In this part of the tutorial we finish off the sword by painting it.

Part 1 of this tutorial is here

Start by painting the whole handle section black. This includes everyting except the blade.

Once the paint dries you should sketch out the various details lightly with pencil. You can look at the picture of my sword to get an idea for how you want to do the details.

Now we are going to do a process called dry brushing. We will use silver. Get some silver paint on your brush then dab most of it off on a rag or piece of scrap paper. You can see in this picture I am dabbing off the brush.

You get it so there is almost no paint on the brush.

Then lightly brush over the sword handle. This will leave small amounts of paint on the handle. Very small amounts! Like you see in the picture here. Do this for everything painted black.

Once the dry brushing is done switch over to a small brush and do detail work with plain silver.

Finish off the sword by painting the blade. You have options for this. You can paint it silver with a little blue. Or you can paint it blue with a little white like I have done here.

And that's it! Your sword is done. If you have some kind of a sealant you can seal it when the paint is dry. It will preserve it and keep the colors bright.

The Goldfish like it!

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