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Hi all,

i just wanted to know the techniques of painting the many many gems in the eldar army. i already understand the technique of highlighting a base color with 2 more layers moving towards the bottom, and then finishing with a white dot in the dark part. this does look nice but are their any other different ways of painting gems that are still cool? ive always been a fan of uniqueness.

Also, for the gems, should i apply a gloss varnish to them to make all the more stunning?

Is this sort of thing any help?

 Snrub wrote:
Is this sort of thing any help?

I don't know about the OP, but that works for me !

Thanks

hahah thanks for the picture man but i was wondering if there any alternate methods to this that are still good looking. not just the classic highlight lower and lower with a white dot at the top. thanks so much anyways though.

I pretty much use the same painting method for gems, but after sealing, I put a drop of Woodland Scenics Realistic Water on the gem stones.

Thats just my method.

veggiemann wrote:
hahah thanks for the picture man but i was wondering if there any alternate methods to this that are still good looking. not just the classic highlight lower and lower with a white dot at the top. thanks so much anyways though.

Oh right, I see what you're saying. I didn't interpret your 1st post as intended.

Um there is this paint from Liquitex. It's pretty nifty. Might give the effect you're want. I've used the red one and it gives a nice sparkly effect. I got mine from Dickblick.

Is that more along the lines of what you're after?

oh yeah man thanks! what about the gloss varnish, would that be a good idea?

Hmm haven't much experience with gloss varnish. Couldn't really say.

@gamesetc, what does realistic water drops do? Make them shinier?

Yup, the realistic water is really very shiny.

Sweet, I love shiny things! Lol thank you for an answering winter

I use a white base with an appropriate coloured ink over the top (slightly watered down). This does all your highlighting for you and dries to a gloss finish.

Simple yet effective.

winterdyne wrote:
Yup, the realistic water is really very shiny.

Yes, this. It will basically give it a coating that will appear like glass, or .... a gem! =D