Im genuinely tweaking...

Im struggling guys... I can't paint my black templars, i love them so much but im struggling to paint the black armour, I've tried multiple methods such as: Dry brushing Edge highlighting Battle damaging And contrast painting from dry brushing I was going to try doing Contrast from metallic but i dont have the paint for it but im struggling to be happy with any of the results and tried to move to different armies but im not enjoying doing them because it's not black templars, is there anyway i can get out of this pit of despair called:

Black armour crisis

I genuinely can't think of a way to do black armour that looks good with the skill i have at the moment and i have ALOT of space marines and some sword brethren so i lm stuck. Please help.