and images are copyrighted by their respective owners. Not really; they will give you a tabletop standard very quickly, however." "name": "How Much Does Contrast Paint Cost? } The Games Workshop studio army features them with blue-white guns, and many painters choose to add metallic details such as, fittingly, iron hands. I'm such a downer. No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Iyanden Yellow is magic pixie dust farted out by Duncan as far as Im concerned. Pouches: Rhinox Hide > Gloss Nuln > Baneblade BrownPurity Seal: Mephiston Red > Agrax > Scale75 Aldebaran RedParchment: Zandri Dust > Skeleton Horde > Flayed One FleshSilvers: Scale75 Thrash Metal > Gloss Nuln > Scale 75 Heavy MetalLenses: Mephiston Red > Troll Slayer Orange > Fire Dragon BrightGun Casing: Grey Seer > Apothecary White > Scale 75 White. It reminds me a bit of some fraters, who have done theirs by basecoating their templar dark grey, then using heavy amounts of black shade until its really dark. Also it smells like it would be delicious. Rob thinks he got the best flow using theregularold matte medium(right) that can be purchased in bulk (above).