How can i paint plasma?

[diddy lemon1]

i was wondering how i could do plasma like the plasma gun in this squad

http://www.coolminiornot.com/index/whatm/GW/id/132922

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[matt15595]

LOTS and LOTS of highlights with light blue and white

i think something like start of with a
light-ish blue like GW\'s ice blue.

Then just highlight a lot and end up with pretty much pure white.

Then you (could) put some varnish on it to make it shine but i dont know if it would work so dont try it unless someone else says so


THanks

 

[freakinacage]

yeah i\'d get blue and highlight up to white

also add a little osl to the edges like cyril\'s eyes

 

[DaN]

Any colour will work too - I tend to use greens or blues for plasma.

As mentioned, just highlight up from base colour and if you want add a bit of OSL

 

[generulpoleaxe]

it would be far quicker to paint white and shade with washes of the chosen colour.

then touch up the final highlight with white again.

 

[freakinacage]

Originally posted by generulpoleaxe
it would be far quicker to paint white and shade with washes of the chosen colour.

then touch up the final highlight with white again.

ack showoff!

 

[QuietiManes]

/initiate Fresh Prince impression.

Cool guys paint on black, remember that, whenever you...blah blah blah.

/terminate Fresh Prince impression.

It\'s amazing how fast the black primer phenomenon spread isn\'t it? Perhaps I\'m showing my age, but I remember back when modellers used testors oil paints and everyone used white...then some fancy pants started using grey....then I didn\'t see anything for a long time until someone introduced me to Warhammer 40k and everyone was using black it seemed. Just to clarify, I prefer a white primer, don\'t even like blacklining for the most part. Of course there\'s always exceptions.