Starting to look close to done now. Completed some major milestones: Got the first of two layers of edge highlights - the Calgar Blue is done and just have to do the Fenrisian Grey - on all of the power armor. And two, finished all of the non-metalic metal (NMM) gold on pretty much everything.
I don't think I can give a guide for NMM, and there's tons out there that are really good, but I do want to offer words of encouragement. Dont feel like you have to do the perfect mirror finish, I've opted for a "brushed" or "sandblased" gold that is more reflective than the matte power armor areas, but isn't mirrored either. The basic idea is that on non reflective surfaces the gradient from shade to highlight might be somewhat linear, while something semi reflective makes this more exponential - slower to stay shaded and then suddenly pops to a bright highlight. Then when you get to mirror finish you have to worry about reflections and such which adds a lot more complexity, so by skipping those reflections with a brushed look, or simplified NMM seems like a good starting point.
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| Kinda hard to tell with the lighting but first everything is flat Mornfang Brown |
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| Next we've glazed in mixes of brown and orange all the way to full on orange in the areas towards the light source |
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| And then it all comes together with Vallejo Golden Yellow on the edges and in very small amounts on surfaces, and Vallejo Flat yellow dot highlights and vertices. |
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