Painting Crystals & Gems
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Infidel Castro
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Wow...I\'ve actually never seen a diamond-type thing
Great question. Somebody answer! Hurry!
It\'s one of those things, but I\'ve seen emeralds, rubies, sapphires and the whole bag, but a diamond? I can only imagine that the whole thing would have a very dark black blue base and then do the same old thing for the effect of a gem (as I think finn just pointed out - by the way, hi finn!) but by going through greys. And even then it has to be smooth and extreme at the same time, giving depth and light all at the same time...wow.
Anyone?
rev
Great question. Somebody answer! Hurry!
It\'s one of those things, but I\'ve seen emeralds, rubies, sapphires and the whole bag, but a diamond? I can only imagine that the whole thing would have a very dark black blue base and then do the same old thing for the effect of a gem (as I think finn just pointed out - by the way, hi finn!) but by going through greys. And even then it has to be smooth and extreme at the same time, giving depth and light all at the same time...wow.
Anyone?
rev
Chrispy
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I was just thinking about this, but more how it applies to multi-faceted NMM. The answer I came up with is that if you are really trying to do a realistic crystal, almost none of the sides should be exactly the same shade. If it\'s angle is different, it would reflect different parts of the lightsource, only if two facets had the same angle would they be the same. The easier way is just to paint the crystal one color and then use a light color on just the edges of it. Hope this helps!
Some thing that just occured to me as I was looking at a Quatrz crystal is that when you look through it you get a fuzzy image of whatever is on the other side.
If the mini is holding it (crystal swords, jars, items, ect.) My idea was that each facet that is faceing away from the model should have a fuzzy sort of reflection of the mini and those pointing twords it should be reflecting the horizon.
If it is on the mini\'s person it would reflect the material below it. In other words you would start with the color of the thing that the crystal/diamond is attatched too. If it is attatched to armour then it would have a mirrored finish, but this may be going overboard if it is the size of a pebble.
Then again I may just be ranting
If the mini is holding it (crystal swords, jars, items, ect.) My idea was that each facet that is faceing away from the model should have a fuzzy sort of reflection of the mini and those pointing twords it should be reflecting the horizon.
If it is on the mini\'s person it would reflect the material below it. In other words you would start with the color of the thing that the crystal/diamond is attatched too. If it is attatched to armour then it would have a mirrored finish, but this may be going overboard if it is the size of a pebble.
Then again I may just be ranting
farseerlum
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fake it!
use a light grey and streak white over each facet in a different direction.
like people do for windows
should work.
show us when you do it!
use a light grey and streak white over each facet in a different direction.
like people do for windows
should work.
show us when you do it!
Chrispy
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Both me and Saxonangel have tried something like this on swords that were either crystalline or ice (I thought it up first for those keeping score, but she did it better...)
.The problm is that it would have to be something flat against the mini or whatever is being seen through the crystal, because if it was farther away different angel woul give you varying veiws of different things around it.
DennisMech
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If it was a blade, maybe you could chip glass or plexiglass or something to the right shape... I probably wouldnt work though. The see through thing works in my opinon like NMM works: best in pictures, because there you\'re looking at it from a static position.
Originally posted by Chrispy
Both me and Saxonangel have tried something like this on swords that were either crystalline or ice (I thought it up first for those keeping score, but she did it better...)
I think you are actually being modest, Chrispy! The ice sword is one of the coolest effects I have seen on a mini. SaxonAngels\' is great as well, but I am in awe of that sword.
vincegamer
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Sounds like you want a see-through object and unfortunately for minis actually using plastic or crystal would look \"out of scale\" (note the necrons).
I have to agree with Dennis that painting it clear like Chrispy did won\'t work for a game piece because it will be viewed from many angles and only one will be right. Opaque but light colored ought to work nicely though, as evidenced in the pictures shown above.
