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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gizzard" data-source="post: 641024" data-attributes="member: 527">I will jump in here but leave the rest for the Toe.  ;-)NMM is a technique where you use Non-Metalic paints to paint the metal parts of your figure.  Non-Metallic Metal, NMM.  If you painted an Axe on a flat canvas, you'd just use greys and whites to create the illusion of reflective silver.  Pretty straighforward in theory; a lot of art experience in practice.  Now imagine using the same freehand techniques to paint a 2D Axe onto the miniatures 3D Axe.  Fortunately, you dont have to sell that the object is a 3D Axe, as the sculpt already does that for you.  But you do have to get the lighting right and the colors right.  When it works, like it does in those pics I linked above, its incredible.  You really feel like you can see the reflection of the horizon; you really feel like the helmet is made out of chromed metal.</blockquote>