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<p>It is always difficult if you want an OSL effect on a surface with the same color. In this tutorial I will show you how to paint a Blue light effect on blue armor. Good luck trying this out!</p><p>Happy Crafting</p>

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Blue lenses on blue armor Librarian Space Marine helmet.

The base of this Librarian Space Marine helmet is done in the way I paint Ultra Marines. Check out those tutorials for the whole recipe. But in short, Kantor Blue with Drakenhof Nightshade. Highlight with Altdorf Guard Blue and Fenrisian Grey.

Citadel Kantor Blue

Citadel Drakenhof Nightshade

Citadel Fenrisian Grey

Paint the people and the third eye lens with Thunderhawk Blue. For the OSL effect we also paint the edges around the lenses with this color.

Citadel Thunderhawk Blue

We bring more depth to the lenses by filling the deepest edges with Incubi Darkness.

Citadel Incubi Darkness

Paint a gradient on the first layer with Baharroth Blue. Cover about 75%. This is difficult to see in this photo due to the backlight. Also paint the edges outside the lenses.

Citadel Baharroth Blue

Make a mix of 1:1 Baharroth Blue and Fenrisian Gray. And continue with the gradient in the eyes by now covering 50%. Also paint the edges outside the lenses.

Now paint only the inner corners of the lenses +/- 25% with Fenrisian Gray. Don`t do this step on the edges or the outside of the lenses. We do a extra shading step with Incubi Darkness. I did this by making the paint very wet and just letting it run into the edges of the lenses from the tip of my brush.

The Final step is to highlight the lenses in the center with wet White Scare.

Tutorial

Blue lenses on blue armor Librarian Space Marine helmet.

Tutorial steps archived

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