Verified course · human-reviewed February 2026Advanced English + Italiano
Non-Metallic Metal: Gold & Steel
Paint metal with no metallic paint — the technique that separates shelf minis from cabinet minis.
What you'll learn
- Why NMM works: light logic you can apply to any surface
- My exact gold and steel recipes (the six-year ones)
- Placement: where the highlight goes and why
- Sketching NMM fast, refining only what the eye visits
- Fixing muddy NMM without stripping the model
The practice brief
One NMM Helmet
One helmet, gold trim, steel faceplate. Post front and three-quarter shots under one light source. I annotate every submission with paint-over corrections — the feedback is the course.
156 student submissions — completion means posting yours.
Curriculum
11 lessons · 2h 50m- How light describes metalPreview13m
- Reference: stealing from the old masters11m
The review, in the open
Every course is scored 0–5 against a published rubric by a working maker before it can be sold. This one was reviewed in February 2026, and re-audited since.
5/5
Accuracy
5/5
Completeness
5/5
Production
5/5
Structure
4/5
Honesty