ali6874
09-04-2005, 14:21
Hi guys, thought I'd share this easy technique I came up with for adding a lightsabre blade to your Star Wars Jedi customs,
After you've taken your photos [ shoot against a black or white background, the effect looks better ]
Open them up using paintshop pro [ photoshop will probably be better but I use paintshop ]
1. make sure you're Jedi is gripping his 1/6th sabre hilt
2. using the line tool draw a white line the same thickness as the hilt opening
3. using airbrush [ red, green, blue, whichever colour you want the sabre ] set to a low opacity [ in this case 13 ] draw a haze over the white blade.
4. go over the whole blade and haze using the soften tool
5. add a slightly thinner white line over the blade
6. finally soften the area where it meets the hilt
And there you go :clap
After you've taken your photos [ shoot against a black or white background, the effect looks better ]
Open them up using paintshop pro [ photoshop will probably be better but I use paintshop ]
1. make sure you're Jedi is gripping his 1/6th sabre hilt
2. using the line tool draw a white line the same thickness as the hilt opening
3. using airbrush [ red, green, blue, whichever colour you want the sabre ] set to a low opacity [ in this case 13 ] draw a haze over the white blade.
4. go over the whole blade and haze using the soften tool
5. add a slightly thinner white line over the blade
6. finally soften the area where it meets the hilt
And there you go :clap