On my last painting, the Stormcast Lord Aquilor, I decided to try TMM, or true metal metal. I have tried non-metal metal, but that is something I think I will focus on another year.  This year though I have clicked with TMM and did myself (and anyone else who is interested) a little guide on Instagram, but thought I would include here in my blog. As a side note the Lord Aquilor painting is why I've been lacking in posts and updates on here. I literally was getting home from work and painting for 3 hours and then about 5 hours each day at the weekends for four weeks. So that model had about 80 hours worth of work put into it. Please see that post for more information. So on with the guide: I tend to base most thing in Celestra Grey, as it just covers really nicely, once you get a good base coat down as I tend to use 3-5 thin coats in order to do this. Paints used in this example are below, where I've used Scalecolour I've put alternate GW ones: Games Workshop :...

I painted the below model in my own scheme. Not sure now if I was being brave or stupid in doing my own colours for the dracoline, but they turned out pretty good. I will try and log the process for the next one I do, if you're interested! If I can I will always sub-assembly my miniatures, it's rare I don't. It just makes life easier when painting, especially in hard to reach areas. After assembly and filling any gaps and smoothing these down, first thing to do is base coat in Celestra Grey: I recommend doing several thin layers to get an even coat. Celestra Grey is one of those colours that looks a bit crummy for the first few layers, but after that you can get a really nice smooth coat. Next step is start blocking in the base colours: I was trying for a really bright red on the first model I painting but it didn't work and came out rather dull instead. However, I did stumble upon something else that I think may help to make a brighter r...