I Hated Power Swords in 40k, So I Tried a New Way to Paint Them

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The sort of "traditional" way to paint Warhammer 40k Power Swords has always bugged me. Having read about power weapons as sheaths of energy swirling around a normal metal weapon, I always thought the classic way I see them painted goes way too far with the effect, making it almost unrecognizable from a normal blade. I decided to experiment with the formula a little bit and in this tutorial I'll tell you how I painted my Assassin's power sword in a way that I think achieves my mental picture of these weapons while also paying tribute to the classics.

[@the_average_canadian]

Toasthammer: "I dislike power swords with bright colours and gradients"
Also Toasthammer: *Paints a power sword with a fluorescent orange gradient*
I like the look! I don't think it's wildly revolutionary to paint a gradient of bright colour over metal, but it's a very quick way of painting power weapons that looks good on the tabletop and shortcuts the traditional method of layering glazes to get a NMM look.

[@toasthammer]

LMAO you're not wrong 😂
And thank you! Definitely not revolutionizing the field but yea I found it to be just a nice little trick to get some decent looking power weapons :)