Originally posted in the Imperial Assault forum , but that forum doesn't get any activity these days... Legion has slightly different models in a slightly different scale, but really not that different, so hopefully your advice will still be helpful for me.
I've started to paint my models but I'm struggling with lightsabers. I'm not sure how to paint them so that they don't just look like the character is waving around a painted cardboard tube.
I've wondered about using clear/coloured plastic cocktail sticks, or just finding a better technique to paint them.
(I have seen examples where people used LEDs to light up their models, they looked amazing but that's going to be far more work than I'd want to do).
Do you guys have any tips for / good examples of painting or converting lightsabers so that they look good?