How do I paint armour?
For fantasy and historical, some suggest not priming the miniature, then washing or drybrushing (or both) the bare metal, but to others this looks sloppy and unfinished. Besides, not much armour looks like lead, and lead certainly doesn’t make good armour (nor do any of the alloys of which miniatures are cast). Paint the armour a base-metal colour, usually silver or one of the like tones, and let it dry. Don’t be afraid to use bronze, or gild it, though. Then take a black wash (ink is excellent for this) and go over it carefully. Let that dry, then take either your original colour or a lighter shade and drybrush. Remember to use a separate water/thinner for the brush you’re working the metallics with, so as to not get flecks in the other colours. Steve Gill shares his method of painting chain mail: a) If the links are sculpted clearly enough that you can see the leather underneath then base coat should be leather (whatever colour required by the figure). If not ignore this step only pa
