Tutorial

How to paint the Darkelf Rider of Freebooter Miniatures
by Holger Schmidt

Part 6

For the metal I decided to use the NMM (Non Metallic Metal) technique. It means that you do not use metallic colors but any other colors to imitate a metallic surface. For steel I use a mix of Payne's Grey, White and a little Blue. For gold I use Yellow Ochre, White and a little Cadmium Yellow. To build up the highlights I add White to those mixtures until reaching pure white for the reflections. By adding reflections the surface gets the brightness of shiney metal.

The NMM of the shield and other metallic parts in six steps:

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