How to DRYBRUSH?! Power Swords: No Airbrush Needed!

In this video, we're teaching you how to paint Warhammer 40k/ Warhammer AOS Power Swords/ Power Weapons in general... You guessed it, using Drybrushing!
The technique is very flexible and the video is packed with tonnes of painting tips and tricks to help you hack super smooth blends, without the need for an airbrush! We deep-dive into finishing touches with a quick glaze and edge-highlight, and as you can see the result speaks for itself!
0:00 Intro
1:20 How to stipple/drybrush Power Swords
12:13 Adding a glaze/wash to your Power Sword
14:17 How to edge highlight
18:44 Outro
Series D Drybrushes: These high-quality brushes are perfectly designed for stippling, smudging, drybrushing, buffing, and even edge-highlighting. store.artis-opus.com/collecti...
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In this video Byron’s using the Artis Opus Brushes!
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Music: Bensounds
#ArtisOpus #Warhammer #Drybrushing

[@ArtisOpus]

Thanks for your kind comments ! What would you like to see next, more colours of power-weapon? Series D Drybrushes available here: store.artis-opus.com/collections/series-d-drybrushing

[@lpbayliss]

Love this idea, makes the effect way more approachable for people who aren't as confident with blending!

[@ArtisOpus]

Thanks mate, I was pleasantly surprised myself to be honest!😊

[@PaintPants]

I have tried so hard to get blending going, but this technique got 10 times the results in 1/4 of the time. Thanks for the great tutorial!

[@acidcoen]

Mate, you're a magician! That's an amazing result.

[@ArtisOpus]

🧙‍♂️😊Thanks so much! I was honestly surprised by this one myself.

[@davidtarning122]

As a returning player after a 10 year break...I was so happy when I found your tutorial for powerweapons...Im about to tackle the necrons from the starter kit..and im sooo excited to test out your tecniques.... Very well explained and "easy" step by step...and your results are really impressive... Thank you!!

[@Norseraider84]

Once Again looks like magic - cheers and thank you for the upload ! 🤘🏻😊

[@ArtisOpus]

Our pleasure! Thanks for watching and supporting!😊🧙‍♂️

[@imp3ri3x93]

Amazing results man. So inspiring

[@ArtisOpus]

Appreciate it! Thanks!😊

[@BonsaiBear27]

That's such an amazing technique! Thank you for sharing.

[@ArtisOpus]

You are so welcome! And thank you for watching and supporting✌😊

[@brettcardon4552]

I love this technique. I struggle blending colors on weapons and this makes me confident I can actually get results I can be proud of. Thank you!

[@ArtisOpus]

You'll smash it dude, make sure your dark blending colour isn't matte, and is a deep colour, you should be fine! Good luck :)

[@frankjones9839]

Great video as always. I tried your drybrushing technique for space marine armour today for the first time using the artis opus dry brush and really amazed with the results. Definitely a game changer in my painting.

[@ArtisOpus]

Fantastic, so glad to help😊Thanks a ton for your support!

[@frannyfranfrancis]

gonna have add this to my practice list. I have been wanting to learn this and NMM for the longest.

[@ArtisOpus]

Excellent! Thanks so much for watching and supporting🤩

[@kido2577]

What a master of the drybrush

[@user-iu3lg4kz4n]

Great instructions, thank you. You are a national treasure.

[@arrinstoner]

This is your best video yet. I'm going to add this technique immediately. Great job. I caught myself holding my breath a few times when you were edge highlighting the middle of the blade.

[@ArtisOpus]

Thank you very much, dude! You're not the first person to say that, you and me both🤭😊

[@S2uBuGaming]

Amazing as Always Byron. Thanks for the feedback on my Diorama too. Need to try and include some power weapons in the next one now. Keep up the great work. I feel you have single handedly improved thousands of painters abilities and made so many skills more accessible. Thanks for your continued advice and tutorials 👍

[@ArtisOpus]

That's just amazing to hear! Much appreciated my friend! That's why we're here😊❤

[@Tortuga2323]

Absolutely fantastic! Gonna def use this video

[@ArtisOpus]

Thanks, dude 🥰 enjoy, it's proper magic, especially when repeated!

[@alphaleigpyne]

That force sword turned out well with your drybrushing and stippling combined. And a bit of edge highlight. Nice work! 👍

[@ArtisOpus]

Thanks, dude, it's all about combining techniques😊

[@ddr110285]

Thanks bilbo looks amazing

[@AnHourOfWolves]

Helpfull indeed... reminds me that stippling is actually a great tool... no need to just laye rit up the whole way! Thanks for posting.

[@ArtisOpus]

You're so welcome! Absolutely, dude, starting with the mid-tone is a complete hack also😊

[@andymorgon7764]

Amazing as ever Byron 😁

[@ArtisOpus]

Thanks a ton, Andy😊

[@DialetoNerd]

Amazing!!! You are great

[@obdgames]

This will now be my default method for power swords, bought the triple bundle of brushes over xmas period and they are all incredible so far

[@ArtisOpus]

Thanks for your support, my dude! They'll serve you well :) any issues or further questions, don't hesitate to ask

[@reluctantreligious2003]

Well explained technique, power swords are the bane of my life, this has really helped, thanks

[@ArtisOpus]

No worries, dude! Keep your eyes peeled for a glowing weapon in our next tutorial, should round up the knowledge nicely!

[@thereclusivepainter]

Great tutorial! Very good explanations of what you aren doing and why at each step, really like your work!

[@ArtisOpus]

Thanks, buddy, exactly what we're aiming for :)

[@jonocc5548]

An amazing effect, thank you for sharing Byron, think it's time to treat myself to a Series D set for my birthday! That and some Huldra Blue of course ;)

[@ArtisOpus]

😊Absolutely, dude, you deserve it after the year we've had!

[@spookiness7768]

Amazing video yet again! Would love to see how you did those sylvaneth! Also on the subject of power weapons a pink/purple or flaming sword would be amazing to see! Keep up the good work!

[@ArtisOpus]

Will be 100% doing more colours swords/weapons for future content! Thanks for the support, buddy!

[@WinterWizard7]

Brilliant! 🧙🏻‍♂️

[@ArtisOpus]

Thanks, buddy!👨‍🎨

[@naeluckson5820]

I love these videos! I never knew so much could be done with Drybrushing. I don’t use airbrushes because I have limited space but it seems like I could do similar jobs with these brushes. I’m thinking of getting a medium and extra small to begin with. I really only paint characters so hopefully those to would be good to start with.

[@PainterIdeas]

Fantastic!!

[@ArtisOpus]

Glad you think so! Thanks!😊

[@kappi_3381]

lovely video!

[@ArtisOpus]

Thank you!!

[@adrianmorgan9608]

Love your detailed explanations on why you do this and why to avoid that

[@ArtisOpus]

Glad to hear bud :) Hope you found useful the rest of the videos too!

[@zatachan9259]

Good job there！The NMM couldn‘t been easier！

[@ArtisOpus]

👌thanks, buddy!

[@scottbradley379]

Mate, that was beautiful, thanks for the journey

[@ArtisOpus]

Hi Scott, no worries, thanks for watching!

[@papazoulou9326]

Perfect. Just need that.

[@ArtisOpus]

Happy to be of help😊

[@funky_features51]

Thankyou so much ! Would love a video on lightning effect swords or weapons or other videos like this in different colours

[@ArtisOpus]

You're most welcome, buddy! Many people have requested this already, will definitely be doing more colours swords/weapons in the future✌

[@chrisa.9071]

I used this technique to make a TMM blade and it turned out really good! Thanks for this tips!

[@ArtisOpus]

Our pleasure, Chris! Glad it went well for you :). We should have been more clear how versatile it was in the video!

[@grimaldus321]

This looks awesome! Can't Wait to test this out tonight!

[@ArtisOpus]

How did it go for you? 😊👨‍🎨Thank you for watching!

[@grimaldus321]

@@ArtisOpus not going to lie, I had a little bit of a learning curve with what i had on hand brush wise. However, it came out much better than anything i have attempted at previously! So thank you for the upload, your tips and walkthroughs have made a huge impression on my hobby painting!

[@philgee486]

I don't paint many power swords but I'm so glad I watched this vid and it'll work wonders on some of my NMM work on armour and especially weapons High end, eye popping results, fully revealed process, warts and all - show the wart, fix the wart, wart gone. Real painting, to a high standard with proven accessible technique, but that's not the best part, it's all the whys and the thinking that you get to hear whilst you're seeing that brush doing the job that makes these tutorials next level. Then just as others have said, that idea of testing what the brush is doing on the soft and sharp edges of the base (that there even is a soft and sharp test edge there on every base - why have I never joined the dots on that? How many thousand bases have I seen over the years?), whilst preparing to lunge at the highest stakes proposition of edge highlighting a totally exposing focal point on the model....... that just changed my game. Now I'll never again put brush to model without reassuring myself on the relevant base edge - that's a gift that'll keep on giving forever, and it's a gift of reassurance at the "oh shit - I need a cup of tea before I go for it" moment What a hero, may all your risky, high end conversions turn out better than you'd ever envisioned, and may all your eyes turn out spot on, first time! ;0)

[@ArtisOpus]

Thanks so much for the kind words dude, made my day! We're always just looking to find ways to break down intimidation factors, and help people up their game! Huge love, have a great day!

[@dmck1436]

YESSSSSS YOU DELIVERED... or will deliver!!! Can't wait!!!

[@ArtisOpus]

Did you enjoy it?😊

[@dmck1436]

@@ArtisOpus of course, I love how it was two blues and a white. I might experiment with some Gauss Blaster Green on it but who knows. Needs to finish up a Dr D for Ad Mech and then onto my Grey Knights. Thank you for listening to the suggestions and showing us this vid!

[@dmck1436]

@@ArtisOpus hey, as a Canadian Huldra blue is very hard to get with shipping etc. Do you recommend a dark blue to use in the citadel line if you had to? Thanks as always.

[@Ulrican414]

Great video +

[@ArtisOpus]

Cheers, dude! Hope it works out well for you :)

[@jmc7034]

I’ll have to give that a go when I have a power sword to paint. Looks great

[@ArtisOpus]

Cheers, buddy! Good luck🤞😊

[@nathanudall641]

Love these videos. Just picked up my first series d brushes from you guys. Can’t wait to try them on some chaos warriors cloaks. I would love to see how you approach a teal or blue/green power sword.

[@ArtisOpus]

We've had enough requests now that I think it's probably a good idea for us to do this in every colour at some point in the future. Thanks so much for your support, hope the brushes serve you well!😊

[@nathanudall641]

@@ArtisOpus Thanks! I tried your small Series D brush and dampening bad for the first time over the weekend and I loved it! I followed one of your other tutorials to get a sweet faded blend on a chaos warrior cloak (blue to a sea green). I'm still no pro, but I was super happy with the result. Thanks for the videos! They are quite helpful.

[@julianlynn7197]

They look great Byron

[@ArtisOpus]

Thanks so much, buddy!🤩

[@NeoNaiche]

You've got such amazing techniques, and display the steps so seamlessly, I'd really love to see your methods/steps/ideas/processes for batch painting, or how you would go about painting a whole unit! Also - "Can you make a glowing eyes effect with Drybrushing" If anyone can make these things happen, Byron's my guy! (who's this "Duncan," everybody's talking about?!?) 😜😝🤪

[@ArtisOpus]

Thanks very much for your kind words, dude! We'll be definitely covering some batch painting in the near future, actually, I think I can do a pretty good job with it as it's where I cut my teeth as a miniature painter. I love getting obsessive about efficiency. You absolutely can, I just tend to do a light drybrush with a dark version of the colour required e.g. dark green. Then do a very soft white drybrush close to the light source and glaze luminous/very bright versions of the colour e.g luminous green over that white.😊

[@kimberlytighe9094]

THANK DUDE this really helped. hope i can do just as well

[@ArtisOpus]

Always happy to help :) Let us know how it goes!

[@YalelingOz]

Hot damn that looks good.

[@ArtisOpus]

Thanks, dude

[@BroadswordWargaming]

Nice video man, I'll have to give this a go. 😀

[@ArtisOpus]

I had fun, sure you'll do too😊Thanks for the support, dude!

[@icklemoo]

I cant wait to try this tonight on my kit bashed salamander grav captins power spear :) awesome video very much ...

[@ArtisOpus]

That should be perfect, dude. Will you be doing it in blue or something else? Good luck🤞😊

[@icklemoo]

@@ArtisOpus not sure yet as it’s going to be on a salamander so I am not sure what colour to go with for the blade. I did like the idea of a yellow / orange ish blade but I really hate painting yellow 🤣 Yellow is harder to paint on models than doing yellow nail varnish on my nails😁 I have found . The blue looks so nice but I do like different colours from the norm often.

[@paulmurphy7087]

Byron - as ever a great video and super tips throughout. Many thanks. Necrons use a lot of greens/ yellow on the blades, some fluro - so that would be interesting to see?

[@ArtisOpus]

Yes, definitely, great suggestion! Many people requested that so I'll be 100% doing it for future content😊

[@markdorn8873]

Hey nice! There's more than one way to skin a cat! Thanks for making this video!

[@ArtisOpus]

Our pleasure, dude, enjoy!

[@KuPaoChicken]

I like how easily you blend colors

[@ArtisOpus]

Cheers man, we chose ones that blend nicely, the deep blue is kind of soft, even if it's deep, so it doesn't overpower easily, and isn't ultra-opaque :)

[@mikaelwithers7079]

How on earth does this channel only have 111k subs? brilliant

[@ArtisOpus]

Thanks so much dude, we are working on it :)

[@helenmcclure]

Would love to see a recipe for the green Necron bladed weapons.

[@marvdroet4437]

*and red ones!

[@stretchersteve4743]

Yes the necron green weapons.

[@Khorneate]

Yesh

[@ArtisOpus]

You're gonna be happy tomorrow -ish😊🤭

[@agiraldes]

Do the same with green.... And....magic!

[@GezGrimm]

Nice one Bilbo

[@ArtisOpus]

Blending, there and back again... :) Our pleasure.

[@tenajnin]

Amazing result! I’ve struggled a little with glazing swords or axes mainly down to running out of patience. I’d love to see if you could use this technique to do a Molten core sword. It would fit in perfectly with my Salamnders, but I’m just not sure where to start.

[@ArtisOpus]

Thanks, buddy! Great suggestion, I've never painted one myself, so we'd need to do some figuring out😊

[@sshim950]

Impressive : )

[@ArtisOpus]

Thanks, buddy!🤩

[@Ed-xo9pc]

This is amazing!!! Could you do this technique to do a NMM blade? Id love to see a vid on that!

[@ArtisOpus]

100% dude. It's a very similar method in fact 😊

[@Prime40K]

Really great tip. It looks amazing! Would love to see you approach the power sword with black/blue grey Colour scheme as video request!

[@ArtisOpus]

We'll be doing a tutorial with other colours in the future for sure, we had plenty of requests😊

[@Prime40K]

@@ArtisOpus great to hear! Keep up the great work!

[@garymartin8386]

Green and yellow necron blades and pipes please! ;) So gonna use these techniques on them!! 😍

[@ArtisOpus]

I love me a bit of green and yellow. I think you're gonna enjoy our next tutorial😉

[@dickdavies5397]

Top technique, thanks - recently became a glazing fanboy but the stippling as a base would save hours on the process.

[@ArtisOpus]

Thanks so much! Dude, you have no idea! I was pretty shocked myself, I can absolutely see me using this as my go-to method in the future, maybe even doing the first third with the airbrush😁

[@Grendelnz]

very cool. would love to a cool flame effect or heated sword.

[@ArtisOpus]

You're not the first to request this. Will definitely have a look at other varieties 😊

[@sandracreeth]

I,m doing a gladiator at the minute so this idea of drybrushing well help me with his weapons cause i know they were always shiny

[@ArtisOpus]

Give it a go!

[@Himle_]

Great work! Will have to try this out on my Space Hulk minis :D (Anything not to have to take out the airbrush)

[@ArtisOpus]

They should be perfect, dude, love those sculpts 🤩

[@Himle_]

@@ArtisOpus Yeah! Me too. Just finished off the librarian as a test dummy, now to see if I can sexy up his axe (-:

[@robertgeroux359]

You have the best tutorials. Thank you so much for producing these. If you ever do another color powersword my color vote is Purple (Emperors Children).

[@ArtisOpus]

Thanks a ton for the kind words, dude! I may well do a 'all the colours' power weapons tutorial in the future😊🤞

[@robertgeroux359]

@@ArtisOpus You might just be able to do a video showcasing the finished product and run all the painting bits at 2x speed. Just referencing this video for technique.

[@just_derek007]

I would love to see other coloured power swords!

[@ArtisOpus]

Check out our bright green vid dude, sure you'll love it! Similar technique :)

[@just_derek007]

@@ArtisOpus thank you!

[@scottravn-bennett9005]

Looks amazing can you do powered thunder hammers next please...

[@ArtisOpus]

You're not the first to suggest that, so I'll definitely consider it for future content. Thanks Scott!😊

[@quincy_md]

Another great tutorial. I quite like using the "traditional" glaze method for this, but this looks just as good with a lot less swearing involved! I'd kinda like to see how you approach infantry other than marines, like Imperial guardsmen. Be nice to see your approach on producing simple camouflage patterns (again, another time intensive project) combined with how to make the armour look great. Keep up the great work, these are really helpful, many thanks

[@ArtisOpus]

I definitely get the swearing thing. I found this quite a bit less stressy for sure😅 Guard are a tricky one, they're slightly older, not quite as precisely sculpted and importantly they're also a bit smaller. Their vehicles, however... are generally completely perfect so maybe I should be giving those a go. Thanks for your kind words and suggestions, dude✌🤩

[@quincy_md]

@@ArtisOpus anytime, these videos are a joy to watch. I think because I don't own or paint that much GW stuff, I'm always looking how to apply your techniques to the stuff I do own, unfortunately a lot of it is quite fiddly... I'm looking at you Infinity minis!!

[@brandyb9987]

Useful tutorial as always! My series D & S sets arrived today, finally can crack on with some painting! It's been a little while so I hope I'm not too rusty... Also, I was wondering if you had any idea how to create a pearl effect? I'm going to be painting some elven staffs and I thought the ivory/pinky/satin-y colour would be perfect, but I'm not sure where to start. Any tips would be much appreciated. :)

[@ArtisOpus]

Awesome dude, thanks so much for your support! Great question, it's not one that I know how to answer unfortunately, it's definitely quite tricky. Perhaps check out Cult of Paint... Andy has just started Lumineth and he's an incredibly talented painter. Don't worry about being rusty, it comes back pretty fast😊

[@MentoliptusBanko]

Amazing result! You almost make me regret buying an airbursh ;)

[@ArtisOpus]

😊Thanks, dude! I was pretty surprised myself.

[@Chodor101]

Honestly it looks more troublesome than blending, I'll definitely try it to see if my hunch is right or I'll have to eat these words.

[@ArtisOpus]

🤭🤭You'd better be hungry, prepare to be surprised!

[@kingdaddykaz2879]

Hello and thank you for your work !!! About an idea of video, what about a crimson fist tutorial, like the Ultramarines or Imperial Fist ??

[@ArtisOpus]

Great idea, dude, I didn't realize how different they are until people started requesting them😊Thanks so much for your support!

[@cyriaccyriac7385]

Hi, I just wanted to say thanks for this video, even over a year and a half later. I've been thinking about making a vibrant pink power sword - do you have any advice on the best paints to go about that? I've noticed that Vallejo squid pink doesn't necessarily have the best coverage over darker primers

[@patrickball-stonejunction3177]

This is awesome and I'd love to see you do more effects with Series D. Like, do you think you could do heat bloom on a meltagun? Also, and this is a total side note, I'd love to see you do some really grimy models at some point, maybe even grimdark style but definitely something like orks would be really cool to see how you would tackle them - I think an ork boy would be much more challenging to do with series D than a space marine, and ork vehicles would probably just be really fun to do to be fair.

[@ArtisOpus]

These are all brilliant suggestions.🤩Heat bloom is particularly interesting, I'll definitely give that some thought. I don't think it's possible but I thought that in the past about power swords. I've actually tried grimdark a couple of times and just end up painting exactly as I normally do by the end of the model😅I think what I need to do is 100% follow someone else's tutorial at least on the first attempt.

[@XavierArnau399]

The notsoDryBrush Wizard! :o

[@ArtisOpus]

🤭🤭🧙‍♂️

[@jackbuchanan1695]

EPIC. what blue base did you start with on the sword? Thanks!

[@jeremystalford4145]

Rookie painter here. I so appreciate your style of instruction and the time you put in. I apologize if this an ignorant suggestion but as I’m a Star Wars fan boy I would love a video similar to this but for lightsabers on legion models. Most of the techniques I see are somewhat boring and just don’t pop as much as something like what you have done for power swords. Thanks again.

[@ArtisOpus]

Not a bad idea man, you could absolutely just do a light-dark version (perhaps with one 'reflective' line down one side *or* a varnish to make it catch light?

[@bevanwilson8820]

"with edge highlighting one thing you can do is test it on the edge of your base"... You sir have blown my mind... It's a little thing but rest assured I'll be doing that on my next edge highlight job. Not gonna lie I saw the thumbnail and went "nah there's no way he did that with drybrushing". I tip my hat to you sir... in an unrelated note... What ever happened to the wheel of fortune? ;)

[@ArtisOpus]

Haaa, the wheel may have to come out some time soon, the video didn't go down hugely well, maybe we just need to have 50k subs or something to give it a better first few days! It really is a great tip, all about cocking up somewhere that isn't my model! :D

[@xxxeleshnornxxx]

As Always this the best tutorial ever How about thunder effects on Power weapons?

[@ArtisOpus]

Glad you think so! This is a great idea, I definitely need some practice first though😊

[@maskedmustachio9472]

I always hate painting my bladed weapons. This is helpful and I would also like to see how you would do a metallic metal blade.

[@ArtisOpus]

Thanks so much, dude! You're not the first to ask. Do you mean NMM or TMM?😊

[@maskedmustachio9472]

@@ArtisOpus TMM

[@djmartin6365]

Can you do a video on how to paint a ghost axe for Aeldari wraithblades?

[@ScrubGamerRN]

Can I borrow your hands! That’s so crazy impressive!

[@ArtisOpus]

😅 :)

[@h.j.peters.2891]

the cardigan game is bloody strong!!

[@ArtisOpus]

🤭🤭Maybe I need new ones to celebrate 2021, open for suggestions!

[@markhohenbrink5230]

Would love to see how you would paint horse flesh. Im staring a small death rider detachment and would like to to see a redish brown skin tone for the horses.

[@ArtisOpus]

Good idea, dude, plenty of horses in plenty of fantasy words😊

[@lulucoco5775]

Thanks for this video ! Just what tape did you use for protect the over side of the sword? Thank you !

[@ArtisOpus]

1:22 - Tamiya :)

[@TheBasCast]

I would love to see a striking method for painting regular eldar armor (guardians, banshees, dire avenger etc etc.) to give an eldar army a nice cohesive look for regual models but also aspect warriors and elites

[@ArtisOpus]

I love the Eldar aesthetic, they really are quite fiddly though. Now that I am a bit more practised I should stop dodging them however😊

[@TheBasCast]

@@ArtisOpus I started painting again after 15 years of "hobbybreak". :-) I use your painting method from the salamanders video (stippling / drybrushing) and after that i wash the lower parts of the armour with a black wash mixed with the inital colour, looks awesome for my noob skills tho. I paint them in a dark blue color scheme beacuse they are going to be a Sky Raiders Pirates team.

[@madMARTYNmarsh1981]

Nice work, I can't wait to try this. Byron, are you trying to become a smurf?

[@Monkey_in_the_tree]

Could you do a custodian armour? Really great work

[@ArtisOpus]

Hey Nathan, great suggestion! They're a little 'busy' but I should be able to work this out. I have a huge personal preference for clean and simple minis 😊

[@Enigmatus23]

Just saying I would totally be up for you coining a name for the “damp brushing” technique to move it away from the “dry brush”

[@ArtisOpus]

Unfortunately at this stage, the discussion would at least has to start with the word drybrushing before you tell people that their brushes shouldn't actually be dry😂

[@TheDarkplace]

Moist brushing?

[@gallien]

@@ArtisOpus 'Controlled dry brushing'

[@prava163]

I saw somebody calling it "overbrushing"?

[@waynegoldpig2220]

@@TheDarkplace I use that one.

[@Ajax-wo3gt]

So this is just a different way of achieving NMM? P.S. I'm loving your content. Thank you for your hard work. Keep them coming, mate.

[@ArtisOpus]

Yeah, absolutely. Lots of NMM is just about blends and contrast and this handles both of them nicely. Thanks for the kind words, dude🤩

[@cakkyboy]

Amazing! Will you be doing a simliar tutorial from bright green (necron type0 power weapons? I desperately need one :/ :)

[@ArtisOpus]

We got you ;) kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIrXZoWpr9aHi9k

[@MF-kv8cn]

hey there. what color is the base coati of the sword, and would Citadel's Sotek Green be a replacement for Huldra Blue?

[@kopfnussklopfer8679]

Stunning results, i will try this out tomorrow! One question: Maybe its just for the video, but would you really prefer to do this before painting the rest of the miniature? i feel like it would be a good last step for the miniature to paint the sword, because you can't bring back the color that easy

[@ArtisOpus]

So did you try it out?😊 Yea, I'd normally do it at the end.

[@advictoriamgaming7554]

Hi I would love your take on a red scorpion space marine... I have been painting them in the traditional way and am looking for a faster method as available hobby time sadly seems to decrease when you get older...

[@thelistner666]

Yea I'd like to see that as well....

[@ArtisOpus]

It's all about getting most of the time you have available. Thanks for the suggestion, it's on my list😊

[@advictoriamgaming7554]

@@ArtisOpus thank you so much! I'm really looking forward to that!

[@Crushtats]

Hello, Nice video !! Do you know an equivalent to Huldra Blue in Citadel paint or Vallejo Paint ? Thanks :)

[@ArtisOpus]

Hey dude, there isn't one, it's why I use it so much! You might try mixing a little of a deep, saturated contrast in with another blue (kantor blue, for example) to get the same oily depth

[@paulbestwick2426]

I am not a WH40k collector, so would like to see your take on some fantasy stuff. Chainmail in particular can look ok with base silver and a wash, but I can't seem to get it looking great.

[@ArtisOpus]

That's a great suggestion! I've had this issue myself. Will definitely do a video at some point😊Until then try putting some hints of deep blue in your recesses and maybe even some dots of rust and very lightly drybrushing some extra shiny highlights😊

[@overbehindunder]

Aceeee :D

[@ArtisOpus]

Thanks, gorgeous 😊

[@dippa_au]

he techeeed me how to paint

[@flumpet38]

I'm trying to get a really cool look for my Lumineth's Sunmetal weapons - would this work well with a few different shades of gold, do you think?

[@ArtisOpus]

That could be tricky, it's quite difficult to get clear contrast with gold metallics, so don't be surprised if you need to try and paint less subtle 😊

[@simonleach6632]

This looks ace! Just a shame that I only have one model with a power sword, and that's a skitarii tank commander leaning out the cupola, I have named him Wee Mad Arthur, the sword is purely for decoration, so might look a bit odd if I made it super eye catching

[@negotiableaffections]

"They can tak' oour lives, but they cannae tak' oour troousers!"

[@simonleach6632]

@@negotiableaffections 🤣🤣

[@ArtisOpus]

Any excuse for a contrast is a good one😉I am sure your Wee man wouldn't mind getting some shiny treatment😊

[@Valandar2]

How about a "stellar sword", where the gadient instead of going dark blue to white, goes dark red through orange to yellow to white to blue?

[@ArtisOpus]

Cool idea, dude, quite tricky though😊I will have to up my game a bit before I get to that.

[@MVPernula]

Finally another "Hot to paint"!

[@ArtisOpus]

🥵😁