Warpaint: Metallic - Greedy Gold (18ml)

I really like this gold color. I like how it flows and its coverage.

Quality paint, just make sure you give it a good shake.

Great gold color and good flow. Not as gritty with gold flake as other brands

Looks great

Good gold effect, i love it for accents. Tried it on regular armor and that looked fine too but i prefer it for accent work.

It's got a little more red tone than the image here lets on. This image looks like a nice yellowy gold, but in reality it's definitely got some reddish copper tendencies. Still a great color, just take care that you realize it's reddish if you're buying sight unseen.

It's got a little more red tone than the image here lets on. This image looks like a nice yellowy gold, but in reality it's definitely got some reddish copper tendencies. Still a great color, just take care that you realize it's reddish if you're buying sight unseen.

I have to disagree with Christopher on this. I'm not sure whether he's thinning the paint out too much (it's a metallic and thinning with water can cause problems) or just got a bad bottle. Although I mostly use Reaper paints, I've used several bottle of various Army Painter paints as well. All of their paints cover well, but I'm not a fan of the satin finish that their regular paints have and generally stick to Reaper for normal paints. There are two areas of paints where I think Army Painter is awesome: First is their tones. I've used Dark, Strong, and Soft tones for black, brown, and sepia ink washes and they work really well. They only need a little bit of thinning and don't generally come out glossy the way many Inks do (I'm looking at you, Vallejo). The other area where the Army Painter excels is metallics. I've used this Greedy Gold and also used Reaper's Antique Gold. This is far and away the nicer paint to work with. The mica flakes in the Reaper paint are constantly falling out of suspension within a few seconds, even without thinning it. This paint is a little thicker, but stays in suspension much longer. In my experience, if you don't thin it, this paint will generally cover black (which is the standard color to paint metallics over) in a single coat or two at the most. With the Reaper paint, I'm constantly ending up with spots that look different because the mica flakes fell out of suspension. This paint gives a nice solid base coat that's shiny throughout, then looks great after being shaded with the Dark or Strong Tone ink. It also works well as a drybrushed gold highlight when mixed with Vallejo Metal Medium, or you can highlight with layering by mixing it with the metal medium and some airbrush medium or other thinning medium (but not matte medium or you'll kill the shine!).

I have to disagree with Christopher on this. I'm not sure whether he's thinning the paint out too much (it's a metallic and thinning with water can cause problems) or just got a bad bottle. Although I mostly use Reaper paints, I've used several bottle of various Army Painter paints as well. All of their paints cover well, but I'm not a fan of the satin finish that their regular paints have and generally stick to Reaper for normal paints. There are two areas of paints where I think Army Painter is awesome: First is their tones. I've used Dark, Strong, and Soft tones for black, brown, and sepia ink washes and they work really well. They only need a little bit of thinning and don't generally come out glossy the way many Inks do (I'm looking at you, Vallejo). The other area where the Army Painter excels is metallics. I've used this Greedy Gold and also used Reaper's Antique Gold. This is far and away the nicer paint to work with. The mica flakes in the Reaper paint are constantly falling out of suspension within a few seconds, even without thinning it. This paint is a little thicker, but stays in suspension much longer. In my experience, if you don't thin it, this paint will generally cover black (which is the standard color to paint metallics over) in a single coat or two at the most. With the Reaper paint, I'm constantly ending up with spots that look different because the mica flakes fell out of suspension. This paint gives a nice solid base coat that's shiny throughout, then looks great after being shaded with the Dark or Strong Tone ink. It also works well as a drybrushed gold highlight when mixed with Vallejo Metal Medium, or you can highlight with layering by mixing it with the metal medium and some airbrush medium or other thinning medium (but not matte medium or you'll kill the shine!).

The quest for a good gold continues. Painting an AoS figure with white primer has taken 4 coats so far and there are several more needed. The paint is is very thin and pools in the details more like an ink. Not looking forward to having to touch up over paint if it takes several coats to cover white.