Empire - Cannon

Here is the description of how I painted it.

Painting the Cannon The first thing to do, is undercoat the whole thing black. Cannon Barrel: 1. Mix Glorious Gold (VGC) with Bolt Gun Metal (GW) - about a 50/50 mix, maybe a touch more gold than gun metal 2. paint the whole barrel, but no other metal parts 3. Once dry I washed the whole barrell with Devlan Mub (GW), concentrating in the barrells "ridges". 4. Once this is dry I did several washes of Babab Black (GW) over the front of the barrell Wood: 1. I painted many thin layers of Flesh (Derivan) mixed with Gunstock Brown (Derivan) about a 50-50 mix. This included the wheels and as well as the Cannon Frame. 2. Once this was dry, I painted a few very THIN (Highly diluted) layers of the above mixture of Flesh and Gunstock Brown but I also added some Burnt Brown (Derivan) and thinned this down quite a bit. 4. A final wash of Burnt Brown (Dervian) with Chaos Black (GW) about 80-20 mix was washed into the recesses. 5. The edges were then highlighted with Flesh (Derivan) Metal: 1. Painted all the metal parts, except the barrell, with Bolt Gun Metal (GW) 2. Washed these metal parts with a watered down Chaos Black (GW) 3. Highlighted the metal parts with a mix of White (GW) mixed with Bolt Gun Metal (GW) 40-60 mix. I like this better than using Mitheral Sivler (or any other bright silver colour), as I wanted a highlight, but not one that was bright.

Hopefully all this made sense. As regards to finding the equivalent colours for the Derivan paints, you can use this Paint Comparison Chart.