| Author |
Message |
 |
|
|
|
|
Advert
|
Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you:
- No adverts like this in the forums anymore.
- Times and dates in your local timezone.
- Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance.
- Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely.
- Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net.
If you are already a member then feel free to login now. |
|
 |
2012/06/23 19:02:16
Subject: painting melta guns "heat damaged"
|
|
Member of a Lodge? I Can't Say
|
Hey,
I've started painting an imperial guard army and I was wondering if anyone had any tips for painting the muzzle of a melta gun to look "heat damaged" from firing?
Cheers in advance
|
“Because we couldn’t be trusted. The Emperor needed a weapon that would never obey its own desires before those of the Imperium. He needed a weapon that would never bite the hand that feeds. The World Eaters were not that weapon. We’ve all drawn blades purely for the sake of shedding blood, and we’ve all felt the exultation of winning a war that never even needed to happen. We are not the tame, reliable pets that the Emperor wanted. The Wolves obey, when we would not. The Wolves can be trusted, when we never could. They have a discipline we lack, because their passions are not aflame with the Butcher’s Nails buzzing in the back of their skulls.
The Wolves will always come to heel when called. In that regard, it is a mystery why they name themselves wolves. They are tame, collared by the Emperor, obeying his every whim. But a wolf doesn’t behave that way. Only a dog does.
That is why we are the Eaters of Worlds, and the War Hounds no longer."
– Eighth Captain, Khârn |
|
|
 |
|
2012/06/23 19:06:06
Subject: Re:painting melta guns "heat damaged"
|
|
Regular Dakkanaut
|
I just drybrush Black around the tip of the muzzle.
JERB DERN.
|
 Flinty wrote:You could always just strap SPACE MARINES to the arms and SPACE MARINE the SPACE MARINES!!1!1111
|
|
|
|
|
2012/06/23 20:06:31
Subject: painting melta guns "heat damaged"
|
|
Virulent Space Marine dedicated to Nurgle
|
The way I do it on higher level models is I use tin bits or bronze and drybrush it on the front half of the barrel. Then I use a purple wash or glaze and lightly put that over the first fourth of the barrel. Then I do a very light drybrush with black over the whole thing, or I use black pigment.
|
|
|
|
|
2012/06/23 20:22:15
Subject: Re:painting melta guns "heat damaged"
|
|
Member of a Lodge? I Can't Say
|
OK, cool, I'll give it a go and see how it looks. Thanks for the help 
|
“Because we couldn’t be trusted. The Emperor needed a weapon that would never obey its own desires before those of the Imperium. He needed a weapon that would never bite the hand that feeds. The World Eaters were not that weapon. We’ve all drawn blades purely for the sake of shedding blood, and we’ve all felt the exultation of winning a war that never even needed to happen. We are not the tame, reliable pets that the Emperor wanted. The Wolves obey, when we would not. The Wolves can be trusted, when we never could. They have a discipline we lack, because their passions are not aflame with the Butcher’s Nails buzzing in the back of their skulls.
The Wolves will always come to heel when called. In that regard, it is a mystery why they name themselves wolves. They are tame, collared by the Emperor, obeying his every whim. But a wolf doesn’t behave that way. Only a dog does.
That is why we are the Eaters of Worlds, and the War Hounds no longer."
– Eighth Captain, Khârn |
|
|
|
|
2012/06/23 20:24:45
Subject: painting melta guns "heat damaged"
|
|
Chaplain with Hate to Spare
|
Hi there! I just use three washes over boltgun metal to get a heat stained look, you can of course add black or soot to the ends of you like but I like these guns to burn clean :-) there's an example of the result about 3/4 the way down this page (past the penguin) it's asurmen blue on the end, then leviathan purple in a smaller band and finally gryphone sepia to finish it off.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/1110/356350.page
hope it helps you!
|
 Flesh Eaters 4,500 points
" I will constantly have those in my head telling me how lazy and ugly and whorish I am. You sir, are a true friend " - KingCracker
"Nah, I'm just way too lazy to stand up so I keep sitting and paint" - Sigur
"I think the NMM technique with metals is just MNMM. Same sound I make while eating a good pizza" - Whalemusic360 |
|
|
|
|
2012/06/23 20:46:02
Subject: Re:painting melta guns "heat damaged"
|
|
Member of a Lodge? I Can't Say
|
Looks awesome. Cheers
|
“Because we couldn’t be trusted. The Emperor needed a weapon that would never obey its own desires before those of the Imperium. He needed a weapon that would never bite the hand that feeds. The World Eaters were not that weapon. We’ve all drawn blades purely for the sake of shedding blood, and we’ve all felt the exultation of winning a war that never even needed to happen. We are not the tame, reliable pets that the Emperor wanted. The Wolves obey, when we would not. The Wolves can be trusted, when we never could. They have a discipline we lack, because their passions are not aflame with the Butcher’s Nails buzzing in the back of their skulls.
The Wolves will always come to heel when called. In that regard, it is a mystery why they name themselves wolves. They are tame, collared by the Emperor, obeying his every whim. But a wolf doesn’t behave that way. Only a dog does.
That is why we are the Eaters of Worlds, and the War Hounds no longer."
– Eighth Captain, Khârn |
|
|
|
|
2012/06/23 20:52:26
Subject: Re:painting melta guns "heat damaged"
|
|
Fixture of Dakka
West Michigan, deep in Whitebread, USA
|
I paint the gun as normal. Then I paint a brown wash that you like from the front of the barrel to about halfway back. Then paint a heavy black wash (or a thin drybrush) over the top starting at the front, for about half of the brown.
That gives a really nice burnt look, with brownish metal discoloration underneath sooty material.
While it looks good on Meltaguns, it's especially awesome looking on flamers.
|
      
"By this point I'm convinced 100% that every single race in the 40k universe have somehow tapped into the ork ability to just have their tech work because they think it should." |
|
|
|
|
2012/06/23 23:16:23
Subject: painting melta guns "heat damaged"
|
|
Colonel
This Is Where the Fish Lives
|
Ron, who runs the From The Warp blog and post here occasionally, did a couple articles on heat and soot stained barrels. They are a damn fine read (as is everything on his blog). His advice is similar to what a few people have said, but I'll throw it up here any way.
Heat Stained Gun Barrels
Soot Stained Gun Barrels
|
 d-usa wrote:"When the Internet sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're not sending you. They're not sending you. They're sending posters that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing strawmen. They're bringing spam. They're trolls. And some, I assume, are good people."
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
