Testing Vallejo Metal Colors - Great Acrylic Metal Paints 

Your are building a library of hobby knowledge which will be useful for years to come. The hobby community is lucky to have someone like you. As a mini painter and brand new gunpla builder having access to see how different products work and look is invaluable, thanks so much.

Duraluminum might not only be the best metal paint ive ever used... it might be the best PAINT hands DOWN, ive ever used.

If youtube and your site was around in the 70's and 80's when I was building as a kid I would have been so much more knowledgeable in painting and finishing a model. Thankfully you are here now and provide so much valuable information for the hobby. I've bought many products based on your reviews and improved by painting. Just ordered a 4 pack of the vallejo metal paints. Nice to have an acrylic alternative that is safer to use. Thanks for this review.

Sir, you do such a good job with your videos. Love how you are totally upfront and honest with your demos. You show us everything.. nothing hided. I love these colors! Thanks for the info!

Thanks for all the great videos this past year

I haven't built in the last 30 years but your videos inspired me to pick it back up after all this time. Currently just started to paint an x wing using all your tips and advice and I'm really happy with it so far so a massive thank you for sharing your knowledge. Just need to get rid of my nervous shaky hands over time now🤣

These are the best acrylic metals hands ddown - my only quibble is I'd love if they made a bronze/darker copper but their gold is to die for!

As someone living in a townhouse where stinky lacquers are a big no-go, these Metal Colors are a lifesaver. Also worth mentioning they're fantastic brushed on. I've even brushed Exhaust manifold over miniatures with light undercoats to get a metallic contrast-paint like effect with it shading the recessed areas in a single coat.

Your videos are very pleasant to watch. Such a frendly and positive energy coming through!

The gold is meant to be mixed with the brass/copper one to make the shade you want, that gold is super green on its own, i love those paints, probely my favorit water based metalic

You hit the nail on the head with the gold having that green tint. Most miniature painters consider gold to be the weakest of the line because they're looking for a richer gold, but if a green-gold is what you're after, this is a solid one.

I have some of this paints and they are okay. About two months ago, i did a model with Contrast Paints + this stuff and it gave me great results but as far a metalizer paints, nothing will beat solvent based paints if you need really shiny stuff or better looking metals.

Burnt Iron and Exhaust Manifold are excellent colors in this line up. Vallejo does have a specific Metal Varnish to use with this line up, which does help it pop a bit more.

I love the Vallejo products. The metal colors are amazing.

I use these a lot, mainly just hand painting detail work, in fact just used it out of curiosity in the airbrush the other day. I used the Chrome on a set of wheels and while it doesn't have the mirror effect that say a Molotow marker does or any of the high end paints, it does give a decent sheen.

Hey everyone I used the set to creat depth in my gundam astray frame. They work great for brush painters to

These are amazing but designed to be used over the gloss black. Also work v well with the Vallejo metal varnish.

2:00 I decanted them because I didn't like how messy they got. The clear bottles I decanted them into makes it much easier to tell when they are mixed thoroughly. I have a 4e Vortex mixer as well and beside using that, I handshake them too. Only the vortex mixer didn't do the trick. They separate like almost no other paint. I love them though; best acrylic metallics out there.

This stuff looks a heck of a lot better on a gloss black. For some reason it worked great for me over Tamiya acrylic gloss black while a little tacky. Light mist coats at about 12" away. Got almost a mirror finish from the silver.

AK answered when I asked about extreme saying they are laquer based. Shame there no truely reflective acrylics.

I just bought that GSI airbrush for $30 thanks to my Prime card. I cant wait to try it.

Thanks man, been looking into these and was a bit worried about the finish, looks great, thanks for the review.

At 24:25 the paint looks like it took quite a bit of damage from your fingernail? This is more the type of durability testing I would like to see, just flicking it with your finger like you normally do seems like a bad test of durability to me, dragging the fingernail across seems more indicative of strength IMHO.

In the test two years ago, the evaluation of the colors was not so positive. How did the opinion change? How do the colors compare with the Mission Models metallic colors?

I picked up the Procon airbrush a couple of weeks ago. Looking forward to giving it a try soon.

Really appreciate all your videos. Keep it up Robert!

Duraluminum is also my all-time favourite 👍🏻

definitely sold, thanks

Great video. Thanks.

The Vallejo Metal Color "Chrome" makes a nice easy to airbrush silver, but I'd not say it is anywhere near "chrome" like.

Happy new year! Thanks for all the reviews, hope 2023 will be even better! Talking about acrylics, would be cool to add one when testing airbrushes! 😁

I remember you testing the original colors and didnt like the metal colors, didnt think youd try them again! I have the chrome and I wanted it for a knife blade but after seeing your alclad video I ordered that tonight and am gonna wait to finish this project haha

i thought i had deja vu for a second there, but no i checked and you already did a video on these a while back (though you only did a couple of colours) anyway even though these are formulated for airbrushing and can be shot straight from the bottle even though small (0.2mm) needles, i actually find they perform better thinned slightly with 70% IPA (or if you're averse to IPA, vallejo's own glycol ether based airbrush thinner)

Big takeaway for me here is the post-it notes masking. Never seen it before but it makes so much sense.

Great Video!

Love your videos i think I will have to get some of these paints

I love these paints!

Been eyeing these at Hobby Lobby. Going to have to pick up the 3 different sets

beautiful colors thank you for testing this brand. i always wondered how good they are.

THE BEST THERE IS. BUY THEM 1 drop on a brush will last for a LONG TIME

I hope all of you are doing well.

Awesome results!

Like them also very much. Try to mix them with Liquitex ink transparent, very cool effects 🤙

I just saw the Barbatos Rex Mecha colors collection at MCW paints. You're a celebarty.........................

Been using this stuff for ages and love it. They brush on fantastically aswell, love seeing a comparison of them as finding out which ones to get online is rather annoying, Going to have pick up some of that burnt iron at some point

The Metal Colors look great with a caveat. I painted my NX-01 with Aluminum and Dark Aluminum and when a clearcoated with Tamiya clear lacquer it made the metal look grey or silver. I guess the trick is to use their recommended clear varnish water based not “hot” but like chrome I’ve learned to simply not apply clear coats at all to preserve the metallic finish. Personally I’ll take Liquid Gold and Liquid Copper over it hands down. I’d love to see you test the GSW Interference paints.

Nice colors.

I remember a year or two ago you said you were really not impressed with these and that they were not good bang for your buck, probably overpriced because you are getting decent performance in an acrylic... Has your opinion changed?

Where did you get that airbrush display stand?

I think what was confusing you was the extra i aluminium instead of aluminum. 🤔

I bought a .2 needle and nozzle for my .3 Procon so I can switch it out to do pre-shading. I think I paid less than $15 for both.

This video was a great help! I had been trying to use the old regular vallejo metallics and had trouble. These look a lot better and no problems. This answered all my questions about the Vallejo metallic world. Thank you for a super video.

Just got a question for about what paint to use for fishing baits,,some are abs plastic and some are resin and will be cleared over,,I know you do models but thinking you might be able to give me some ideas for paint,,, thanks in advance Jeff Simmons

Is that an aftermarket cable for your 4 e's mixer?

you're missing Gunmetal there, it's a great color

Can you paint a model car with that airbrush

Would u say the hobby lobby pack would be good for transformers figures? Because I want to paint some yolopark amk Bumblebee and Optimus Prime.

How come you don’t prime w a airbrush?

That looks just like Games Workshops primers, wonder if they are/use the same OEM

I know you have another video about vallejo paints where you stated that you need to use a bigger needle. Is that the case with these paints, too? I see that you sprayed these at 18psi, but I didn't catch what size needle. I really like the burnt iron. What needle size did you use for this?

Where you get the air brush stand's at ??? I'm sure hobby lobby might have them but it's about 45 miles from me,,I like to order them if I can??

For me the problem with this paints, or their primer, is the dropper style used, it's messy

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Do you have a video on what you use to dry your paint? Do you use a dehydrator or a dehumidifier or a specific equipment!

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How does these paints compare to the regular lines of Vallejo metal colors (Model Air & Model Color)?

Where do we get that airbrush gun stand from? The Crome one with quick release… Love your videos and did what you said about changing needle & higher pressure for the “ Vallejo paints “ and it works great 👍. Thanks 🙏🏻👍👍🙏🏻

Does this airbrush booth help with fumes better than the regular plastic ones?

Hi, I never used metallics and an airbrush isn't feasible where I live but I really like how metallics look. How much harder would it be to get a similar result with a brush, how does it behave?

Sorry, but I have tried & tried, no luck using Vallejo paints. I didn't have the problems I have With these paints. I like Testors Model Master acrylic the best, Tamiya acrylic, & Mission models. Easy clean up. This paint is a pain to clean out of an airbrush. I like acrylic clear over metallic paints, to me doesn't change the metallic look surface to look like paint.

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how do these paints do with brush/drybrush application?

Hello happy New Year! I was wondering what you consider the top airbrush for painting gunpla. Or if anyone direct me to a video where you cover this. I have a paasche eagle for 3 years now. Its all i have ever used. Cheers!

Question for you. I have a anesty spray booth from amazon, yet my wife and I have our PCs in the same room as a gaming room. Which paints would be best to use that won't be so strong?

You should stop the spoons and display the colors on the cards you showed on the other videos

Can I paint them with a regular brush?

Do you know if these paints be used safely on the ABS frames of some Gunpla kits, as well as their primer?

The Vallejo website says that they recommend spraying over a gloss black primer. It might in return provide a brighter result??

Again ?

I bought rhe silver, the paint looks like a goop 😒

Yes I got a message saying that I had Won a set of tools or something but, I’m outside the U.S. so I know I can’t have won lol.. Once again thanks buddy 🫶👍👍👍🙏🏻

Ordered the steel after watching this video and holy smokes, I can't believe how good it is. Goes on so fast, so smooth, and it looks great! Hard to believe it's an acrylic paint honestly

These are my favorite acrylic metalic paints, I use for warhammer models. Thanks for the video.

Rex, all Iv got left is Vallejo surface primer Gloss black, is it shit? Does it need thinning, will be using Tamiya metallic gunmetal over it. I usually use alclads gloss black primer but ran out and it’s expensive here for a tiny bottle, thanks

My only gripe with the Metal Color range is the lack of colour diversity. Mixing the Copper and Gold paints can get you some nice brown-tone colours, but it'd be nice if they made a new wave of paints with bronze, brass and gold tones, as well as colours in the heat-oxidised spectrum.

I see nothing but love for the Vallejo metallics in the comments, but I have unpopular opinion: When a manufacturer (like Vallejo or Ammo Mig) keeps throwing products at you very often (and in collections and ranges!) you gotta think about quality control, which Vallejo stands poorly in!. I doubt that this product was thoroughly tested, and even if it performed well now, we don't know how it'll behave after couple months of opening the bottle. I tried Vallejo's Model Color, Model Air, Acrylic putty, bottled putty, grey primer, weathering pigments, and weathering pastes .. and they all deteriorate horribly after a short period of time, especially weathering bottles. Take Tamiya as a prime example: How often do you hear about new paint release?! Tamiya announces new paints very far and between and individually. I'd love to try the products tested in this video if Vallejo didn't ruin their reputation for me. I blew enough money to learn my lesson. Unfortunately, they are way better at marketing than crafting products. Thank you for taking the time to test the product. It exceeded my expectations.

I used these on a Gundam model recently and didn’t have great results. A lot of running. Maybe I’ll give them another shot.

You don't use any thinner in the airbrush with the paint?

Which spraybooth are you using?

That's a good idea with the hot water on cleaning the brush!

I use these paints a lot with my models. I like to use them for weathering for jet exhaust, heat, etc. with just a brush. And even with a brush, it still comes out great. Vallejo still impresses me to this day. Excellent paint.

Hi, these metal colors look nice, but I'm looking for a mirror metal effect like chrome and imitate the gold or silver metal color from jewelry, something very shiny. Any idea? 🙏🏻

There is a small corner of my local hobby shop where the metal Vallejo shelf of these is sitting on the floor, and they are all just collecting dust - seems like they've been there for awhile. guess it's time to check them out!

Dang!!..Who Wouldve Ever Thought Of Using "Posted Notes" For Masking...Awesome, Awesome Info/Idea....Thanks Once Again Robert..For All Your Awesome Videos!!, btw I Hoping "Ollie" is Doing Ok?...as Our Furry Little Buddies Mean More Than The World To The Majority Of All Of Us ..I Imagine

I know it’s been a year but is this stuff a pain to get off paint brushes just curious

total noob here, what would be your recommendation on paint for lexan

why hide the scratches at 24:25?

@Barbatos Rex have you reviewed varnishes before? Looking at comparing a few for durability to decal solutions, panel liners and weathering.

As you mentioned, the caps are really annoying. I've started taking them off, cleaning them of all paint, stuffing the inside of the nozzle with tac, adding a little vaseline to the outside of the nozzle, and then filling the bit that goes over the nozzle with hot glue. Close it up before it hardens, wait a minute and open. Pull out the tac, wipe off the vaseline, and you have a massively improved seal. It's still not perfect because it's hard to judge the exact amount of glue to use and it sets a little too hard to really smush the nozzle perfectly, but it's still a huge improvement. You can also paint these on with a brush. They're actually wonderful for that, as you get very smooth and very high coverage from a single coat.

Thanks for your guide on how to make gold and silver spoons. I can now save money on gifts so I can retire earlier and paint more minis.