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Hey everyone, I'm painting up some Thousand Sons and wanted to experiment with a kind of 'glowing runes' effect on the bolter casings. I was wondering if anyone can give me some references or advice on how to do this effect without making it too dramatic? Thanks fellow Dakka-dwellers
1) Always do glows with colours lighter than whatever they're going on.
2) Remember light doesn't go round corners*.
3) Use THIN paint with very little on the brush. You will mostly be glazing, and you need it to be smooth and subtle to work properly.
*: The exception is 'bloom' which represents 'lens flare' of the light source. Generally you want to keep this on a single surface only, and use it sparingly - it is a view-dependent effect and from some angles it will look wrong.
mazik765 wrote: Hey everyone, I'm painting up some Thousand Sons and wanted to experiment with a kind of 'glowing runes' effect on the bolter casings. I was wondering if anyone can give me some references or advice on how to do this effect without making it too dramatic? Thanks fellow Dakka-dwellers
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