Gold Coloring Help

[Unkownsoldier]

Here is my trophy, currently I think it's a well made W.I.P. yet, I need some help blending the gold colors together, can anyone help me?

[Galdor]

something like this maybe but I donno xP

[Stephen]

I find the easiest way to do gold, and lot of other metals, is to take advantage of your highlights and shadows. Plain old yellow will do for your fill, but you have to be creative with your highlights and shadows.

Originally Posted by Galdor

something like this maybe but I donno xP

Cute, I want to see how it looks resized to match his original.

[DustyPorViva]

Metallics are all about contrast -- bright highlights and dark shades. Galdor has the right idea, though to emphasize you might want to make the darks a little darker. You also don't want to shy away from putting them near each other -- metals don't react to light like other materials as they reflect it much like a mirror. So you have the underlying color of gold, but the surface itself is mostly covered with reflections so all those shades and highlights are from reflections of its surroundings.

Here is the trophy from Pixeljoint:

Also, your perspective is a bit off:

[Kain4lyfe]

Usually the color palette makes a huge difference when trying to resemble gold. The highlights as well. Dusty is right so listen to him. :]

[Elk]

a quick edit

[Unkownsoldier]

Originally Posted by Elk

a quick edit

lol, always out-doing everyone else. Good trophy.

[DustyPorViva]

Originally Posted by Elk

a quick edit

How quick?

[Elk]

Originally Posted by DustyPorViva

How quick?

10 minutes or 11, today was last day at school before summer break, so I was bored and did this
as you can tell it's a pretty dirty sketch
the bottom part is mirrored except the shield and the trophy itself

[smirt362]

Originally Posted by Elk

a quick edit

Originally Posted by Elk

10 minutes or 11, today was last day at school before summer break, so I was bored and did this
as you can tell it's a pretty dirty sketch
the bottom part is mirrored except the shield and the trophy itself

That made me a bit sad/envious.

[Crono]

Wow **** off elk that is good.

[Luda]

Niceee

[Nelm]

Wowww. Very nice, Elk.

[Galdor]

hehe nice one elk

[Soala]

Wow that's awesome
Actually to color anything with gold, I always use a shading of course, but with some non-common colors, like orange/dark orange shade