How to Paint NMM Gold - HC 430 

Shouting out the bounce lights is a huge step that very few NMM tutorials really talk about or explain. Thanks for taking the time to go over it!

Funny story but in an attempt to paint blonde hair on one of my warlocks i accidentally painted gold non metalic metal, so now I have an Eldar with gold hair.

Your generosity in sharing knowledge and experience is second to none. This is probably one of the best nmm guides out there. Thanks Vince for another awesome video

Beautiful work and as always, great instruction Vince 😊

This video is GOLD. Watching for the second time😂

Finally a NMM video that shows everything. Like bounce light. These details are what makes or breaks it. I wanted to give NMM a try for a while now but if you don't know what to do and think you're done but miss the final details it always looks off. So thank you so much for this video 😀

My eye was so easily deceived I half expected it to glimmer when you rotated it in your hand. That bounce light tip is so important, thank you for pointing that out

Darn I literally just struggled through my first NMM gold Stormcast model last night. I'll have to give another one a go because I found your tutorial very helpful!

Even though NMM is not my thing, I still like to watch every video you put out and see if I can take something away from them.

I literally just finished watching your old gold NMM video a few minutes ago. This video is a gift I did not deserve.

I have watched this vid over and over and every time i keep getting lost in the green armour. It honestly looks that real that part of me is just waiting for it move. Yes i know its Vince and all his work looks great but for me its one of his best. Your a great painter Vince and your a great man and this world is a better place with you in it. Thanks Vince and thanks to your wife for letting us be apart of your life

Really helped me to start understanding how to approach NMM generally - teaching how to fish! Thanks Vince, the piece looks great already

Excellent, thanks another great tutorial 🙌❤️

I love this paint scheme

There are RU-vid channels dedicated to mini painting that have more "entertainment value" or ones with a better production quality, but when it comes to the tutorials, the depth and precision of the explanation, the ability to make complex topics look easy (or at least approachable) and the overall "educational value" nobody even comes close to you, Vince! Hats off and thank you for all the work you put into this channel!

It's great to know that even the experts have trouble with some of the names

Great turorial. Takes a lot of time, but the final result is amazing!

I watch a lot of great painters who do an amazing job..but not only are you a great painter but your tutorials just go that little bit further as well. Great explanations. Your hair tutorials were very enlightening as well (as well as a 100 others). Thank you.

Thanks for the explanations. I was just doing some gold NMM on my current project. You are a genius ;) Well everybody already knew it.

This is truly one of the best videos explaining the NMM technique. Thank you!

Thanks so much Vince for the tutorial! Ive been working on some Anvils of Heldenhammer for AoS and this really really helped me get a grasp on how to tackle gold. Can't wait to see what you have instore for 2024 :)

@Vince, you are a magnificent human being for including the recipe across multiple paint lines 🙌

Professional as always 🖌

I always enjoy when you deep dive into something and lay it out for us in a way we can understand. I've had times where I nail it and it looks amazing, and others where I seem to get lost in the paint job and before too long I don't know what I am missing or where I f'cked up lol.. This is a good roadmap to NMM, so I appreciate you taking the time to explain it to us! You're a legend my friend!

Thanks Vince for explaining the light placement which is something i constantly struggle with and you explained the reflections for the shapes perfectly. Easy to understand. Please keep doing these type of videos as its helping painters everywhere to improve.

I was searching the archives about some other NMM techniques, but I couldn't find tutorials about: NMM cast iron NMM rusty weapons NMM old metal They're all about non shiny or mostly non shiny metals but different approaches imo. Especially with cast iron I'm struggling at the moment. It would be awesome if you could add these to your list of future tutorials! Thanks in advance!

Thanks again Vince.

Great and very informative video, beautiful work!

Thank you. I have been an artist all my life and often forget to mix primary and secondary colors to land the perfect tones I need.

This was a very timely video in my hobby journey! Was just about to begin a NMM attempt! Thank you so much, Vince!

Love the recipe sharing and explaining the theory as you go through your paces. And most amazing of all, it's all here on RU-vid for free. Thank you Mr. Venturella!

Man that "Corrupt Battle Sister" is amazing. Where can I get it from? I'd really really like to paint one of those. Amazing tutorial as always. Cheers .

Amazing tutorial. This is the first time I'm feeling like I can pull out a mini and try NMM.

Thank Vince, really cool !

In your interview I believe with Anthony Rodriguez he mentioned trying to mix Snakebite Leather and that he needed some purple/violet to get close. Here 2:44 I think you see why. Ps am a big fan of shading yellow with PV23 (or PV23+PR122 for a warmer brown).

Love your sweet nmm gold ,thanks to you, I improved myself in so many ways . Have a nice one, mate !

AMAZING WORK. Thank you.

Year after year you create an incredible body of work. Thanks for all the knowledge and here's to much more!

I absolutely love these no bullshit guides

I love these in depth instruction videos!! You are such a confidence building teacher!!!This one is saved and will be watched several times. So many fundamentals taught here for all light applications. Thank you for this past year! Thank you for all you do for all of us!! Some time I will get to thank you in person!! Cheers to you and I wish you all the best🎉

Vince ... I'm watching all your videos to get up to speed before starting. My initial paint set will be basic colours (primary and secondary) not dozens and dozens of premix. You know what I can't easily find in your mix? How to mix colours, shades, tones from primaries and secondaries. You have the old "Exploring Colours" series, and I have them started, but a one-shot video with all the premixes, how to make rich browns for example like this, how to make maroon through magenta, etc., a single reference video so anyone with the primaries and secondaries can make anything. That would be so useful, and seemingly and strangely not already here?

Diary lied or die ree lied, take your pick. Nothing I'm working on has that much bling, but I appreciate the demonstration. 40 hours !?!?! I hope it wins!!! Happy New Year Vince!!!!!

Great stuff friend 👏 👍

Nice to see just how little purple was needed to make that yellow-purple brown! Thanks for an NMM gold video. NMM gold has been vexing me lately. I'll have to give it a try on my next metal-holding figure. The tiny trident on my current one just isn't going to be it right now!

As a new painter, trying NMM has been my big challenge. I haven't been able to pull it off yet with a result I actually like, so just need to keep practicing. Awesome video!

Beautiful work, and thank you for the step by step!

Thanks Vince! Happy New Year

I can see vince licking the brush :O

Another banger as always.

what a wonderful Christmas gift :D also the dark blonde hair on the severed head looks amazing

Hey Vince, I'm not sure if you already have a video up for it or not. But I'd appreciate if you did one on how to use gloss varnish and (i'm not sure which or if they are the right ones at all) iso or mineral spirits to take away mistakes/overspray.

Side Note: The photos at the end look great. I am also a subscriber to Squidmar. On a NMM video they did of a female in silver armor with OSL, they made the photo available for down load, so you can use it as a guide to lean how they did it. That would be a great help with gold NMM if we could download this photo as a reference. Cheers!

I got the paints from your last recipe using scale75 & Vallejo ready for NMM gold, that I haven’t had the courage to attempt yet, so maybe this should be my New Year’s resolution. Great video as always Vince & hope they’ll be more videos on other NMM’s. Have a Happy & Prosperous New Year to you & your family Vince.

I have been having a TERRIBLE time trying to wrap my head around NMM in general, but especially gold! This is definitely a video to bookmark for future reference, for sure.

I am... er... was, and failed miserably, to paint NMM steel scale armor on a 200mm Verlinden Roman Auxiliary Signus. Scale mail is likely the wrong thing for your first attempt. I have stripped it 4 times. So all these videos help. I want to get into fantasy figures, but all the models I have to repaint, or still have as kits after a 20 year break, are historical, so what you can do is limited by history.

Great video loads and loads of stuff to take on board which others I've seen failed to do, great model as well , happy new year Vince and can't wait to see the first of 2024.

looks amazing, wish I could do that :-)

The confidence in your brush strokes is what I lack. I know that comes with practice but damn he just tosses in on there with zero fear lol.

Once again Mr V, your tutorials are always informative and very much appreciated. Happy New Year to you and your family. 🖖

Great work man :) been looking thru a lot of your videos lately, you are without a doubt my new favorite youtube painter (sorry Ninjon). Could you make a video specificly about highlight placement when painting nmm? I know you explain some in this video. But like more in depht? Cheers man.

Wow….I’m a freaking Neanderthal when it comes to paining lol. Glob here and there….Your painting skills and theories are simply amazing. Thank you for sharing and teaching.

When painting TMM in a NMM way. Have you ever tried a bounce light with a metallic paint in the area where you shaded the metallic paint with regular acrylics? Don't remember seeing anyone trying that before.

Do you have a video on reflection in NMM? I am not talking about mirror reflection just colors near metallics that reflect on each other in a strong light. It seems in the case of color reflection it only seems to affect the secondary reflections, not the primary in all the examples I have looked at. Thanks, good video.

First off, great tutorial as usual. 2nd, I don't suppose you filmed a tutorial on that awesome green armor?

This is interesting, especially because I just make like light is coming from every direction possible.

This great! Can you do a video on the same topic but with oils?

Hi Vince. Big fan of you videos, especially when you demo very niche techniques. Was wondering if you have ever done a tutorial looking at miniatures that transition between materials i.e. flesh gradually turning into stone. I have a Rackham gargoyle of acheron which i wanted to transition from the marble of a column into the demonic flesh and am looking for tips.

As always...amazing stuff Vince....Did you get episodes for the rest of your armies ? The first one was awesome (and inspiring) to see !

Thank you Vince! This is one of the better videos explaining light placements. I've learned something new. Question, is NMM and / or TMM only good from one angle?

But Vince. Where can I get this amazing model. And if it's a conversion, do you have a video about this beautiful Chaos Lady?

Got a question Vince, I'm still in the never happy stage of my NMM and really happy to have your ideas and their application on a model. One of the strongest guiding tenets that I'd taken from other creator's explanations is that it's important to have strongly contrasting values to your metal, and just as important that in some places they be absolutely adjacent. Your gold is a much softer treatment, you take a lot of care to depict the fall light carefully and more realistically, and it looks sumptuously rich, absolute treasure. Do you give credence to the adjacent contrast approach? Is it just that you see a pure gold object as reflecting more softly, more richly and less polished? Or do you see the bold adjacent contrast approach as more of a "trick"? Appreciate your thoughtful explanations and so always really appreciate your painting vids. As well as your wonderful occasional vids on painting hair way better than I ever had, I'm really appreciating your vid on sheer cloth with skin showing through. I've spent weeks scraping studs and spikes off printed drukhari proxies to then represent the limbs as clothed in sheer bodysuits under the armour sections and it's a hugely gratifying look, if an ordeal across a whole homonculae tabletop army. To mix it up I'm now using your rather similar tattoo tutorial vid to freehand tribal style onto occasional bared limbs by way of individual model accents that still strongly unify the look of the troops and the army rather than challenging it. Your vids really empower my range of choices Vince and more importantly again and again give me the tools and help me visualise with some confidence much better painting. That allows me to successfully follow through on my imaginings and execute satisfyingly, your creative work really is reflected in my display cupboard.

Having "D" yellow is a sign of jaundice.

Wow is the o8o8das model? That's wicked

What about your tau? I wanna see more neon tau :) also, opr has some very cool rats if you're into 3d printing.

Man finally you get around to using Kimera Kolors for almost 90% of the color choices. I swear, them, Pro Acryl and also Golden Artist are THE best choice for me, when it comes to miniature paints. Like matte sheen, leveling and super high pigmented - so you have all the viscosity levels you prolly you could need. Maybe inks would be smt to mention too for diluting - think liquitex and Daler Rowney. Happy new year everybody and stay healthy!!

Thx Vincent! for the great video! Can you tell me where can I get a miniature like this or what's her name to look up the net for it?!

Great video as always. I know it's an older video so posting a question might go on deaf ears but does anyone know what the brush that Vince is using on the highlight parts?

Vince, great tutorial. NMM is pretty intimidating for a newb like me, but this makes me want to try. You are the mothafuckin goat sir!

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What model is being painted in this video?

Holy shit this is Hana take me months to learn

Is this a viable approach to NMM in non traditional metallic colors. For instance you're painting a transformer Optimus Prime. We assume they are made of metal or similar. Would this make those reds and blues have that metallic feel ?

man idk if this is what anyone else sees but I look at that mini overal and I swear it looks like a 2d cutout instead of a 3d mini, I think the mini just has so many techniques from 2d art that my brain is automatically reading it as such

Bounce light?

What is the mini plz ?

Are there any in-person lessons or clinics that focus on different aspects of painting? Im in the midwest and wouldn't mind a bit of travel for a chance to learn in person. Videos are great, but the feedback needed to improve isn't there.

Enjoyed the Tutorial but there were so many ads

So, probably a real stupid noobie question, but... What’s the reasoning behind NMM? Why avoid just using metallic paints? I can see there’s a different quality to the NMM gold. Not sure it’s “better”.

this may sound weird but the thumbnail, when zoomed down/out, looked a little NSFW. just thought you should know Vince since your channel is very family friendly.

Why do you prefer TMM? Is ot the process or end result? Why do you think it looks better?