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12-23-2007
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| Corporal   Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: ConCreTe JuNgLe (southern California, US)
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Blog Entries: 23    |  Shiny SM powerswords How does one get the shininess of power weapons, commonly a powersword (which i am trying to do), wielded by SM and CSM? thanks in advance SPARTAN
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12-24-2007
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| Master Procrastinator    Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: As a figment of my own deranged imagination, i don't actually exist anywhere. Or London, UK.
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Blog Entries: 1 | by shiney are we talking shiney silver? if so i think mithril silver might be involved somewhere. can you bring us a pic of the effect you're trying to recreate? that'll help. |
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| Khornebob Killpants  Join Date: Apr 2007
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Blog Entries: 4 | It REALLY easy if the model is metal, you just scrap the paint off of the blade, then polish it with fine steel wool. For plastics, just use a lot of watered down silver, almost wash-like. Eventually it will be smooth and shiny.
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