quick n dirty recipe for grungy metallic red power armor. This method is incredibly formulaic, but also incredibly modular with different base metallics producing different results.

Primer!

1. Begin with a full top-to-bottom spray of Chaos Black
2. go back over the top of the mini with a generous blast of Leadbelcher spray, (or any metallic primer you wish, Ive had lots of success with Retributor Armour and Runelord Brass as well, but your mileage may vary.) The key to what makes this so doable is how much you can really diverge and deviate to create different shades of metallic red, which is something I really like to feature in my army of Red Corsairs to make them look a little less uniform and a little more ramshackle, derelict, and scrapped together.

Undershades!

1. This step is kind of the most important part. My secret weapon, as it were.
   
   Undershading your transparent red makes a significant difference and creates lots of vibrant saturation and depth to the material you're painting, and helps to really sell that dirty old metal look this recipe intends to achieve.
   
   At this point, I like to get really messy with transparent high flow acrylics, and acrylic inks. I start with a transparent oxide red(my favorite is the Golden brand Hi-Flo, found at any Michaels or even most specialty art supply stores) and a nice transparent Burnt Umber thinned down with your favorite matte acrylic medium (i like a nice 1:1 Contrast Medium and Lahmian Medium to then mix in 1:1 with my ink, personally)
   using a light and dark ink that share a pigment ingredient in my experience makes working in your transitions between highlights and shadows WAY easier, and keeps your metallic a lot more uniform.
   
   (the quick and dirty way you can do this is by making a good ol fashioned DIY dip wash from the inks, water, and a drop of dish detergent or dishwasher rinse agent for surface tension, and then dipping your primed (but DRY) miniature in and letting the magic happen.)

The Headliner

1. Get your favorite shade of heavy body transparent red paint rolled out onto your wet pallet ( Blood Angels Red is a great choice, although I prefer Flesh Tearers red from the same Citadel Contrast line) and work away at all those panels and pieces of armor you want to show off that beautiful hot rod red color. I like to be as precise as I can and leave as much of the armor trim as possible, giving myself the gift of "Less work to do later" when its time for painting in the armor trim and secondary colors.

Armor Trim and Secondary Colors

1. Corvus Black Black Legion are what I like to use to make quick work of the black trim and spare panels, coupled with some chunky edge highlights with your favorite Silver , and a sparing drybrush with Iron Hands Steel all over the place for some drive-thru weathering, too.
2. I like to use Militarum Green and Creed Camo for pouches and grenades, and sometimes Zandri Dust and Zamesi Desert as well. I like my army guys to look like army guys, even when they dont even look anything LIKE army guys, and to me, A little bit of canvas on your plate goes a long way.

The Eyes have it!

1. Turquoise Green is my go to for helmet visors and even the occasional unhelmeted set of eyes as well. In the spirit of quickness, I tend to try to give myself as little to fuss over as possible, so the eyes generally stay one color, but the more precise and seasoned among you may find yourself putting in the work for those awesome little details.