Rizara Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 So i am taking a small census so to speak. I am old school and like my power weapons to have a colored blade. I like the glowing sword over the traditional metal. So which color is best for crimson fists. My two options right now are to do a turquoise built to white blade, or to go with the green blades. I personally am not sure the green looks as good. It stands out more, but it feels more like a clashing color, while the blue blade only works if your crimson fists dark blue isn't brightly highlighted. Also for me, this will likely be my plasma glow color as well as lascannon cables. Could also become optics elsewhere as needed. Other options are orange or purple. However I have only seen them with blue or green. So...which do you guys prefer? Blue blades/turquoise -- keep the color in the range of colors Green/neon green - clash against the colors, make it pop. Orange - are weapons are blazing hot, salamanders can't have all the flaming weapons Purple - we just want to be different and red and blue make this color. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/353447-crimson-fist-power-weapon-color/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemondish Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 You know, the purple is a fantastic idea I never previously thought of. I think I only have one power sword in my current project (Primaris captain), but I think I'll go with that. That sounds like it could look awesome! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/353447-crimson-fist-power-weapon-color/#findComment-5243568 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumah Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 I would go with orange, personally. It's a good contrast color with any dark shade of blue. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/353447-crimson-fist-power-weapon-color/#findComment-5243668 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guiltysparc Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Here are two options for you...I've been using this sort of jade color for my ultramarines and it looks good with the blue armor while still popping quite a bit. For my Librarian i used purple, since its a force sword and i wanted it to look different from the power weapons in the army, but also a darker blue armor which is probably closer to what you're doing with your Fists. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/353447-crimson-fist-power-weapon-color/#findComment-5244576 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemondish Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Real cool effect - how did you achieve it? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/353447-crimson-fist-power-weapon-color/#findComment-5244700 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizara Posted January 30, 2019 Author Share Posted January 30, 2019 thanks guys. I decided to go with a jade green. I liked the look of it, but looking through my pots of green paints, the brighter shades are a bit dry, and the only shades I have to really work with are the jade colors (necron abyss/kalibite/sybarite greens), or orc flesh colors. So i opted for the jade. The turquoise would look good, its just with all that blue it might get drowned out a little bit on the whole. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/353447-crimson-fist-power-weapon-color/#findComment-5244780 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guiltysparc Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 The Jade color I got through painting it turquoise and then glazing with waywatcher green: Sotek green Drakenhoth shade Lahmian medium thinned Sotek in diagonal sections Lahmian medium thunned temple guard blue in diagonal Baharroth blue edges 3x waywatcher green Baharroth edges Baharroth shimmer lines Blue horror dots on shimmer and top edge 1x thin waywatcher green Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/353447-crimson-fist-power-weapon-color/#findComment-5245247 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guiltysparc Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 If you want to see what Sotek green, temple guard blue, and baharroth blue look like on top of the Ultramarines color without the green glazing you can check out the Inceptors I did in my UM wip thread (link I signature). It actually pops pretty nicely. Against a darker blue on crimson fists it would look pretty good too I think. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/353447-crimson-fist-power-weapon-color/#findComment-5245252 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skorp Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 I like the purple and the green but would love to see how orange looks for comparison, or even yellow but it would be harder for yellow to show well on a silver sword, maybe a problem for orange too. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/353447-crimson-fist-power-weapon-color/#findComment-5246381 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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