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I've always found the idea of painting prismatic flames in the style found here (at tracking time 2:18 and other places. The original video has considerably better resolution.) to be an enticing but incredibly hard idea. Anyone happen to know methods for painting prismatic color schemes that are not absurdly labor intensive? I don't have issue with labor intensive per say but I intend to use these on actual play models and not on display pieces so some semblance of speed would be useful though not strictly necessary. I know about prismatic acrylic mediums and these will likely be the solution if no other can be found.

This is a very interesting idea. However I think that the prismatic effect won't transfer very well to a static model. Part of what makes those "prismatic flames" work is the motion the flames go through.

Would look hella good on some Rainbow Warriors...


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Ghidorah

If you need to ask the question your painting skills are not good enough to do.

Painting flames, plumes of smoke, exhausts, beams whooshes etc invariably ends up wrong unless you are a pro-painter. Even then most 'golden demon' level painters wont try it.

As a rule, dont.

There are some exceptions, and armorcast even sells smoke plumes and weapons burst add ons for miniatures. Still it is very very hard to get right.