I recently discovered that, when left on a dryer (on the dryer side of wet) wet palette to sit and get separated a bit and a bit dryer, the Vallejo Metal Color will look even better if used as a dry brushing, it seems that the reduction in medium from sitting and drying makes it somehow smoother yet than it is out the bottle. Worth further experimentation.

Suggestion for a Hobby Cheating in the future: Masking (for airbrushing) You and your content are a seemingly never ending source of motivation. Greetings from Germany

Finally tried out Vallejo Metal Color after watching Vince for years and I can absolutely confirm that there is nothing better on the market imo. Don't even use my old tried and true leadbelcher and retributor armor anymore for gold or gunmetal. Have tried others as well.. So smooth and such good coverage for it being so dang thin. Thankyou for the constant recommendation Vince has changed painting metals entirely. I don't much care for NMM so I really try to get as great of a result out of TMM and these are just perfect. Though I'd give anything for a larger range of non steel/silver tones. This here is gonna help me paint High Marshal Helbrechts armor and for that you sir are a gentleman and a scholar. Cheers mate

It's Saturday night, I've got snacks and a cup of tea, and I'm about to watch another Vince video! Cheers, everyone!

Thanks for all your help.

Great video as always. Playing around with trying to get an aged bronze, rather than polished bronze effect I found mixing in Army Painter Dark Wood speed paint to the Vallejo Metal colour copper gave a good result - good colour and metallic without being too shiny.

This was really helpful advice when doing my Tiger Eyes titans for adeptus titanicus (the yellow ones with the black flames). Moving from gold trim to a darker bronze really helped to delineate the armour panels - describing gold as a base colour of yellow really put a pin on why it wasn't working as well. So thanks again - super useful!

hey vince i got those vallejo metal colours they are outstanding. ive learnt so much off of your channel

Incredibly useful, thank you!

Awesome timing. Just bought some Vallejo metal colors and the inktensity set. If you could do a tutorial about display TMM? When I'm at a competition and look especially on the historical miniatures or busts they do awesome TMM with lots of color nuances and interesting structuring. This would be much appreciated! Thanks a lot for all the very helpful videos.

I'm a big fan of Vallejo Model Air's metallics (the silvers at least, the others seem a bit too thin) but definitely going to try metal Color after this! Great video!

This is a good video for me, since I started a Skaven army not too long ago. Plus I’m thinking of turning the dnd models I don’t use often for games into bronze statues so that’ll be fun

Great timing as I have a LOTR Troll that was going to get a bronze shield but I always have issues with bronze highlights as they always end up looking more like brass (then I faff about for ages) So hopefully his shield will take less time than usual. Many thanks (in advance.)

Awesome!!! Question though: If i don't have the Pale Burnt Metal, can i sub either Dark Aluminum or Duraluminum, or would those be too bright?

Thx Vince for another great video! I love your tutorials. If i have a question, i will always find the answer on your channel. But i have another question. Will it be useful if i will use burnt umber and black for shadows? Or better to use contrast?

As always, great video. I'm going to use your technique very soon I think! As a side note:I know composition is a very delicate and difficult subject to explain, but most of the time is what makes a piece looks amazing instead of good. Do you plan on making any video about it in the future?

Thumbs up great vid as usual, Vince. I am going to share this with a buddy, he's about to do a whole bunch of bronze so I think this will be appriciated! I'm a bit confused. How come the shadow is on the upper portion of the shield? Is this some shining metal rule that I am now aware of?

Thanks a lot Vince. If you were trying to paint brass would you mix up more gold then copper? Then maybe use more of a yellow ink then brown?

Hey Vince. Do you avoid using a wet palette when working with metallic paints?

I’m tempted to try and do a entire figures armour using this technique. I’m sure for the shields it’ll work fine but i don’t know if it’s to complicated for the main body of a figure.

Just recently found your channel, and had a question about zenithal highlighting. Can you get a good highlight with a rattle can? I don't have space for an air compressor living in a tiny apartment. Thank you for any help and can give and for the videos.

Vince, would you say that FW Ink Burnt Umber would be a good substitute for the Metalsmith Ore?

I'm curious how you would zenithal highlight this with an airbrush?

I should have known better but I thought you messed that one up.It looked like you were going to wind up with a two-tone shield, but it must have been the camera angle. The stills at the end really show what you were talking about. Great job..

What do you think if you wanted to go more brass like. Brass is made from Copper and Zinc. I was thinking about using copper and gold?

Kinda late for the party here, how do Vallejo Inks work with shading Vallejo metals? Since I have several of those inks and can get them fairly easily, I'm curious.

Hi Vince, just been doing some more testing. It seems like the recipe works best with the old formula. If i use the new formula copper, the mix splits and doesnt mixing properly. But if i use the old copper everything is great. I've tried extensive mixes but it seems like the colours split on the model. Have you personally found any solutions with the new formula vallejos? Cheers

a got a bronze paint too , but it very orange, quite birght, i wonder can i darken it with Vellejo steel, or black/sepia /brown ink direct onto the paint

did you get your warcolours shades yet? I got them but I'm having difficulties using them.

Hey Vincr, nice video. How are the Valloje metals colors compaired to the valejo game color metalics?

Would the Ghost Tints work as a replacement for the ore colors?

tangentially related could you recall where you got that helmet on the mini? I can't find basic knight head bits to save my life.

Do I need to thin down the metallic paints? Or is it okay straight from the pot? I am using GW metallics

Great video, as usual, i think you missing only brass at this point for full metallic series.

What about the Green Stuff World's Bronze pigment as a starting base, did you try that? would you suggest it?

Do you have a tutorial that covers verdigris and oxidation? I've searched but my google-fu is apparently lacking.

Yay, I was becoming worried about painting Skitarii since they have some copper/bronze parts and I failed to find Badger Metalsmith paints in Europe, but Vallejo and Scale 75 are both Spanish companies and their paints are easier to find.

Do they still make the badger metalsmith paints? They sound really interesting but I can't find them at all online.

Can you please do a video on Bronze Verdigris!?

will FW inks work in place of the ores?

Thank you Vince

Does the primer colour matter here? Say I want it to be more red-ish, should I go with a red primer? Or would it be a extremely small difference?

Whaat? First. BTW, Just got my shipment of Warcolour. Looking forward to trying it out. Do you know the difference between they're clear color and glazes?

So if you can’t thin most metallic paints with water, with what does one thin them?

Can you recommend a brush type or set for tmm? The cheap nylon brushes from the craft store cant seem to survive an armor plate without shredding. Maybe boar?

Hey Vince how are these paints as far as using a AB

Vallejo Bronze 70.998 What's the problem with this? not that smooth by basic but works fine with water

How would you highlight a purple bronze, like Warplock bronze from GW? I am using it in combination with gold armor on Chaos champion and I am having a horrible time. I do believe I should not have used the two colors now but I am going to keep working it to see if I can fix it.

have you actually ever explained in one of your videos why you call it hobby cheating? I really don't see how cheating is involved... regarding metallic colors: have you ever tried the Golden Colors Metallics or Schmincke Metallic acrylics (latter is a german brand, no idea if they export to the U.S.)?

Shadows on the top: doesn't the sun usually shine from above, from the sky? 😄 Gee, they must have got it all wrong at art school. What a waste of four years of my life. Duh. Nice bronze colour and technique👍, but you do need to get out in the sunlight 😉. (Hint: the sun is that bright orb above your head. It's what creates highlights and shadows.) Rick

fabulous paints that come in bottles with possibly the worst, most wasteful nib ever. Recommend re-bottling these ones immediately