How to Paint Metallic Blades on Warhammer Miniatures

How I typically approach painting blades with metallic paints. This is something I used to struggle with, untill I saw Juan Hidalgo using 'Gryph-Charger Grey' to shade them, in his excellent full length video on the subject.

I personally like to start with a slightly darker basecoat, go darker with the shading and finish with a specific silver. However, the introduction of the blue-ish colour really makes these blades stand out to me.

If you wanted a more neutral tone, you could experiment with using 'Basilicanum Grey' instead. I've even played with the idea of using 'Gore-Grunta Fur' and then 'Wyldwood' for some dirty Ork blades. This is an experiment for another day though.

Thanks for watching! I hope you will find it useful.

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[aGothpancake]

Huh... NMM using true metallics. Cheeky, but it looks good!

[mrclo]

Bro I just painted my first ever model it was a space marine and let me just say I have a new appreciation for people like you who can make painting models look easy I can't wait to keep getting better hopefully

[reddredd]

I absolutely love it, subscribed.

Im definitely trying this on my Leviathan Dreadnoughts claws

[JeffereyShoop-ruzz]

Beautiful watched this atleasft twenty times trying g to take in thd whole of the model. Lovely work

[JustATempleGuard]

Wow that looks great, will definetly use it on my og scouts

[pestilentanger]

i know its a power sword but i used this for the guy in the company heroes kit and it made him way cooler

[igneelizanagi]

Rlly great videos, u inspired me to start painting Tomb Keepers!!
But could u pls explain how u paint ur purity seal?? I have found it rlly hard to not let them blend with the armor! Oh, and how do u paint ur gold details?? Thx in advance! Keep up the great work!

[victorhenden]

Thanks for the tip it's so simple yet ads so much to the miniature

[Seekeroftruth]

Now add varnish to it it looks crazy good

[livanbard]

Instead of shading lead belcher I like to start with vallejo air black steel.

[adamduane]

i think it looks really good dont get me wrong. Id be very happy to have a painted mini like that. But ive never understood the shading on blades. Why is it that there is shaded areas on opposing corners like that? If you look at a sword, and this is what ive done with my mini, looked at blades that i have from different angles, that type of shadow never appears. Like one corner of the blade might have a less shiny area but its usually only one corner and never opposing corners. Usually, if i paint blades that have a shine from the created light point of our choosing, like zenith highlighting, thats how you can tell where the shadow will be and on what corner.

Im a newer model painter but ive been tattooing and painting for years And thats where im drawing my experiences from so maybe its just a disconnect because its a different canvas and style that has a culture built into it.

[larsbo]

Base leadbelcher
Shade nuln oil
Drybrush iron Breaker followed by stormhost silver. Boom.

[xenosmoke]

I don’t care if it’s cheating but I just machine metal parts now.