My Super-Quick & Easy METALLIC GOLD Technique

[@israelrobles681]

The Colosus explanation is the best i heard of Non Metalic Metal

[@afrotiffy]

That's because comics are the origin of the NMM technique for minis!

[@BlakesPipes]

You are an "OG" of the mini painting and the most amazing high subbed YT creator! You are amazing to watch and really get creative juices going in me. Thank you OG for all you do! 🎉

[@runklestiltskin_2407]

The best metallics I have ever used, are the Vallejo Metal colors, but their gold is pretty white.

[@RyanEdwardsVA]

The Vince Venturella trick of adding copper pigment to the metal color gold is a brilliant one. Check out his video on it if you haven't.

[@allenwixted1992]

Elven gold from scale colour is incredible

[@jimmy_the_sound]

​@RyanEdwardsVA It's so good!! Only gold that I use now 😅😅

[@runklestiltskin_2407]

@@RyanEdwardsVA thanks, I must have missed this video from Vincy V

[@Mikey__R]

The modern Vincey Vee recipe adds extra GSW gold pigment powder, but that's an extra faff. I like to use a combination of the Scale 75 metallics, especially Decayed Metal, with the Vallejo Metal Colour paints. Though the Army Painter metallic Speed Paints do look promising.

[@woodyrobinson9628]

Thank you sir!! I already use Army Painter but haven't tried the speed paint metallics. Want to say I greatly appreciate you for making mini painting fun & easy. I paint ASOIAF & play the game ; you made the painting so much fun!!

[@Malthus]

This is a good one Adam, I feel like with this simple tutorial you've done a better job of selling TheArmyPainter paints than others here on KZbin that have reviewed the entire range(no offense Jon and Vince). XD

[@alvinpotthoff1208]

Grabbed OPR Secrets of Tixal campaign on day one and have been printing nonstop since then. Appreciate you sharing your Gold Metallic technique before I start the days of painting.

[@Gumlass1]

I've been eyeing that Saurians for a long time, so was so happy when this campaign came up.

[@mynameisphil86]

I've been looking for tips on painting gold and suggestions for good gold paint, so thank you!

[@CraigLoos]

Thank you Adam! This is very timely for me, I am new to the hobby and just bought a Custodes Combat Patrol and am gathering paints to paint them as Shadowkeepers. I've been slow-rolling the purchasing to make sure my friends are not bailing out on this endeavor (and not to freak out the wife with all the stuff I need to buy, lol). Now that the CP is primed with Krylon Camouflage black (thank you for that advice), I need to buy the paints, and gold was one I was not sure who's to use. Here's hoping you do the black armor video soon :D

[@raydeftereos]

I hit my tipping point this weekend after art of horus heresy sold out. Decided enough. After 30 years I am done with supporting GW if they can't even keep a book in stock. Had a chat with my 12yr old son and we bought this campaign. I'm really looking forward to it. Thanks for a cool video on how to paint it.

[@joesleboda7200]

Thank you *very* much for this video. I'm about your age, and I'vehave been in the hobby for 38 years. I've won painting awards, I've written articles for White Dwarf... point is, I've tried lots of stuff in painting. That said, even with that experience, I'm always looking for new approaches to gold (especially as a Tomb Kings fan). Just ordered the Loot and Tone. Wish me luck. The big thing I wanted to voice here, though, is my fervent support of your view of NMM. I've been on a holy (unholy?) crusade against NMM for decades, but nobody cares what I say. I don't have a platform. You do. You are right. NMM is great for comic books or for single-angle viewing. The moment you go 3D, it completely falls apart. I just wanted to thank you for expressing your thoughts on this. Keep up the good work.

[@tabletopminions]

Let me reiterate: if you want to do NMM, go for it. It’s definitely a “painter’s flex” to show skill and it’s sought after at high-end painting competitions. But this channel’s for getting people into the hobby, and I wanted to explain that NMM isn’t usually for people painting armies - especially new hobbyists. I’m not “against” it, I just wanted to explain why I don’t do it and why your average painter usually doesn’t either. Thanks for watching!

[@khadorstrong]

This is the exact combo I use for my painting gold. I love the gold speed paints. Fantastic stuff. Keep up the good work

[@agenteldritch5107]

I've been agonising over a way to paint gold easily for my Adeptus Custodes and this is ideal! Combo-ing it with purple cloaks too I think would be great after what you mentioned with colour theory. Cheers for this great video! 🎉

[@keithburden7191]

At last someone else using the SP Metallics as highlighting glazes 👏. On smooth/curved surfaces Hoplite Gold is another good highlight glaze colour and any of the dark Bronze SP Metallics work really well as shade glazes. Top video sir.

[@RavenMorpheus]

In this video Adam talks about nooks and crannies... I've always found NMM to be something that you need a lot of skill and practice at, otherwise it looks bad. I like your gold though, works well on that figure, very "Aztec gold" looking. For most things though I prefer Vince V's gold recipe, minus the pigment. Vallejo Metal Color 3:2 Gold to Copper, add VMC Silver for highlights, use whatever shade you want (I use Agrax/Reikland shade or Guilliman contrast). It's a more realistic gold than the mostly metallic yellow "gold" paints everyone produces.

[@charlesfe]

I am about to start painting a suit of gold armor on an angel and I was trying to settle on how to do it - I really like the Glittering Loot speed paint, it flows so nice - so I'll follow this method and see how it goes.

[@alternate3787]

While I am not an Army Painter fan in general, I do like their metallic Speedpaint. The only thing close I ever used is Vallejo Metal Color, but that is also a lot more pricey and has only one gold tone that looks more like brass

[@chadkittleson5447]

I really like the AP Speed Paints. I have still been using Monument Rich Gold as my go to accent gold color though. So many awesome choices out there!

[@basstedson]

I like to use vallejo metal colour as a base for the speedpaint metallics, i feel like it really amps up the shine, particularly on the copper and bronze. Side note, if anyone is planning on trying the copper and the bronze, they settle incredibly fast and require an unholy amount of shaking to get the pigments mixed again. Worth it for what they can achieve in a hurry though.

[@VidJunkie63]

I agree with your opinion on NMM ... it's a nice exercise in painting technique, IMHO, but I use metallic paints to achieve metallic looks. Nice and simple. Direct. And, definitely, the perspective adjusts "more naturally" when the miniature is moved around the light source.

[@canuckchuck8836]

The Duchies of Vinci are really cool! Especially the Automa and assorted mechanical assets. I do not play wargames but I think I need this army just to display!

[@notaninquisitor7274]

for a super shiny "gold" I prime white (krylon satin white), shade over it with a thinned down reddish brown (mournfang brown), orange-brown metallic (retributor armor) over that and some yellow metallic (auric gold) on top. It is super shiny where light hits and relatively dark brown where light is shaded. No need for a wash over the top unless you want to dirty it up.

[@lootnscoot50]

Pro acryl metallics are super smooth, great coverage.

[@Nerve_Check]

Thank you for sharing, it looks great!

[@amituna7903]

I love painting nmm because you can choose the light direction you want. But at the end of the day its just a painting flex. Tmm can still look good and doesn't need to be such a big time sink

[@alexklunder4374]

Love OPR!

[@feistycrabman1285]

Looking good, man. I’m going to have to check out those metallic speed paints.

[@alienbraincookies]

Nice bling. I like to paint metals silver, whatever gunmetal etc you want. When it's dry, wash it with any coiour speedpaint/contrast paint. Need to test first, because e.g. yellow contrast over silver will not look yellow, it'll be slightly greenish... but, this way, you can get quick/cheap any coloured metal you like. Compensate after with washes, highlights if you want. Works for me, anyway - especially for grunged up chaos gold, silver + zealot yellow = instant nurgly prime time gold grime.

[@DrogzFPM]

Thanks for the recipe. Ill have to try it out

[@andyshaw5378]

Great video. Nice use of the gold paint 👍🏻

[@WilboBagg1ns]

I’ve been using ProAcryl Rich Gold with a coat of Contrast Agarros Dunes over the top. Really looking to try the Speedpaints metallics.

[@grendelb3298]

Amazing help! Thank you! Could you do that Black armor recipe you mentioned on the Every Other Sunday Show? That would be great help as well.

[@tabletopminions]

Working on it, indeed. Thanks for watching!

[@joshbecka6110]

As a middling mini painter, I like the try-hard challenge of nmm…that being said true metallics are fine and I use them as well. Sometime I like to combine them

[@porumon5942]

Bout to start my seraphon army this is perfect

[@hogger95905]

Those are some nice new army painter paints.

[@Rasmus.Elnegaard]

I am really surprised by the coverage of those speedpaints! Great video, and the model turned out great 👍

[@Old_Wizard_Minis]

I don't play WH40K or OPR, however I subscribe to OPR every month cause I love to paint their models. The saurians are my favorite.

[@GamemastersHobby]

It looks awesome. I'll definitely try it out :D Thank you Uncle Atom! Great video!

[@SnyperMac1]

Well the best gold is an enamel that has been since discontinued from model masters. But orange ink over a warmer silver usually looks pretty amazing

[@ironhidehbi9145]

Going to have to try this for ultra marines if can get it into the small areas.

[@raybarron316]

Agree, this is an excellent gold technique.

[@ericjome7284]

Love your Thanosaurus. Would have been cool to do it in a dark red!

[@NitroModelsAndComics]

Vallejo Glorious Gold over a light tan gleams. Usually over Ushabti Bone . For most metal I use enamels.

[@leejamesburns]

Excellent stuff Adam. Gold is still one of the few paints where I'm still happy with the GW line- base Retributor Armour, wash with Reikland, highlight with a bright silver. Intrigued by these AP SP Metallics though, especially after being impressed by the regular 2.0 ones.

[@KnighthawkStudios]

Came for the “Pa-chow” did not leave disappointed. 😊

[@chrisboyd4433]

I went for the Tier 3 pack with the 10% discount from OPR Patreon. I'm looking forward to learning to do battle reports with this narrative campaign.

[@hiredgoon13]

I find metallic artist inks are excellent. Picked up a few sets of metallic ink on clearance at hobby lobby

[@MrHoffie1]

I am going to try this for my easterlings for the Middle Earth strategy battle game!

[@Spyro2292]

I will definitely be using most of this, I love to paint a lot of these lizard men they are my personal favorites. I love the lost world feel of them, but I am still on the fence about silver atop gold. to me it always looks like the paint has chipped off instead of it being a glint.

[@GoufinAround_]

I'm trying the vallejo metal colors after seeing Vince and some other people speak really highly of it. Though, I think the speed paints metallics are going to be my next thing to try out if the metal color doesn't quite do it for me

[@thediesel4475]

Just in the process of painting some gold trim on my figures' armour, and experiencing some 'non-flowy' issues with the paint I am using, so this video could not be more timely (more evidence of Uncle Atom's psychic powers?)! That Saurian looks fantastic so I am off to order some Glittering Loot from Army Painter. Great video!

[@d20Rethgaal]

Looks great! When I heard the name of the gold paint I was like "Wouldn't a gold lute weigh hundreds of pounds and sound terrible?" Then I saw the bottle and realized my mistake....

[@Silvertaurus_]

Great stuff :D It's usually bugging me to much, that after washing step metallics are loosing shine. So after it I'm going back with drybrush gold on top of it to bring back shine on sticking out parts.

[@michaelmastriano7566]

If you play blood angels, they can be grim amd blinged out in gold! I'm a big fan of the Pro Acrylic metalics, they are by far the best I've tried

[@ChairmanMjau]

Interesting. I use polished gold over Rhinox hide or similar dark brown and then Skeleton horde contrast paint. Sometimes i do some quick highlights with polished gold and silver. The reason I use this is probably because I have those color it will probably work fine with any dark brown, gold and light brown or redish transparent color of your liking.

[@nERVEcenter117]

As a casual hobbyist, I've learned to really stay away from all the methods where you "bake in" lighting and effects. They take a TON of work and skill, and totally discount the fact that a model's paint can react to the REAL light around it! I prefer simple paint schemes that capture the light around them well.

[@DarkAutumnScribe]

Have to say, I love the shirt!

[@B1rd0fpr3y]

The way i do my gold is to prime/paint it in a bright silver and then paint nazdrag yellow contrast over it. Only two steps (one if primed silver) and the results look really good :)

[@anthonyiglesias8946]

This was a well explained and usefull video.

[@philip6136]

Thanks for the gold , purple onfo 😊

[@brianmartin6275]

This is great stuff. Thanks for sharing

[@isabellelessard6717]

It's like you can read my mind, I'm about to paint my space marines gold and this will be perfect

[@toasthammer]

Wow that Glittering Gold looks amazing! I've been using Vallejo Liquid Metals for my gold effects but since they are an alcohol-medium paint they're kind of a pain to deal with, will have to check this one out :)

[@Wadtomaton]

EXTREME HIGHLIGHTS!!! WHOOOAAAAAA!! Alright, excellent extreme highlights

[@Mikey__R]

Party on Wadtomaton, and party on Garth.

[@Sujisan4]

Gonna have to pick up some glittering loot. That gold is fantastic

[@kenm5770]

That is amazing! You wouldn't happen to have a similar recipe for painting metallic silver, would you? I'm prepairing to make a Sisters army and there is going to be a lot of silver.

[@tabletopminions]

Check out the Speedpaint Metallic silver paints - Polished Silver and Broadsword Silver. Thanks for watching!

[@SquareTableUnion]

I was just assuming I got a great deal with the Tier 3 pack, but hearing the actual full retail price is crazy.

[@markgnepper5636]

Great stuff friend 👏 👍

[@andrewmcallister3529]

The silver highlights make it look like gold plated metal where the gold has rubbed off

[@stevenmcgrath5114]

Contrasts paints over matallics, talent in two bottles ! ! !

[@ironhidehbi9145]

For trying to do on ultra marines what purple colors should be brushed on and then add the brown?

[@TheAlkhemiaStudio]

I do wonder tho... Have you ever experimented with either faux or actual silver/gold leaf? I think it would give and even shinier gold but i guess it would be too expensive or too difficult to apply. Just curious.

[@tabletopminions]

I haven’t. I’ll bet it’s really expensive. Thanks for watching!

[@goforitpainting]

Cool 👍

[@philedwards7331]

How does the gold speedpaint do through an air brush? Will it need extra thinning? I'm considering using a purple contrast over a good base coat. Any help is appreciated.

[@vwmac2509]

Do you varnish over your metallics? If so, what varnish do you use? Sorry if this has already been asked.

[@SuperKingslaw]

I am surprised you haven't tried Gold Leaf....

[@OldManb1981]

Hi Uncle Atom, once you apply your ultra matte varnish won’t it take away all the shine on your gold? I seem to recall you use an ultra matte varnish? If not what varnish will you use on this model?

[@tabletopminions]

Not all the shine. Plus, I can just choose to not put as much matte varnish on the gold areas if I want. Thanks for watching!

[@redgreenbluehex]

I saw you used the old soft tone wash formula. How do the results differ with the new fanatic range washes?

[@TheArmyPainter]

Shouldn't differ much, the formula hasn't changed. We've just added new colours.

[@stevenmcgrath5114]

I think they are called Ornothopters .

[@jamesmilholen9444]

I just bought a bunch of Oathmark Dwarves for a project I'm looking into doing and I think I'm going to snag those speed paints mentioned and use that for gold for the dwarves. Mostly just going to be for the unit leaders/heros I think, but we'll see. Still settling on what my army will look like. Do you have a similar formula for silver?

[@tabletopminions]

Yes, it’s mainly the Polished Silver Speedpaint over Grim Black Speedpaint. Then Dark Tone wash (thinned if you want the silver to be not so dark). Thanks for watching!

[@jamesmilholen9444]

@@tabletopminions Awesome. I have a few new speedpaints to go buy and try. Thanks!

[@henrikwannheden7114]

My crux with NMM isn't how to place the paint, it's where. For a lack of better words, I can't "see" where I should place the dark and light parts, and how the gradient should be. Especially on the flat surfaces like weapons and plates.

[@akumaking1]

Do you like the Two Thin Coats range?

[@tabletopminions]

I have the black, brown, and sepia washes. That’s all I’ve tried. Thanks for watching!

[@johndarhower]

Finally I have a reason to get a resin printer, great show and fantastic paint job. Keep up the amazing work.

[@JadeCatMinis]

Wish they had a pack that was just the surians.

[@edwardclay7551]

Uncle Atom which metallic silver do you prefer these days? For now ive been using a leadbelcher spray as a base then Stormhost silver as the highlight.

[@tabletopminions]

I’ve mainly switched over to Army Painter Polished Silver Metallic Speedpaint. It’s just so smooth, liquid, and shiny. Thanks for watching!

[@edwardclay7551]

@@tabletopminions thank you for the swift reply. Good luck with your next mini projects.

[@mp3chaos_]

Need that shirt

[@tabletopminions]

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[@VJMorph]

He’s a fancy boy, his gold needs to glitter baby!

[@richardrussell7082]

Criminal Grandmas .... 'Crooks and Nannies' 😜

[@The_Tradwife]

What did you use to base the model with?

[@MrDroFro]

How are AP quickshade washes? I’m looking for new alternatives since the new GW shades don’t do it for me anymore

[@tabletopminions]

I feel like they're very much like the old GW washes, before the "reformulation." Thanks for watching!

[@MrDroFro]

@@tabletopminions love to hear that and thanks :) your content is a big part of why I’m in the hobby

[@geoffok]

The only thing I know "for sure* is that Citadel Retributor Armour is a terrible paint.

[@redgreen09]

well me i looked up the aztec weapon is the maquahuiti last that E net say is the aztec did have metal so ues vocanic stone as the blades in flat club you look that bit up as who ALL out thare who read this thanks will tune in to the nest thing you do

[@aaronguerrette]

I am sorry but I have Dark Wood and even that over purple doesnt make "black primer" or "Grim Black" base before applying the Glittering Loot. Looks great BTW as I think this is one of the few channels that spoke well of any Army Painter Speed Metallics. I went the Vince V. Route and bought the Green Stuff World Metallic pigment and havent looked back.

[@Azazel-zv4fy]

I put a Frontiers Ad in your Army Painter Ad so you can watch an ad when you finish listenting to an ad.

[@XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD4]

Very cool effect, however you can achieve exactly the same result by using the Two Thin Coats Metallics which are just fantastic. They are silky smooth and super easy to work with (all of them are made with aluminium). Im sure the Speedpaints are great too, but what I dont like about them is that the name is kinda misleading as they are not Contrast- style paints in the classical sense and are useless for slapchopping for example.

[@marcelozjasz721]

You can't use speed paints for CSM because its density will pour into everywhere

[@RavensDagger501]

I'm not a huge Army Painter fan... but Soft Tone is magic.

[@Dasein1]

Whether it impacts the paints you would have chosen or not, I really wish you were a lot more transparent about your relationship with army painter. I'm honestly kind of surprised you aren't required to be, personally.

[@nickrafuse984]

Looks at unbuilt Custodes Kill Team, Looks back at video title.... yup.

[@tabletopminions]

This technique would chew through your Custodes backlog. Thanks for watching!

[@nickrafuse984]

@@tabletopminions Backlog? ... shit.... he's on to me.

[@redjacc7581]

cool