I've already posted some step-by-step guides on this subject for my Scourge and Tomb King minis.
Painting NMM armour - an illustrated guide.
Coping with NMM Copper - an illustrated painting guide.
The colour paletes below were put together after my recent experience painting the NMM on Chee-Chee and they incorporate some of the new colours from Games Workshop. I hope they are useful.All of my NMM is highlighted with ivory. Keep white to an absolute minimum and use it only for the smallest & most extreme highlights to give your NMM a glint.
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Copper
Base colour: Mournfang Brown/Ratskin Flesh mix
Shade: Rhinox Hide
Mid tone: Ratskin Flesh
Highlight: Valejo Ivory
The key colour for the copper is Ratskin Flesh. I like my copper to have a pinkish tinge to it and Ratskin Flesh gives me exactly what I’m looking for.
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Gold/Brass
Base colour: Mournfang Brown/Iyanden Darksun mix
Shade: Rhinox Hide
Mid tone: Iyanden Darksun
Highlight: Valejo Ivory
For the mid tones pick a muted yellow ochre and avoid too bright a golden yellow colour. I get a more pleasing (to me) result in all my NMM if I keep to a muted palette and steer clear of bright/saturated colours in the mix.
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Bronze
Base colour: Mournfang Brown
Shade: Rhinox Hide
Mid tone: Iyanden Darksun
Highlight: Valejo Ivory
This uses the same colours as the gold but mixed to create a muted & darker effect. The mid tones use a lot more Mournfang Brown in proportion to the Iyanden Darksun. I wanted my bronze to have a dark patina so I restrict the brighter areas to where the metal would be polished by wear & tear.
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Iron/dark steel
I’ve used a conventional mix of cool greys but the addition of a little Thunderhawk Blue really gives the colour a lift.
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Verdigris
The idea is to create a stained look with tidemarks left behind as the paint dries. The exact opposite of what you would normally do when applying a wash!
I’ve used a dilute mix of Ivory and Hawk Turquoise applied as a wash and allowed to pool where you want the verdigris. As the wash begins to dry dab in a little more of the un-mixed but diluted ivory & turquoise. The colours will run into each other and partly blend as they dry. Once dry repeat until you like the look of it.
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and tips for painting these wonderful NMM. It's very helpful :)
ReplyDeleteGreat article. I'll b referencing it quite a bit as I head into a new project - Dark Eldar based of the color pallet from Brom's work for the old DnD Dark Sun supplement. Though one thing I notice is the bronze shading isn't as dark as you often see on old worn bronze statues and such. Was that a choice based on working with a smaller scale?
ReplyDeleteMy inspiration was indeed old bronze statues but I figured that the fist would get a lot of wear and tear and so it would be more polished (by use) and worn than a statue.
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