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I have some force weapons to paint but only 1 shade of blue + guilliman blue glaze.
Alternativly I could use des (3 shades) but I dont know how to wet blend and I dont want to try it with my New models.
It kind of depends on what sort of effect you're after.
If you're looking for the traditional blue-fade blade, then you might have some difficulties.
These days, I tend to do my power weapons like this:
Metal blade, ultramarine blue around the power nodule thingy, then a drybrush of ice blue with some white mixed in. If you only have the one shade of blue, then you could do something similar just by mixing white into your blue for the drybrush.
Seeing as you have blue, I use gulliman blue wash over skull white for my warp talons(don't know if that's considered as a power weapon) just have to aplie it smoothly or else it looks blotchy.well I actually primed it with a white.
KINGPIN54 wrote: Seeing as you have blue, I use gulliman blue wash over skull white for my warp talons(don't know if that's considered as a power weapon) just have to aplie it smoothly or else it looks blotchy....well I actually primed it with a white.
Hey, I do the same thing!
It looks very good compared to how easy it is.
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KINGPIN54 wrote: Seeing as you have blue, I use gulliman blue wash over skull white for my warp talons(don't know if that's considered as a power weapon) just have to aplie it smoothly or else it looks blotchy....well I actually primed it with a white.
Hey, I do the same thing!
It looks very good compared to how easy it is.
for sure, I'm no master at painting, and itsVERY hard to bugger it up.plus it really stands out.and its fast.and that is what was what the heading asked EASY.
If you also have white, then you have as many shades of blue as you want.
I used to do power weapon blades black, then layered highlights to red at the end of the blade, then additional edge highlights of brighter red and orange along the very edges. The same sort of thing would work with blue, red, yellow/orange or purple.
another problem is, that I want to paint all my swords alike (grey knights, so everybody has one!).
Therefore I try to fidn a technique that allows the most consistent results.
I still have a few spare bits to practice, I will try some of your suggestions now
It looks like you've got the right idea there, just the execution isn't quite where you want it to be. It'll only get better with practice. Try adding the white in much smaller increments for a better gradiant
Do you have your heart set on that effect?
I use layering/edge highlighting to do the following:
The basic technique is standard layering.
Step 1 - set your basecoat. In my case this is Vallejo Game Colour Night Blue (+ a little bit of Reaper Master series Anti-shine. but that's 'cause I like a matte finish).
Step 2 - cover basecoat about 65 - 70%. For me this is with a 50/50 mix of VGC Night Blue and Imperial Blue
Step 3 - go over previous layer leaving a little bit of it showing at the edge nearest the centre of the blade. I use 100% VGC Imperial blue at this point.
Step 4 onwards - same as before, keep covering the previous layer, leaving a little bit of it showing. For each successive layer add a little bit of white/whatever to your mix. For me I add VGC Glacier Blue (almost white) to the Imperial Blue in very small increments to create the additional layers.
Final step - when satisfied with the hue of the outermost layer, do a line highlight. For me this is 100% Glacier Blue.
Hope that helps.
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I realy don't want to reqoute sock, but yea! That looks awsome thanks for sxwthtkt! What I have been doing is just step one, you seem to take the ellevater!
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I think I amtoo stupid to paint a good sword...
None of that, it's all about practice. I've been painting for a little over four years, it took me a year before I even attempted to paint a power weapon, Do you have any spare bits of sprue? Prime them and start practising on those instead of your models. The rectangular shaped bits are excellent for anything that requires edge work.
KINGPIN54 wrote:I realy don't want to reqoute sock, but yea! That looks awsome thanks for sxwthtkt! What I have been doing is just step one, you seem to take the ellevater!
Thank you very much and that is a sterling metaphor.
if I want to go about it easy I just paint the power weapon either Silver or Gold and then wash it with an appropriate ink (cool colors use silver as the base, warm colors use gold as the base).
Yay for lazy methods.
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When I'm editing alot, you know I have a gakload of homework to (not) do.
well I actually primed it with a white.
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