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Terminus wrote:Unprimed grey.

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Heresy!

Has anyone Ever sculpted one of their plasma guns like one of the coils exploded?

CaragaraPDF wrote:Has anyone Ever sculpted one of their plasma guns like one of the coils exploded?

Do you one better - the first time I was experimenting with GS, I cut out the coil and replaced it with a blob of GS, then pulled bits of it outward until it looked like the plasma gun was in the process of exploding.

Never did attach it to a mini. I think I lost that bit when I moved last week.

SaintHazard wrote:Do you one better - the first time I was experimenting with GS, I cut out the coil and replaced it with a blob of GS, then pulled bits of it outward until it looked like the plasma gun was in the process of exploding.

Never did attach it to a mini. I think I lost that bit when I moved last week.

Dam that sux. I would have liked seeing that.

CaragaraPDF wrote:

SaintHazard wrote:Do you one better - the first time I was experimenting with GS, I cut out the coil and replaced it with a blob of GS, then pulled bits of it outward until it looked like the plasma gun was in the process of exploding.

Never did attach it to a mini. I think I lost that bit when I moved last week.

Dam that sux. I would have liked seeing that.

You're telling me, I would've liked using it.

Well, I have IW CSM and I paint a plasma gun as green. If you want a chaotic effect, chaos-red-pink is also nice. If you want a realistic effect, remember that true plasma is superheated matter at some million degrees, so paint it at a shiny white, or blue-white.

My favorite is bright, glowing green. I have always thought of plasma is like super heated goo which sticks to the target and melts it, In that case green makes sense for me! I have sometimes used a more traditional blue, sometimes purple although I am not a fan of it. I once used orange for a friends army, as it seemed to match the colour scheme.

vodo40k wrote:My favorite is bright, glowing green. I have always thought of plasma is like super heated goo which sticks to the target and melts it, In that case green makes sense for me! I have sometimes used a more traditional blue, sometimes purple although I am not a fan of it. I once used orange for a friends army, as it seemed to match the colour scheme.

You said it. Thats my feelings. and you are right how Matching the color scheme is important.

some sort of blue with a gloss varnish

IronChaos wrote:Well, I have IW CSM and I paint a plasma gun as green. If you want a chaotic effect, chaos-red-pink is also nice. If you want a realistic effect, remember that true plasma is superheated matter at some million degrees, so paint it at a shiny white, or blue-white.

Um, no it's not. Superheated plasma is superheated, yes, good job on figuring that one out, but plasma on its own is simply a state of matter, apart from liquid, solid, or gas. It's defined as ionized gas, set apart from gas by-- you know what? Here. Do some reading.

SaintHazard wrote:

IronChaos wrote:Well, I have IW CSM and I paint a plasma gun as green. If you want a chaotic effect, chaos-red-pink is also nice. If you want a realistic effect, remember that true plasma is superheated matter at some million degrees, so paint it at a shiny white, or blue-white.

Um, no it's not. Superheated plasma is superheated, yes, good job on figuring that one out, but plasma on its own is simply a state of matter, apart from liquid, solid, or gas. It's defined as ionized gas, set apart from gas by-- you know what? Here. Do some reading.

no need to be cruel. or flaunt intelligence, calm down. that aside, I usually do blue with white highlights on my IF, and Green with a highlight of skull whit and then an additional highlight of scorpion green for my IW. I'm beholden to the the school of thought that plasma should compliment paint color. and if you want to get technical or fluffy, I can just say that the green is 'Tainted Warp Plasma' or some such thing.

Guys, FYI this is soposed to be fun with people sharing how They do something. Not arguing what color Real plasma would glow/shine on a Real plasma gun.

SaintHazard

I'm not being cruel or flaunting intelligence, just pointing out that he's trying to make himself seem smart by spouting a bunch of crap. It's obvious to anyone who's done the research that he has no idea what he's talking about.

If you don't know the facts, don't act like you do, you're just making yourself look stupid, even if you're not actually. That's the bottom line.

And I will call you out on it.

It's like CaragaraPDF said, this thread is about people's opinions on why they color their plasma weaponry the colors they do. in his OPINION, superheated plasma is blue white. he may be wrong, but who cares, its a fictional game set in a fictional universe, with fictional weaponry. if you want to absolutely smash everyone in this thread, invent a plasma gun. Otherwise accept that people may be wrong and if you absolutely have to correct them, their are better way of doing it than talking down to them and belittling their statements.

He said nothing about opinions. He was trying to pass off a load of hogwash as science fact. And he was wrong.

I corrected him.

Anyway, I'm perfectly calm.

Calmer than you are.

And I resent the implication that I want to tear down everyone in this thread. So far I've corrected all of one person, and he happened to be the only person in the entire thread with the exception of Melissia who was applying science to the topic. I didn't correct her, because she presented facts and was ultimately correct in her assertions.

That's all I'm saying.

If you're going to try to talk science, know what you're talking about.

If you're going to talk opinions, do just that, don't say things like, "If you want a realistic effect, remember that true plasma is superheated matter at some million degrees, so paint it at a shiny white, or blue-white."

Do you want me to point out each individual logical and scientific fallacy in that statement? Do I need to go that far?

Because I really don't want to. I want to keep talking about how people paint their plasma guns.

Besides, why is he, and why are we, bothering to apply science to the 40k universe? This is a universe where chainsaw swords are a feasible method of killing people, and where flamethrowers can spew napalm forever from a tank the size of your fist.

SaintHazard wrote:
Besides, why is he, and why are we, bothering to apply science to the 40k universe? This is a universe where chainsaw swords are a feasible method of killing people, and where flamethrowers can spew napalm forever from a tank the size of your fist.

my point exactly lol

Brother Heinrich wrote:

SaintHazard wrote:
Besides, why is he, and why are we, bothering to apply science to the 40k universe? This is a universe where chainsaw swords are a feasible method of killing people, and where flamethrowers can spew napalm forever from a tank the size of your fist.

my point exactly lol

Its fun for some people to speculate though. It might be important to your color scheme if you're going to do fancy lighting effects and you want a more gritty, realistic effect rather than a "fantasy" effect. Regardless of the actual emitted wavelength of light from a hypothetical plasma source, I think most people looking at the model would get a more "realistic" image from a washed out blue or green light, rather than, say, a hot pink or neon green light. I don't think either approach is "wrong" though.

Brother Heinrich wrote:

SaintHazard wrote:
Besides, why is he, and why are we, bothering to apply science to the 40k universe? This is a universe where chainsaw swords are a feasible method of killing people, and where flamethrowers can spew napalm forever from a tank the size of your fist.

my point exactly lol

Well fine. Then we can agree that science does not belong here, and that he was wrong for attempting to apply (bad) science, and I was subsequently wrong for correcting him.

No more science goddamnit.

Anyway I paint my plasma a greenish blue because it looks cool.

Although now that I'm repainting my Marines (who out of all my armies are the only ones with plasma weapons that have visible coils) I'm gonna need to choose a new color.

Probably green, it'd go well with their new color scheme.

SaintHazard wrote:
No more science goddamnit.

Another thread ruined by science! Damn you science! lol, I took a look in your gallery, is the new scheme the white one, or is that old?

Brother Heinrich wrote:

SaintHazard wrote:
No more science goddamnit.

Another thread ruined by science! Damn you science! lol, I took a look in your gallery, is the new scheme the white one, or is that old?

That's the old one.

1) I felt constrained by the paints I had on hand (AoBR paint set) and made the mistake of compromising instead of going out and buying more paint. I actually regret my paintjob mostly because I felt so constrained, and didn't have the opportunity to get creative.
2) White gets dirty after a while and starts looking really nasty.
3) I am much better at painting minis than I was six months ago, so I wanted to strip and repaint all my badly painted ones anyway - which constitutes nearly half of my SM force.
4) Emphasis on 2.

live and learn, thats all you can do, my original Space Wolves I got in '98 would probably be mistaken as mutants and summarily executed if an Inquisitor saw them. Whats the plan for the new scheme?

Brother Heinrich wrote:live and learn, thats all you can do, my original Space Wolves I got in '98 would probably be mistaken as mutants and summarily executed if an Inquisitor saw them. Whats the plan for the new scheme?

Shining Gold armor, Blood Red shoulders, Shining Gold shoulder trim, Boltgun Metal aquila and ornamentation, Chaos Black backpack (Boltgun Metal vents), Boltgun Metal weapons with Chaos Black trim, Bleached Bone cloth, Snot Green eyes, Snot Green purity seal wax with Bleached Bone parchment, Chaos Black blades in keeping with the chapter name - Knights of the Sable Blade. Sergeants have Blood Red helmets.

Paladins (veterans) will be wearing robes as they are now, but I'm not certain what color they'll be. Probably either Bleached Bone or Codex Gray, whatever looks best.

Chapter insignia yet to be determined, but I'll probably use Chaos Black and Bad Moons Yellow for it.

Originally I used four-quarters Skull White and Chaos Black with Red Gore lining for my chapter heraldry, but I'm thinking in keeping with my "knights" fluff I'm gonna give each Sergeant (or if I have the patience, each Marine) their own unique heraldry. Yet to be determined.

sounds good, it'll be cool to see them all done up, and to bring the discussion back on topic I think blue plasma with white highlights would compliment the army's colors nicely

Brother Heinrich wrote:sounds good, it'll be cool to see them all done up, and to bring the discussion back on topic I think blue plasma with white highlights would compliment the army's colors nicely

That it would, but I'll be honest - after playing the Dawn of War games, I'm pretty sick of seeing blue plasma.

Which is why I use green-blue now and I think I may use green with white highlights with the new paint job.

Wow all this anti wazza plasma stuff just confuzzled my poor little guardsman mind.

I do, however like how we got back on topic so easy! Bring on the Heat and plasma! Outch... me gon an overheated.

SaintHazard wrote:

Brother Heinrich wrote:sounds good, it'll be cool to see them all done up, and to bring the discussion back on topic I think blue plasma with white highlights would compliment the army's colors nicely

That it would, but I'll be honest - after playing the Dawn of War games, I'm pretty sick of seeing blue plasma.

Which is why I use green-blue now and I think I may use green with white highlights with the new paint job.

I hear that, another reason why I use green plasma with my IW. I just like the sinister idea of it, kind of a biohazard thing 'warning plasma has been known to cause extreme face melting'

Dunno, green glow effects make me think of Necrons, so I dislike it when others use that.

Melissia wrote:Dunno, green glow effects make me think of Necrons, so I dislike it when others use that.

lol you make my IW sound like chaos necrons

Melissia wrote:I dislike it when others use that.

Bonus!