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I've been trying to work out how to get a crystal effect for elda weapons but i've got no idea how to paint it, please help

Choose the surface with the highest point.
You want the top and bottom of that to be black, the middle to be just off-white, towards the colour of your 'crystal'.
The mid point between those is your crystal colour, pure.
The rest is gradient.
For each surface, alternate the shading pattern (so adjacent to the first it's off white at the ends, black in the middle).
Edges in the same off-white, with final pure dots of white to finish.

Edit: Not going to such extremes looks less 'shiny'.

Thank you very much. I will try that on some models

winterdyne wrote:
Choose the surface with the highest point.
You want the top and bottom of that to be black, the middle to be just off-white, towards the colour of your 'crystal'.
The mid point between those is your crystal colour, pure.
The rest is gradient.
For each surface, alternate the shading pattern (so adjacent to the first it's off white at the ends, black in the middle).
Edges in the same off-white, with final pure dots of white to finish.

Edit: Not going to such extremes looks less 'shiny'.

When doing this are you using two brush blending for the transitions? I hadn't ever thought of trying to get this effect but now I kinda want to give it a shot.

Nah, normally I'm just layering. The main thing to remember is that each layer must be dry before working the next. If you're putting your paint on thin enough (and I mean a thin coat - very little on the brush as well as thinned with glaze medium or water), this is very fast, but a hairdryer can help if you're in a real rush.