The silver color on the armor and it’s shine look AMAZING ! Love it ! 👍🏻What colors do you use ?

Regards !

I use partly Games Workshop paints, especially the leadbelcher base (metal). The highlights are done with an acrylic silver paint. The process is: cleaning with 70% medical alcohol. It will kill off the glamour of the original paint, so think well before going this way. Sometimes parts divert to totally blank! The alcohol also works to make the surface more receptible for water-based paint.
After that I place the base colours in a fully covering layer. In this case the leadbelcher, unaltered.For the Uruks I mix it with black to get a darker iron.
Next is a layer of undelituted black paint which I wipe of straight after. That will darken the iron and fill in corners.
I use washes with black for the tight corners.
Than it is time for a layer of dull coating (games workshop munitorum varnish spray). This because the rubbery plastic of the toybiz figures makes the paint to rub off when handling the figures. Downside is that the metal turns into dull grey so needs to be touched again...
So the final fase is drybrushing with leadbelcher again. After that highlighting upper parts of plates and ornaments with silver.
Drybrushing black in corners, or use black washes. For Gondor I paint no rust, or this would be the moment to do this.
Done!
Because of all the layers, you get a realistic metal look, for how the light is reflected.
I used to finish with a gloss varnish, but that gave the wrong look.
I do use it on the swords to make these reflect the light really bright.

Great 👍

Thanks!