Greek hoplite body armour
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I feel it to be suitably shaded. 
If you let me make a suggestion.Use a small piece of sponge(like armour guy's do) and tap it lightly into the base silver you used,tap most of it off on a piece of paper and then lightly tap some colour onto the highlight areas of the model. .
Hope this is helpful.
Ralph.
If you let me make a suggestion.Use a small piece of sponge(like armour guy's do) and tap it lightly into the base silver you used,tap most of it off on a piece of paper and then lightly tap some colour onto the highlight areas of the model.
.Hope this is helpful.
Ralph.
Thanks Ralph I've done that now , I think it looks ok but what I think might not be what others think so here's a pic
It proved a bit difficult with the arms on with a sponge so I tried it with a brush
It proved a bit difficult with the arms on with a sponge so I tried it with a brush
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It definitely makes that subtle difference.\ said:
I do like it Alan,and would of said what Ralph.,has, 
looking good,
as I used the same method on my predator armour,as well,
it can be difficult to use a brush to dab ,as it can hold to little or to much paint,
as I,m finding trying to get a hessian cloak just right,
looking good,
as I used the same method on my predator armour,as well,
it can be difficult to use a brush to dab ,as it can hold to little or to much paint,
as I,m finding trying to get a hessian cloak just right,
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Hi Alan looks good but bronze is the norm for Greek armour, breastplate, helmet and greaves, because iron was a rare comodoty they were normally used just for swords, spear and arrow heads. I have a great recipe for painting bronze if you want it
Cheers moni\ said:I do like it Alan,and would of said what Ralph.,has,
looking good,
as I used the same method on my predator armour,as well,
it can be difficult to use a brush to dab ,as it can hold to little or to much paint,
as I,m finding trying to get a hessian cloak just right,
I used Vallejo natural steel as that doesn't tend to stick in the bristles as much as other paints and I only used the tip of the brush
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This is looking good mate.
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Hi Alan. recipe for painting old bronze, colours you will need are , black, burnt umber, gold, silver and dark green.
1... paint the base coat of black and leave to dry for at least 24hrs (even acrylics)
2... paint gold and leave to dry again 24 hours
3... paint over the gold with burnt umber, best to use and oil based burnt umber, whilst the burnt umber is still wet gently wipe it off with a soft cloth so that it leaves the shadows and makes the gold dull and leave to dry
4...now with a wash of burnt umber cover the breast plate and whilst it is still wet add drops of silver, and green randomly and leave to dry this will make the bronze look pattinered, finally just touch up someof the highlights with silver and the creases with black, voila
1... paint the base coat of black and leave to dry for at least 24hrs (even acrylics)
2... paint gold and leave to dry again 24 hours
3... paint over the gold with burnt umber, best to use and oil based burnt umber, whilst the burnt umber is still wet gently wipe it off with a soft cloth so that it leaves the shadows and makes the gold dull and leave to dry
4...now with a wash of burnt umber cover the breast plate and whilst it is still wet add drops of silver, and green randomly and leave to dry this will make the bronze look pattinered, finally just touch up someof the highlights with silver and the creases with black, voila