I've tried them, but not on 6mm. I've found that some of my different pots separate to different degrees, with some becoming quite watery and thin and not covering in one coat. They actually have quite large flakes in them that might possibly obscure detail, but I'd still recommend them for all metallics as they look great, particularly for smaller details.

It's really good, but it has 2 main problems (I have only used it twice though)

1: It very shiny if you don't shake it for a long time, but dullcoat should fix that.
2: It drys to fast on the mixing palette, a wet palette should get round this though.

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Never tried it and if you do, please report back about it.
However another fantastic trick for metalics on 6mm is actually to use airbrush paints (such as from Vallejo) as the metal flakes are extremely fine and even by necessity

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Chico - you can't use it with a wet palette because if you get any water on it, it will rust. I thought the shininess was the main appeal personally

Aye that's a good point, one which I didn't even think off . Heh disregard Chico's advice as he is clearly not thinking straight at this point.

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Interesting. I'd never heard of this stuff and your post wasn't particularly enlightening but I googled a bit about them.

It sounds like there are pluses and minuses, with them being regarded as better looking than other metallics but requiring alcohol, dedicated brushes, etc and their gold in particular having problems irretrievably drying up/clumping (sometimes coming like that when bought).

I'm not sure about the base coat thing. One article I came across said:

"7. What base coat?

Two or three layers of any Liquid Gold colours will cover well a black primer undercoat but I suggest you start from a layer of colour of similar hue, like a red-brown for Copper / Red Gold or a more yellow one for the other Gold colours. However, a black base coat will work well for Silver"

I tried the first version, which came in the same dropper type bottles as the rest of vallero paints. And it was Glorious! Beautiful shiny gold just the way it was meant to be.

After getting the new kind? Ugh; it's oily and slick and horrible to work with; it feels more like an oil paint than acryllics, and it's near impossible to get something to cover on.

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I think the problem is that it separates really easily and quickly, and when it does it is useless. You have to shake it intensely to mix it back up and then it will only last a short while. I think some pots are more separated than others, some of mine seem harder to mix back up and so the coverage is no good. This might be something that occurs with age, and I guess it is hard to know if you are buying a pot that has sat on a shelf for months. I would say that the effect is worth it, but there is no ease of use benefit and I wouldn't have bought the set if I had known of the drawbacks.

Large smooth or flat surfaces seem to be the value proposition for this. For the types of production and models I work with that would mean a low if any ROI. Easily my needs would met with regular and airbrush metallics it would seem. However if I was say to an army of custodes, this would be first thing to buy after the models

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