Brother RedAxe Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 I have been looking for a way to create the look of heated metal to help my plasma weapons look like they have been used a lot. I have never been a fan of the soot marked barrel for plasma weapons, it's good for flamers, meltas and missiles but not in my opinion plasma. Anyone have any tips on how to create this look? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Templar 307th Comp. Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 I can't really think of any other way that a metal weapon would show signs of heat wear and still be functional. If the barrel was melted or flawed in some way, the weapon would be taken out of service because it would be too dangerous to continue operating it. That's kinda what happens to metal when it's heated: it scorches, it weakens, it distends, it fatigues...if anything but the first part happens to a plasma gun, it's pretty much wrecked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmbattledSoul Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 it happens BT, modern machine guns can get red hot and still be fine after. Ive seen one still functioning while being so hot you could see the rounds move through it... yeah thats insane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenith Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 I have been looking for a way to create the look of heated metal to help my plasma weapons look like they have been used a lot. I have never been a fan of the soot marked barrel for plasma weapons, it's good for flamers, meltas and missiles but not in my opinion plasma. Anyone have any tips on how to create this look? Unfortunately, you are out of luck. Heated copper is black. Native copper (Cu) is the orangey colour we know and love. Heat it in oxygen and it becomes Cu2O, which is a vibrant red colour, heat it some more and it goes to CuO, which is black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venerable Jazzman Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 The Tamiya weathering range sounds like your best bet - Tamiya site There's video tutorials etc, should all be useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kierdale Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 The Tamiya weathering range sounds like your best bet - Tamiya site There's video tutorials etc, should all be useful. Incidentally I bought myself the A-set last weekend (sand/light sand/mud) and it's excellent. Colour-wise the photos on that page are not great. It's a reddy-orange for `sand`, a yellowy-brown for `light sand` and a dull brown lastly for `mud` which really looks like wet mud. Currently in the process of using `Sand` to dirty up my marines' feet and it's great. I'd recommend looking at them in a shop rather than choosing them from the images on the site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanska Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 I have been looking for a way to create the look of heated metal to help my plasma weapons look like they have been used a lot. I have never been a fan of the soot marked barrel for plasma weapons, it's good for flamers, meltas and missiles but not in my opinion plasma. Anyone have any tips on how to create this look? For heated steel I'd go with silver-sepia wash-purple wash-silver, washed with blue wash For reference: Picture of heated steel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother RedAxe Posted March 15, 2012 Author Share Posted March 15, 2012 For heated steel I'd go with silver-sepia wash-purple wash-silver, washed with blue wash For reference: Picture of heated steel That is exactly what I am looking to create. I'll give that a try once I have some time. any other suggestion would be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paradigm Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 No reason you couldn't do this with copper tones. Just stay away from green so that it doesn't immediately scream verdigris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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