I am looking for some decent paint colors that can successfully imitate metal like steel, titaninum, or aluminum on plastic. Silver paint just doesn't do it.

Any recommendations?

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Games Workshop has the best selection IE Bolt Metal Silver, Mitheral, etc.

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I second the Games Workshop paints.

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Thirdified. However, their 'Gunmetal' and Testor's Model Masters paint of that same name (I think it's Testor's I'm thinking of) aren't remotely the same color. GW's is a darker silver while the MM's a dark blue/black. I like mixing them to get 'true' gunmetal, lol.

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Tamiya's gunmetal is a nice dark metallic color.

The Model Master line has a number of metallic colors, but in general they have very low opacity, so you'll want a good base color to put under them.

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I don't have many metallic paints, but I love Tamiya's metallic gray (XF-56). It's a charcoal color only metallic and it has great coverage.

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My local paint supply is all acrylics. Silver and gold tend to be thin but I've found painting a base color then a thin coat of the silver mimics metal rather nicely.

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