what colour power weapons

[wiplash]

ok im in the process of building my army so im planning how to paint them too okay:

 

shadowgrey/blue mix for the armour

yellow pads

red guns

red eyes

 

 

so what colour power weapons should i use?

i can't imagine red power weapons working tbh, and is green too contrasting?

most SW players seem to go to blue, is that the fluffwise colour or just the one that suits the best

 

thanks in advance

wiplash

[Grey Mage]

I use black.. and then drybrush silver over them. For Powerweapons in particular that is. Looks like a real battle used sword.

Because I like the realistic look, and lightning bolts just didnt work right

For Frostblades I use a chainaxe, and I do the teath white, with drybrushed silver over it.

Because theyre made from the teeth of tyranid spaceships, so they should look something like bone

Chanswords are red with silver teeth, thinly blacklined.

Because I like the color red, and theyre metal chainsaw teeth

But really its all up to you man.

Because your the one who gets to paint them and look at them every game.

[hendrik]

i think most people including me pick blue because that's the way most people do

it's how i've done them

[deedark]

I paint mine ultra blue in the middle of the blade, blend to enchanted blue to white on the tip and edges

 

I've seem then red, green, orange etc.

 

Like mage says its your army go with what you like, there is no wrong way

[Max_Dammit]

I use enchanted blue with skull white lightning

[OnlyInDeath]

Ultra blue, followed by Enchanted blue with lightning starting w/ icy blue, and brought up one highlight with SW grey.

[Rezil]

I use Enchanted blue base, followed by a dry brushing of enchanted blue mixed with white about 30/70 that starts just above the base of the weapon to leave some of the original colour near the base of the weapon. I then dry brush pure white a bit above where I started my previous mix careful to leave some of it trailing in to the blue and finally a VERY light brushing of mithril silver all over. ;)

 

But go with whatever you fancy.

[ORKILL]

I base them silver then apply a thinned blue ink. Later, I add white lightning bolts. According to the fluff power weapons are supposed to have a blue energy aura.

[Roguemarine]

I did mine in a bright orange makes them stand out really well.

 

Dry brushed the orange over the finished model

[Long Fang]

Hey,

 

I'm another one that does mine blue,

 

Start with a chaos black base

paint whole weapon enchanted blue

paint on lighting bolts with 50/50 enchanted blue/ice blue

thin lines of space wolf grey leaving the ehcnated/ice mix showing on each side

 

I had thought about doing them in red but i decided that it would look to chaosy for my taste, but as has been siad, go with what you feel works for you

 

Long Fang

[Long Fang]

Was lookin at other things and came across this. There LoneWolven's but there in his album so I'm sure he won't mind me postin a link here.

 

red

blue

 

Those and others can be found in the paintin convertin etc thread HERE

 

Long Fang

[lunchb0x]

Real men paint their power weapons, GREEN.

 

Its a good contrast to the basic armour colour.

[Vlk]

Well, at least Luke Skywalker had a green power weapon. That's what I call a formidable example.

 

Considering the fluff, Mikal Sternmark (in Wolf's Honour) had a red power weapon, Ragnar's frostblade (judging from the cover of Wolfblade) is a big grey and red sword with white teeth and some runes on it, some power weapons (such as Schaeffer's power sword) are blue or at least have a blue aura...

 

Not having painted a single blade in my life yet, I would suggest painting those darn power weapons either blueish or red - or letting them look like good old steel swords with only a colourful glimpse of something more. If you don't insist on being fluffy, make them whatever colour you wish... I bet pink power weapons would be truly frightening.

[wiplash]

me thinks ill go with blue :D

 

cheers for the comments though guys, i do really like the idea of green but i can't see it working on my models

[karn888]

i do my power weapons in bolt gun and then highlight the middle and edges with chainmail, and i do my frost blades in enchanted blue with ice blue dry brush

[tastytaste]

For space wolves I would look at some Eldar Weapons and how they are painted the blues and light colors really lend themselves to the Space Wolves. Just make sure to add some blood on top of it.

[Long Fang]

Got round to takin a pic or two.

 

http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/7866/0002spf.jpg

Alas the inside of the sword looks better than the outside :D oh well, that was the first pw I painted for my wolves.

 

Long Fang

[Valerian]

Here is the Blue used for the Power Weapon on one of My Wolf Guard Terminators.

Here is a picture of the Gold that I used for the Nemesis Force Weapons on my Grey Knights.

Regards,

Valerian

[hartnett]

for my power weapons i use bolgun metal with mithril silver drybrushed over

then i use an asurmin blue wash and it looks like its glowing...nothing fancy really

[Burias-Drak'shal]

How about very bright green.

[Lord Howland Greywolf]

I paint my black so that they look kinda like obsidian blades. But realy realy cold.

Colder than the south pole. Colder than your girl after you forget to buy her that special gift, on secound thought nothings that cold.

[Wolf Priest Haelaeif]

Like Grey Mage, I paint my power weapons like normal blades. They only have that energy field when they are switched on, actually iirc, only when they hit something, so at all other times they would look like normal weapons.

 

I will probably paint my librarians' force weapons yellow with lightning/glow effects, though.