vahouth Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Here is a power weapons tutorial I made for my log at the BAs subforum: If anyone has any questions, just let me know. ;) 1. I basecoated the blades with Regal blue and washed them with Badab black http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/4135/16634943.jpg 2. Once dry, I made a lightning pattern with pure Regal Blue. http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/6950/70996182.jpg 3. I continued with a 1:1 mix of Regal Blue + Ultramarines Blue. http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/3952/50896672.jpg 4. Then Pure Ultramarines Blue. http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/5743/90131625.jpg 5. Then a 1:1 mix of Ultramarines Blue + Ice Blue. http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/579/83163162.jpg 6. Then Pure Ice Blue concentrating on the edges. http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/9113/93196832.jpg 7. Then Pure Skull White again concentrating on the edges of the blade and the pattern. http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/7565/28363284.jpg At this point the blade already looks great and you can stop here. I added however another step: 8. Glaze the whole blade with a 3:1 Diluted Skull white, which blends the colors and gives a haze effect on the blade. http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/4540/70915702.jpg The final result is this: http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/8817/lc1u.jpg http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/3461/lc2m.jpg http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/6845/lc3u.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/223101-tutorial-painting-power-weapons/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Nihm Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Pretty damn sexy. :tu: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/223101-tutorial-painting-power-weapons/#findComment-2667564 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razblood Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 They look like they could be fired across the battlefield they're charged with so much power! Very nice tut :rolleyes: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/223101-tutorial-painting-power-weapons/#findComment-2667726 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Br0ther Rafen Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 Pretty damn sexy That is absoloutly correct. Very nice work man, thanks for the tut ^_^ Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/223101-tutorial-painting-power-weapons/#findComment-2669997 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fudblinker Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 Wow, looks great! I will have try this out. Thanks for the tutorial! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/223101-tutorial-painting-power-weapons/#findComment-2670298 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makkeru Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Have to try this out, thanks! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/223101-tutorial-painting-power-weapons/#findComment-2679627 Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverneil Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 They look brilliant. I'm trying to get that effect on a thunder hammer Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/223101-tutorial-painting-power-weapons/#findComment-2691279 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vahouth Posted March 16, 2011 Author Share Posted March 16, 2011 Thanks for the comments guys! I'm glad that you find the tutorial useful. :) I was fooling around with another sarge the other day and tried that effect on his fist giving the impression of powering up and getting ready to strike. This is the result: http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/7779/pf1l.jpg What do you guys think? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/223101-tutorial-painting-power-weapons/#findComment-2691335 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaosRaptor Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Wow. And I thought just the Lightning Claws were great. That is some seriously impressive stuff man. You got skillz (with a "z"). :D I am so gonna try that if I ever get around to starting my Exorcists. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/223101-tutorial-painting-power-weapons/#findComment-2691716 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doomaflatchi Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Thank you for this - it creates a very striking and unique look. I think I'll try this on my new Grey Knights. Again, well done! :lol: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/223101-tutorial-painting-power-weapons/#findComment-2712924 Share on other sites More sharing options...
After_8 Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 I used this technique to paint a power axe and am very pleased with the result (can't post a picture as my camera's away being repaired). I now want to achieve a similar effect on a force weapon but don't want it to be blue so I was going to go for purple; trouble is that while testing it on bits of sprue, I'm having difficulties getting the colours right - it just doesn't seem to work. My initial attempts were warlock purple -> liche purple -> skull white. I've also tried throwing in bleached bone before the skull white as well as mixing the liche purple with skull white to create an intermediate layer of pink but I'm still failing to get that nice hazy effect. Does anybody have any idea which colours would work well to create a purple version of this? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/223101-tutorial-painting-power-weapons/#findComment-2715697 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Nihm Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 I used this technique to paint a power axe and am very pleased with the result (can't post a picture as my camera's away being repaired). I now want to achieve a similar effect on a force weapon but don't want it to be blue so I was going to go for purple; trouble is that while testing it on bits of sprue, I'm having difficulties getting the colours right - it just doesn't seem to work. My initial attempts were warlock purple -> liche purple -> skull white. I've also tried throwing in bleached bone before the skull white as well as mixing the liche purple with skull white to create an intermediate layer of pink but I'm still failing to get that nice hazy effect. Does anybody have any idea which colours would work well to create a purple version of this? horrible flash shot incoming, but, warlock/liche purple and skull white were indeed used: link Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/223101-tutorial-painting-power-weapons/#findComment-2715734 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terminatorinhell Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 That is a very nice effect! I will definitely use it , can I substitute regal blue mixed with something else for UM blue? And hypothetically, how can I do this effect with red? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/223101-tutorial-painting-power-weapons/#findComment-2715769 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vahouth Posted April 7, 2011 Author Share Posted April 7, 2011 Thanks guys! :tu: @ After_8 For a similar purple effect I would do: 1. Basecoat the blade with Warlock Purple and wash it with Badab black 2. Once dry, I'd do a lightning pattern with pure Warlock Purple. 3. Continue with a 1:1 mix of Warlock Purple + Tanned Flesh. 4. Pure Tanned Flesh. 5. Then a 1:1 mix of Tanned Flesh + Tentacle Pink. 6. Pure Tentacle Pink concentrating on the edges. 7. Pure Skull White again concentrating on the edges of the blade and the pattern. 8. For the haze effect you need only to dilute Skull white with water in a ration 3 or 4 parts water : 1 part White and liberally apply it on the blade. Here is a similar effect on a larger blade: http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/4376/sang2.jpg @Terminatorinhell My colors of choice for a red blade would be: 1. Basecoat the blade with 1:1 Mechrite red and Chaos black 2. I'd do a lightning pattern with pure Mechrite red 3. Continue with a 1:1 mix of Mechrite red + Blood red. 4. Pure Blood red. 5. Pure Fiery/Blazing Orange. 6. Sunburst Yellow concentrating on the edges. 7. Then Pure Skull White again concentrating on the very edges of the blade and the pattern. 8. For the haze effect the same recipe of 3 or 4 parts water : 1 part Skull White and liberally apply it on the blade. At some point in the future I'll do a Red Blade on a librarian. How soon will that be, will depend on the time I'll finish painting a commission job I'm working at the moment. Stay tuned! ;) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/223101-tutorial-painting-power-weapons/#findComment-2715972 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron_Adam Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 I'm working on something right now for power weapons that I don't think has not been done yet. My first attempt was black undercoat, basecoat with mithril silver, heavy Asurman blue wash, and from there I'm going to add lightning like mentioned above --> ultramarines blue, ice blue and skull white. The same effect works well when you mix the Asurman blue with Baal red wash. And lastly another trick is to paint different swirles of the silver metals randomly on the blade, each one adds a different depth to the blue or purple, add in the lightning after and it's pretty cool. I'll add pictures when I finish Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/223101-tutorial-painting-power-weapons/#findComment-2717356 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaudix Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 I just wanted to say I love this tutorial, I use it a lot, and recommend it to my friends, here's my results. I went back on a older model to test it on the blade. http://i1240.photobucket.com/albums/gg500/Vaudix/Warhammer/DSC00955.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/223101-tutorial-painting-power-weapons/#findComment-3098645 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vahouth Posted July 2, 2012 Author Share Posted July 2, 2012 Great DP there, congrats! :blink: I am glad that you found my little tutorial helpfull and you had that amazing result! :yes: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/223101-tutorial-painting-power-weapons/#findComment-3106333 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mamox Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 I used you're guide too, to try my FIRST EVER blending/lightning effect. I'm a new painter. Just started this army its my first ever loving the hobby so far. I started with black, did a thick squiggly of Macragge Blue, then a thinner line inside (leaving the Macragge showing) of Aldorf Guard blue->Calgar blue-> Lothern Blue (this one was prominant as its very 'glowy')->Fenrisian Grey-> thin highlight of Ceramite White. I then took the Fenrisian Grey and did the lightning bolt squigglies all over it, then highlighted those squigglies with Ceramite White again. What do you guys think? I tried a blending effect on a small extra combat knife I tried to make it look like a power weapon and it had clear cut lines of shades of blue and looked horrible, is the trick smearing the lines together while still wet? I'm pretty new at this so while I think I understand the Lightning effect, the pure blending effect is still out of my grasp. How do I do something like this Blended Sword Or the armor on these Termies is incredible http://independent-painters.blogspot.com/2...01_archive.html Anyone know any good guides or can direct me how I even start to attempt effects like these? Well, here is my Termie, not bad for a new painter! http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb284/Mashiner/Termie3.jpg http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb284/Mashiner/Termie4.jpg http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb284/Mashiner/Terimie2.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/223101-tutorial-painting-power-weapons/#findComment-3111338 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaigo Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Really love the results of your work Vahouth, thank you for sharing this. Especialy the haze is what I was looking for. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/223101-tutorial-painting-power-weapons/#findComment-3111354 Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmo Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 Thanks for the great tutorial :P Here are my efforts http://i814.photobucket.com/albums/zz66/jonbrooks_photo/B%20and%20S%20WIP/DA%20painting%20challenge/CIMG2676.jpg Power Maul http://i814.photobucket.com/albums/zz66/jonbrooks_photo/Dark%20Angels/Deathwing/CIMG2664.jpg Lightning Claws http://i814.photobucket.com/albums/zz66/jonbrooks_photo/Dark%20Angels/Deathwing/CIMG2660-1.jpg Thunder Hammer I did not go all the way to the white glaze but used a gloss varnish instead then a very dry white drybrush on the edges. Much appreciated that you shared. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/223101-tutorial-painting-power-weapons/#findComment-3121462 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vahouth Posted March 19, 2013 Author Share Posted March 19, 2013 I'm glad you find the tutorial usefull guys. :) BTW here are some more views of a Power Sword I made for my LPC entry: http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/3958/p1010120fm.jpg http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/308/p1010121ii.jpg http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/1305/p1010124q.jpg Enjoy :D Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/223101-tutorial-painting-power-weapons/#findComment-3331130 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomsev Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 I'm glad you find the tutorial usefull guys. BTW here are some more views of a Power Sword I made for my LPC entry: http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/3958/p1010120fm.jpg http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/308/p1010121ii.jpg http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/1305/p1010124q.jpg Enjoy waoooow love it!!! thanks for the tut and what a fig!! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/223101-tutorial-painting-power-weapons/#findComment-3331624 Share on other sites More sharing options...
War Angel Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Would this be doable in a reddish sort of color? I think read power weapons might suit my marines best.... Edit, never mind it's already here, my mistake. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/223101-tutorial-painting-power-weapons/#findComment-3331752 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vahouth Posted March 29, 2013 Author Share Posted March 29, 2013 For those of you in need of a red blade tutorial, follow the recipe shown above in post #14 or any other equivalent of your choice keeping in mind the following pattern: http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/8334/71597215.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/223101-tutorial-painting-power-weapons/#findComment-3338241 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Talos Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Looks awesome. Will definetly use on my next sword! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/223101-tutorial-painting-power-weapons/#findComment-3384039 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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