I recently got one of these in for paint, here is what I ended up doing. I went with a little less weathering, and more for the sharp metal tones. I actually went for my old Roman Saber as reference.
I think if I do another I'd love to do the more beat up weathered look.
Man was was it a fun one! Beyond thankful for Imperial Surface Technologies paints.. couldnt do it without it!
Started working on printing this over the weekend. Got the grenade, pommel, and neck/pinwheel printed up beautifully. Printed using concentric lines and there's some thin spots at the print ceilings, but a small layer of wood glue will keep it all together. It's really beautiful to watch these print, very elegantly modeled.