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Painting Glowing Lascannon Effects

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Lascannons, the backbone of Imperial anti-armor. With a stat line of S9 AP-3 and D6 damage, these weapons will punch a hole in whatever they are pointed at! I wanted to give my devastator’s lascannons a glowing coil effect, and in this tutorial I will show you how I did it!

I used the flowing paints:

  • Citadel
    • Mephiston Red
    • Troll Slayer Orange
    • Seraphim Sepia
    • Nuln Oil
  • Vallejo
    • Flat Red

To start, base coat the coils with Mephiston Red. Make sure to thin your paints with a little water first. Otherwise the following coats will lump on top of the thick base coat and look bad. (This is a good general principal to use for any painting)

Next add a layer of Vallejo Red, focusing on the recesses.

Now take Troll Slayer Orange and carefully paint the coils themselves. I used a fine detail brush as not to get orange into the recesses. Touch up any areas you spill over from the coils with Vallejo Red.

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Finally, once the paint is done drying, add a wash of Seraphim Sepia, making sure to only coat the coils. IMPORTANT! Make sure that the paint is fully dry before applying the wash. If the paint is still wet the wash will make the paint run and ruin your work!

The one on the left has no wash while the right one has the Seraphim Sepia. The details really pop! In retrospect I wish I would’ve used less wash, but otherwise I’m pleased with the results. Once you are done painting the entire weapon apply a light coat of Nuln Oil. This will draw all the colors together and make a nice finished project!

A word of warning. Make sure that you don’t have any paint on your fingers while handling the model or you may run into this issue…FullSizeRender (1)

The nice part of this tutorial is that you can substitute any of the colors and still have the same effect. For example, if you wanted a blue glowing effect, you could use Macragge Blue as the base, followed by Caledor Sky  for the recesses and Calgar Blue for the raised coils. Wash Nuln Oil and you will be all set!

I hope you found this tutorial helpful. While far from award winning quality, the principal can be followed to achieve an awesome glowing weapon effect!