Zeratul29 Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 Hello brothers! I was wondering if anyone would like to share their force weapon painting recipe's as I'm about to paint Draigo's sword(he's finished except for the sword) and some terms/paladins weapons. Any help would be appreciated as I'm not great on the force weapon painting... :devil: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/257708-painting-force-weapons/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedemptionNL Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 After a few failed attempt at blending I just got an airbrush and some masking tape. :lol: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/257708-painting-force-weapons/#findComment-3135313 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inquisitor Fox Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 I drybrush :lol: Start with a dark blue, put on a medium/less dark blue, then drybrush a sky blue shade, call it good. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/257708-painting-force-weapons/#findComment-3135317 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vash Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 I use two washes to make my force/power weapons. Or rather one Glaze, Gulliman Blue, and Darkenhof Nightshade Wash. I mask half the sword with tape. Making sure that the sword is completely white of course before I start... Then I add a thinned down gulliman blue glaze layer. thinning it down with a medium. Next step is adding several layers of pure gulliman blue. Final step is a few layers of the Darkenhof nightshade. Oh, the very last thing I do is skull white on the edges, and stripes where I think some reflection can occur. Once sword takes around 5-10 minutes to complete. Painting a set of swords will increase the speed, as you don't need to wait of for the wash to dry up. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v378/VashDime/40k/Grey%20Knights/puricloseup.jpg Here is a badly taken picture, and badly cut out from the background. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/257708-painting-force-weapons/#findComment-3135339 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twin .44 Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 I'm also an airbruser and a taper. Personally, I found glazing to be frustrating as I don't have the patience for it. I use blue painters tape, but masking tape should work fine to cut off half the sword. First off, pick what type of affect you want. Fire, ice, poison, etc and go from there. I started by basecoating the sword black and masking off two sword sides (opposite sides, opposit halves.). With an airbrush, this is very simple, you just need a little practice. Start with your dark color (in my case, scab red) and progressively move to a brighter color each layer, also while moving in from your previous color. Some might say go from a lighter color to a darker color, but the opposite seemed a little more forgiving if you screw up. Without my paint in front of me, I don't remember the colors I used, but this is my end result on my first two tries (haven't done many more yet) You can do this with Blues to look kind of icy, green to be poisonous, red to be flamey, purple to be fabulous... you get the idea. Let us see how you do! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/257708-painting-force-weapons/#findComment-3135486 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vash Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 Thing is. I don't know how many of us actually have an airbrush. And patience is not really an issue if you make it right with washes and glaze. For me it takes for a full 10 man unit around 30-40 mins. This includes adding tape to the minis. Best part is... there is no cleaning up after. Airbrush requires well... an airbrush. Requires preparation of paint. Requires multiple jars if you want to do it quick, otherwise you need to clean the current jar you have. After each color you need to clean the airbrush slightly, before adding the new one. For me, the process of airbrushing is longer. The result is better no doubt (if you can handle it that is). I have an airbrush my self, but I don't rely on it really. The time and all the cleaning just takes to much of my time :tu: With GWs new washes/glazes I find it hard to go back to painting swords with an airbrush. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/257708-painting-force-weapons/#findComment-3135496 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falstaff Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 I painted the blade in base coat black. Then I applied a liberal patchwork of dark blue. Next I drew out lightning style markings in light blue over the blade edge and all corners. This gave the effect of the blade looking crystaline/glowing with energy. Finally I highlighted certain areas of the light blue in white. This is mainly on blade and in particular dense areas of light blue. This gave the effect of it crackling with energy. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/257708-painting-force-weapons/#findComment-3136002 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeratul29 Posted July 29, 2012 Author Share Posted July 29, 2012 Ok, thank you all for the suggestions, I found this information helpful and I hope others viewing it will as well :D Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/257708-painting-force-weapons/#findComment-3136036 Share on other sites More sharing options...
painkiller Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 I airbrush mine. One thing though, is a word of warning in regards to airbrushing. Masking the halberds to get the proper mirroring effect can be very tricky stuff. Brgds, Painkiller Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/257708-painting-force-weapons/#findComment-3136538 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Master Caloth Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 sadly i am currently deployed to afghanistan and cant post pics, but for me, i base the sword black, the boltgun and finally paint the entire blade mithral. Then use Asyrmen Blue wash and apply CAREFULLY BUT LIBERALLY. coat the entire blade, both sides. Once dry, paint over with gloss varnish Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/257708-painting-force-weapons/#findComment-3136546 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFacelessMan Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 I use the technique from over in the Tutorial section (LINK), but I followed the colors from GW. I like the idea that different colors indicate the mastery level, and when I paint my Librarian I'll either do his warding staff up in red and orange or purple like Draigo, or maybe a mix of the two. Obviously mine aren't as nice as GW or the tutorial :lol: http://i.imgur.com/lYuEa.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/257708-painting-force-weapons/#findComment-3137095 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormshadow Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 I am lazy and I don’t have an airbrush B). I just paint the weapon black, take a small brush and paint a flame/lightning design on it and drench it in blue ink. Three steps that takes about 2 minutes :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/257708-painting-force-weapons/#findComment-3137293 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Holy Heretic Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 I have a different approach from the 'shiny metal' airbrush look. I go for a 'crackling with energy sword of flame' look, by starting out in a dark shade, then working up brighter and brighter tones of colour toward the center of the sword in erratic shapes. It is best seen in dreadknights here: http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/index.p...howtopic=247439 Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/257708-painting-force-weapons/#findComment-3137318 Share on other sites More sharing options...
slah Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 I´ve never really liked the "official" power weapon scheme - in my opinion the airbrush approach makes it look like cheap costume jewellry - but I guess it´s a matter of taste :)... I just paint it a dark metal colour, and then use brighter and brighter glazes in a "sloppy" way down towards the hilt of the sword and on selected places along the blade. The result looks like this (apologize for the crappy pictures in advance: http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii284/slah_photos/Games%20Workshop/40K/Grey%20Knights/Paladin%20Squad/IMG_3188.jpg This picture of the inside of the cowl gives a better idea of the effect: http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii284/slah_photos/Games%20Workshop/40K/Grey%20Knights/Paladin%20Squad/IMG_3173-1.jpg Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/257708-painting-force-weapons/#findComment-3137461 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeratul29 Posted August 1, 2012 Author Share Posted August 1, 2012 thanks guys, these are all really good suggestions! now which one to use.... :D Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/257708-painting-force-weapons/#findComment-3138845 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkpz28 Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 sadly i am currently deployed to afghanistan and cant post pics, but for me, i base the sword black, the boltgun and finally paint the entire blade mithral. Then use Asyrmen Blue wash and apply CAREFULLY BUT LIBERALLY. coat the entire blade, both sides. Once dry, paint over with gloss varnish I use the same method Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/257708-painting-force-weapons/#findComment-3139587 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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