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I've done a weapon in a NMM style and after I finished it, it occurred to me that it was perhaps too clean? But at the same time I don't actually know how you go about weathering a NMM. With a metallic it would just be a combination of washes and such before bringing out various silver parts again but with NMM I feel like that simply isn't an option. I can get away with having pristine blades, however out of character it might be for chaos, for the characters. But when it comes to the infantry and etc it feels like it would just be unrealistic.

This is what I have so far.

Blood for the blood god does good weathering, additionally you can just weather the parts that aren't the blade.

That said, you could wash the NMM part without too much of a problem, I don't think it would harm the affect. Pretty sure I ran an oil wash over mine

I suggest a series of washes and glazes to create stains and tints on the blade. I'd start with black all over to give it more of a dull metal look, then add patches of reds, browns ect. This example is obviously very exaggerated compared to what you want, but illustrates the principle:

Chips and scratches are still not much harder than on any other surface: Darker black / brown line, and try to underlying it with very light grey then create a bit of sharpness with bright points with pure white. Also, a dark orangey weathering powder in a few places more towards shaded nmm regions can look good.