[Gimp]Metallic paint (metal flakes)

[aura]

Hello

This is a Gimp question about how to make some metallic paint with metal flakes.
The question is more about the metal flakes.
I try to follow a tutorial about it on a photoshop but i didn't understand some steps

www.base24.com/tutorial/Candyapple1.html
(Shadows step could be skipped this is not the point )

the fact is i really don't understand how making the step 7.
How highlight the flakes ? ( How layers are organised ) I try to follow the tutorial with photoshop CS3 but its way to hard for my little knowlegde of non-designer use

With gimp i tried with adding noise to a colored background but im not able to bring some flashing effect on the noise particule
( i tried on transparency background too with lighting effect but no interressing result)

only way i found and was not so good is to use an embedded effect called mosaic ( take a color split it on various geometrical forms with lighting effect ) but the result is too symetrical


hope someone has a idea about making this
Thanks for your read/answers

Bregards

[aura]

i think I've found a trick to do that not perfect but this is the best good looking i made

looking for a brush look like milky way adding to airbrush and dissolve fill mode in gradient

but I'm still open to a more "professional way "

[MAGGOT]

I haven't looked at the tutorial you linked, but I use the noise function in Photoshop. Does GIMP have layer blending modes (like Multiply, dodge, screen, etc)? If so, make a new layer with all black and white noise. Set it to 'screen' and reduce the opacity. Should give you the look you're looking for.

[Tim]

Hey aura,

Step 7 on the on the above tutorial looks like its there to add a highlight to a static picture, for a skin that step would be covered by the ingame lighting; it may look a bit weird if there was such a strong static highlight on the skin itself.

I'm just messing about with Gimp atm.