Painting the Dungeons and Dragons Legend of Drizzt Drow Duelists was a really fun project. There is so much detail in the armor of these miniatures, which gives you a lot to work with while painting. We used quite a bit of metallic paint on the Drow Duelists. To create the metallic look to both the red and purple armor elements, we mixed silver metallic paint with regular red (or purple) acrylic paint. Julie's Drow Duelist's red and black armor was inspired by Elder Scrolls' Daedric armor. John's purple armor was inspired by the Drow from Baldur's Gate.
Unfortunately, the matte varnish greatly diminished the pop that all of the metallic areas. We ended up re-painting over most of the metallic areas after the varnish dried to restore the metallic sheen. In the future, we definitely won't be varnishing our miniatures that have metallic paint.
Unfortunately, the matte varnish greatly diminished the pop that all of the metallic areas. We ended up re-painting over most of the metallic areas after the varnish dried to restore the metallic sheen. In the future, we definitely won't be varnishing our miniatures that have metallic paint.