Painting a Roman helmet with Vallejo Metal Color and Game Color inks by Fernando Ruiz modificado

In this first tutorial from our collaboration with Miniature Painting Masterclass and Fer Miniatures, we explore the possibilities of combining Metal Color paints and Game Color Inks from Acrylicos Vallejo in the helmet of a Roman Aquilifer bust. More videos to come!
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Artist: Fernando Ruiz
🎨 Colors used:
⚙ Metal Colors
Burnt Iron 70.721
Chrome 70.707
Gold 70.725
🖍 Game Ink:
Yellow 72.085
Blue 72.088
Red 72.086
Green 72.098
Violet 72.087
Sepia 72.091
Our appreciation to MPM and Fer Miniatures for the video production.
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[@lunahula]

You can keep the metallic luster through the more matte of the inks by adding either: Vallejo Gloss Varnish 70.510 or Vallejo Metal Varnish 26.657 to your game colour inks as a thinner, in addition to the water or flow aid. If you are finding the inks hard to control this can also give them a better grip to the surface. If your inks or metallics are not laying down properly and forming little puddles you can't control, add some Vallejo airbrush thinner (yep works with a brush as well) to act as a surfactant and break the paints surface tension.

[@BCRKackbratze]

You know that u are good at painting if u doing the face before the helmet.

[@TLCsounds]

in the first step I would have gotten yellow ink shade on the face

[@Rediskin777]

Vallejo Metal Color is the best metallic (and it's acrylic paint)! The pigment is not visible at all! Thank you very much for your product!

[@FALCONMINISTUDIOS]

Fantastic tutorial and outstanding paint job. I recently colected all of the metal colors from AV and waiting on game color inks. The metal finishes are supper rich and the best ive used so far compared to other products. Un saludo especial a mis amigos aya en españa desde los estados unidos. Yo soy un artista de miniaturas y maquetas de la republica dominicana y me encantan todos sus productos. Tengo una collection de casi todos! Muchas gracias por producir tan buena linea de materiales para contunuar ayundo a personas comos yo seguir su passion en el mundo increible de miniaturas! 🙏

[@musicmate70]

brilliant the face & eyes along with the metal is just superb

[@juanantonio7800]

Magnifico trabajo!!!muchas gracias maestro,siempre se aprende algo nuevo.

[@brianfoley4328]

Just a pleasure to watch a Master work his art.

[@vallejocolors]

We're so glad you like the video 😊 Thank you!

[@benzen69]

I have those Metal Colours and those inks and this video has blown my mind!

[@mobileandhostile7895]

⭐️ very nice technique - thanks for sharing ⭐️ 👍

[@rahotep789]

Excellent tutorial.

[@mikemodels928]

Love vallejo paints. Their coverage properties are incredible (with a minor exeptions as i had some problems with yellow). Great tutorial, surely gonna use it.

[@vallejocolors]

Hello Michal!! Thank you for your feedback and for letting us know your experience 😊♥️

[@DESooner333]

Everyone has problems with yellow, no matter the brand.

[@moorsbert]

Can you also give a master class about facial painting?

[@terpdx]

That face was unreal! I want to see how he did that!

[@kimandersendk]

Great video, great paint job

[@fasmith478]

Thank you so much this helps mediocre modellers like myself alot!!!

[@jamieroseman4429]

Beautiful

[@javiercervantes5228]

Very Talelented your share was much appreciated

[@nomusenopaint]

Any description on how much you thin your paints. As some already said, somehow I get a different finish by brushing on my Vallejo Metal paints. And how much water to the inks?

[@verissonlemotardacharleroi6588]

Nice result :) Vvvvvvvvvvv

[@aaronnewton9398]

Metal Colour never brushes in like that for me.

[@AlexModeling]

Muito bom!

[@wirikuta14]

Excelente!

[@berchelio9737]

Fantastic

[@vladtheimpaler3625]

This paint works very well and its color is fantastic. The only downside is you can't dry brush it.

[@vallejocolors]

It's not the same product, but you can try our metallic Model Color references for dry brushing :)

[@JohnPol]

do you seal the paint? looks really good

[@oscaraznar4288]

Las tintas se Dan tal como salen de bite o las diluyes?

[@dobojani]

Love it!

[@DansModelBench]

7 people don't like Roman helmets apparently.

[@sebastiannowakowski5084]

Would this work on smooth plastics? Want to try this on a full-size plastic gun and thought this would be a nice change to dry brushing metallics onto matte black

[@vallejocolors]

Yes, this works on plastic, but do not forget to prime first of all. Without primer the paints won't stay. You can use our Aerosol Primer for large surfaces: acrylicosvallejo.com/en/producto/uncategorized/white-primer-28010/. Regards!

[@ncstonecrew]

The soldiers face is fantastic. Is there a tutorial for it?

[@vallejocolors]

Not with this one but if you search in our channel you'll find several videos explaining how to paint a 54mm face from Jaume Ortiz and other two of How to paint woman and man faces with airbrush by Angel Giraldez :)

[@vallejocolors]

If you need help, just let us know and we will help you finding those links :)

[@Jessestewart12]

Hey guys, how would I achieve a similar effect with gold?

[@patrickmohrmann6540]

is there a difference between the val 77725 and this one?

[@sad_jackal]

what's the difference between Game Ink and Game Shade? thx

[@00zero11b]

What brushes are being used?

[@eusebiotrinidad5571]

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[@ianpotts3819]

Awesome figure painting do you have any videos of German waffen SS soldiers

[@davidsmithson9236]

And ONLY eleven Vallejo products used.

[@brettbarrow4383]

If you want to make an omelette you gotta break a few eggs

[@skystudios2474]

Well, I agree with you - the metallic paint is great, but way too many color washes. The final result looks like heavily hammered iron, without much of the color showing through.

[@brent9616]

Having trouble selling game color inks or something?

[@quantumplastic]

5*****

[@BarringtonDailey]

LMAO how many vallejo products can you fit in one tutorial? Watch Not Just Macro to get similar effect with maybe 1/3 of the paints...

[@vallejocolors]

Long life our wide range of available colors and references! 😊

[@mandarinas364]

use metal color = big error