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Step by step tutorial NMM by MaGie

Hi everyone,

In this step by step, I want to show you how I usually paint steel NMM. I've triedmaking a picture in between each step, but sometimes hardly anything can be seenon a picture, so those pics are left out.

For this tutorial I painted the halberd staff of the high elf lord Caradryan.

Before I start working with paint, I like to make a simple sketch in which I block inthe shades. After drawing the sketch I slightly squish my eyes and look if theshading/highlighting could look realistic.

For painting metal, I use the following paints:

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At the strong shades I use black (1 in picture below). For the extreme highlights Iuse pure white (13). The middle colours consist of a slightly blue-ish grey (FrenchMirage Blue by Vallejo)(5) and a grey off-white colour (Pale Grey by Vallejo)(9).On my wet pallette I create mixtures between the colours. This step is the same forall colours, but I describe it only for shades 1 to 5.

Shade 1: pure blackShade 5: French Mirage blueShade 3: is made by mixing colour 1 and colour 5 in a 1:1 ratioShade 2: is made by mixing colour 1 and colour 3 in a 1:1 ratioShade 4: is made by mixing colour 3 and colour 5 in a 1:1 ratio

All the mixed colours are then diluted to 1 part paint, 2 parts water.

Now it's time to start painting. The mini is primed in white.


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Step 1: Paint the whole area in colour 7Step 2: Start by shading the areas with colour 6 and then, in a smaller area colour5. With each darker shade, you should paint a smaller area within the alreadyshaded part. Try to 'push' the paint towards the direction of the darkest shade. Usethis method with every step.


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Step 3: Shade with colour 4Step 4: Shade with colour 3 and then 2.


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Step 5: Shade only the smallest area with colour 1, black.Step 6: In this step I made the shaded are a bit larger, mainly by adding largerareas of colour 5.


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Step 7: Go back to the basecolour (colour 7), try to blend the lightest shades withthis colour.Step 8: Start by highlighting by applying colour 8 in the same manner as youpainted the shades (with decreasing the painted area and by pushing the painttowards the highlights)


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Step 9 (no picture): Highlight with colour 9Step 10: Highlight with colour 11Step 11: Highlight with colour 13, pure white.

As you can see, I did not use colour 10 and 12, because there is not so muchdifference in brightness I don't think it is necessary to use those.

Step 12: Carefully clean up the transitions between the colours. You can make thisstep a bit easier by diluting the paint a bit more. When using very dilute paint, becareful to wipe your brush before applying the paint to the model, you don't wantthe paint to run. Additionally, add a thin line of pure white to the sharp edges on topof the halberd. Applying this with the side of the brush will make it much easier tocontrol.


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Step 13, last step: Make a glaze of Liche Purple (GW), 1 part paint, 5 parts water.Carefully apply this to the darkest shades, for adding a bit of colour. Make the lastclean-ups and the NMM is done!

I hope you enjoyed this step by step. I'm hoping to write some more in the nearfuture, so if you have any suggestions or comments feel free to share them.Categories: Painting Tags : metallic, nmm, tutorial

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Ulfgrimr - 23-01-2012, 08:57 AM

Great tutorial MaGie and really nice to see all the step by stepphotos. Really like the idea of sketching the tones out beforehand.

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Vern - 23-01-2012, 04:34 PM

Nice tut, I agree, like the step by step photos

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Darklord - 24-01-2012, 12:52 PM

excellent tutorial I Shall be giving this a go

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Lyn - 24-01-2012, 02:18 PM

I like the idea about sketching first. I just wish I was able to drawlol

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Bloodhowl - 05-02-2012, 06:12 PM

Very nice and easy to follow! I've been meaning to try NMM andthis has given me a nice simple set of instructions to follow!

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Tarty - 14-02-2012, 10:13 PM

Fantasic tutorial, thanks for sharing.....will have to give it a shot .Something simple to start with I think.

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