I'm trying to figure out what colour to paint the spear shaft. Looking at some GW photos, it sometimes looks black, but that would make it pretty flat. Any help appreciated!!!
I paint mine really dark gray then give it a black wash and drybrush it with a lighter gray gives it a bit more texture but black seems to go well.
I might just end up going for black, trying to actually do something really nice with no texture is probably out my painting skills .
I use Scorched Brown, but I really like that bamboo idea. I might have to paint up a couple spears to see how it looks.
You could actually take that a step further. Add just a small amount of green stuff then cut it so that it looks like bamboo. Smooth down the edges of a ring (of green stuff), then cut in the middle around the ring. There is your bamboo.
I think I'll settle for brown, I don't want to spend ages on a spear shaft, I'm already a VERY slow painter hahaha. That bamboo idea sounds really cool. I'm not sure I have the green stuff skills though.
I think the black vs. brown (or whatever color) really depends on how it fits into your army as a whole. And yeah, I dont know who has time to get really fancy on spears unless youre doing just the front row or something.
Personally, I just paint them a flat black. Haven't got the time, patience or commitment to do anything more than that. However, I do have very gold, gold, if you see what I mean, and very silver, silver. Just slap them both on, trying not to go over the lines, and that's that done. So anything other than black would kind of clash.
Yeah I settled for black on my test model and I must say that I'm please with the look it has so far. I'll be posting WIP photos of my test model on my army diary blog tomorrow if I can get decent lighting.