Metallic Paint Comparison pt. 2

I did a super shady metallic paint comparison a while ago, it was not so hot. With my new box of PRO Acryl Metallic paints from Monument Hobbies I thought it might be time to revisit this topic.

Copper VS Gold

Sometimes you learn things by accident. Today's case study involves dry brushing Citadel's Screaming Bell onto a blue-green base (which gives a nice aged coppery patina look). What's cool is that if you wash Gehenna's Gold with Carroburg Crimson, the metallic parts are the same!

All right, as the above photos clearly FAIL to show (with the possible exception of the third), the above mentioned processes yield the same result. Photographing quasi metallic spheres with a mobile phone is a fools errand...

Good luck,

HMP

Black Paint Comparison Citadel vs MSP-HD

The executive summary is as follows; Not all blacks are created equal!

I discovered this essentially by accident! I was low on black paint and while placing an order with Reaper Miniatures I added some paint to my basket, to be specific, Solid Black 29843. This specific paint is part of Reapers "Master Series Paint HD" (MSP-HD) line. I didn't realize this at the time, and I don't know how the HD differ from their other paints (on the bottle it says High Density Pigment). I have several of MSPs now and I like them all, I also have one of the "BONES" formula, but I'm not sure how it differs since I haven't used it yet.

Anyhow, wile blocking the Broodlord I switched blacks, and it was immediately obvious. 

Citadel Abaddon Black vs MSP-HD Solid Black

Since a picture is worth a thousand words see above, it's not the lighting, the MSP-HD Solid Black is super flat. I'll add more data as I get it.

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Metallic Paint Comparison

THIS ARTICLE IS NOW OUTDATED SEE NEW POST

 

Sometimes I forget which gold is really "brass" and which silver is really "blue steel". With that in mind I quickly painted up some sprue. Left to right Reaper MSP BONES Blackened Steel, GW Leadbelcher, GW Ironbreaker, GW Runefang Steel, GW Gehenna's Gold, GW Retributor Gold, GW Auric Armour Gold, GW Screaming Bell, and finally GW Golden Griffon. 

The results are as follows. Blackened Steel has a hint of blue, while Leadbelcher is more of a gray. Ironbreaker is very close to Runefang Steel, but better consistency paint. Gehenna's is brassy, while Retributor is a warm gold and Auric Armour is yellow gold. Screaming bell is an awesome copper, and finally the Griffon is just random metallic beige?

Keen eyed readers will see 3 small swatches at the end. They are all Tamiya paints. X-10 Gun Metal, X-11 Chrome and XF-16 Flat Aluminum.  The Tamiya paints are hard to work with as they are thinned with alcohols, but the X-10 Gun Metal is metallic black, white the chrome is a nice silver as is the flat aluminum. On bigger surfaces the differences between the chrome and flat Al become apparent (the flat, is flat).

Black Paint Comparison GW vs MSP (part 2)

In a continuation of the last post. I'm comparing 2 different black paints. Games Workshop Abaddon Black (base) vs Reaper's MSP-HD Solid Black (29843). With the details out of the way here is how they look side by side. Interestingly the MSP (right) is less black, than the GW product, but due to the flat nature of the paint it can appear MORE black, if that makes sense. Since a picture is worth 1000 words.

Citadel on the left Reaper on the right.

Abaddon left, Solid Black right.

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