The Storm Bow Dye Experiment

drowningfish999

drowningfish999

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

Awakened Tempest [aT]

Due to curiosity and the number of Storm Bow dyeing questions I've seen recently(including one of my own), I decided to experiment with dyeing a Storm Bow to see the effects, if any, they have.

First Experiment:

These are what each dye does to the Storm Bow, not much, but at least it's something. Some of them look pretty decent, others you can barely see.

Original



Red



Orange:



Yellow



Green



Blue



Purple



Silver


And finally...for your easy viewing pleasure...my favorite...
Black

Aniewiel

Aniewiel

Smite Mistress

Join Date: Jun 2005

The Land of AZ, USA

Rt/E

In other words: Dying your storm bow doesn't really do all that much.

Nice dye collection though!

Algren Cole

Algren Cole

Banned

Join Date: Jun 2005



there is a difference...and after only 6k his bow looks nicer than it did before.....slightly

lol...thanks for the experiment though, it's good to know.

Aniewiel

Aniewiel

Smite Mistress

Join Date: Jun 2005

The Land of AZ, USA

Rt/E

*marks this down in her little book of things NOT to do*

Agreed, Algren. The difference is too negligible to notice. :P

DarkWasp

DarkWasp

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2005

Paradise

Agency Of Forbidden Fruits [Oot]

R/A

can we get a post with all the pictures shown, its hard to compare when clicking a bunch of links.

gosl

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2005

Thanks for doing the experiment and sharing it with us. The results are quite informative. Some items are just not every "dye-friendly".

Sholtar

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2005

Brethren of Arms

Mo/W

This makes me curious if the change is because you put so many dyes on or if it's mostly because of the black that you added. I noticed minute changes thoughout... so it made me curious. I've heard earlier that people that tried black didn't see that much difference but they could have just not looked close enough. If anyone has a lot of dye that they don't want (hah) it'd be interesting to see one dyed with one black, two blacks, and one with a bunch of random dyes.

drowningfish999

drowningfish999

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

Awakened Tempest [aT]

Quote:
Originally Posted by DarkWasp
can we get a post with all the pictures shown, its hard to compare when clicking a bunch of links.
It would'nt let me post all the pics at once, so I had to resort to using links.

Thanks for the feedback though, next I'll try using multiples of one color to see if it makes a difference.

Rhadamanthys

Rhadamanthys

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2005

wait a minute.......i thought the weapon only takes the last dye you give it.....for example, if i dye my sword red and then i dyed it blue, the final result is going to be blue...not purple.

so in this case, that last picture of the Storm Bow is actually just dyed black.

Speedy

Speedy

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2005

Texas

Knights of the Alliance - KoA

Mo/W

Quote:
Originally Posted by Rhadamanthys
wait a minute.......i thought the weapon only takes the last dye you give it.....for example, if i dye my sword red and then i dyed it blue, the final result is going to be blue...not purple.

so in this case, that last picture of the Storm Bow is actually just dyed black.
You can mix dyes. That's what he did.

drowningfish999

drowningfish999

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

Awakened Tempest [aT]

Actually, I didn't mix the dyes, I simply piled them on one after the other. I was under the impression that you had to use a dye remover to remove the color, otherwise they would mix ><. If anyone can confirm this, it would be nice so I could fix my info

Ensign

Ensign

Just Plain Fluffy

Join Date: Dec 2004

Berkeley, CA

Idiot Savants

Quote:
Originally Posted by Rhadamanthys
wait a minute.......i thought the weapon only takes the last dye you give it.
Correct. If you want to apply a mixed dye to an item, you need to mix the dye ahead of time.


Quote:
Originally Posted by Rhadamanthys
so in this case, that last picture of the Storm Bow is actually just dyed black.
Yep.

Peace,
-CxE

Algren Cole

Algren Cole

Banned

Join Date: Jun 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by drowningfish999
Actually, I didn't mix the dyes, I simply piled them on one after the other. I was under the impression that you had to use a dye remover to remove the color, otherwise they would mix ><. If anyone can confirm this, it would be nice so I could fix my info

unless you use a dye remover the second applied dye goes over the original dye...they will 'mix' to an extent though not the same way they would mix if you mixed them pre-application.

DarkWasp

DarkWasp

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2005

Paradise

Agency Of Forbidden Fruits [Oot]

R/A

In other words, you waisted like 1k.

Sholtar

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2005

Brethren of Arms

Mo/W

Woah guys, hold up. Applying multiple dyes to an item mixes. I believe it's a different kind of mixing than straight dye mixing but I'm near positive it does mix.

Bueno Star

Bueno Star

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

Las Vegas, NV

Digital Heroes

Mo/N

lol i got a good kick out of that thread. thanks.

theclam

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

I just did a quick experiment:

I had blue pants.

Here's what it looks like when I add red dye over the blue pants:

Here's what it looks like when I used a dye remover, then used red dye:


I conclude that dyes do not mix together when you apply them over each other. The only way to mix dyes is to mix them before applying them.

Of course, it could be different for non-standard equipment (e.g. Chaos Axes).

Zuggy

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

Pocatello, Idaho

Team FahQ

R/Me

You may not be able to dye Storm Bows, but you can dye chaos axes. The wierd thing though is you get a different color then the dye (example silver=white)

Algren Cole

Algren Cole

Banned

Join Date: Jun 2005

tehclam...that probably happened because red has been preselected to be a dominant color...mix anything with red and the color is going to be more reddish....if you've got the cash or wanna try it out and I'll throw you the gold later tonight IG...dye them red first...then dye them blue.

spiritofcat

spiritofcat

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2005

Sydney, Australia

Order of the Sanguine Dragon [OSD]

E/Mo

From what I can see of those screenshots,
Green = Purple, Blue = Yellow, Purple = Green, Silver = White
on the storm bow.
The rest look essentially blue.

As to dye on armour. Some classes it replaces and some classes it mixes.
For elementalists, you never have to use remover, but for necros you do. I don't know about other classes.

Bwsk8

Bwsk8

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2005

R/E

So can I assume that the dying works the same on eternal bows and just barely changes the color ths same way as a storm bow?

Drago Solaris

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2005

Order Of Dragania

R/Mo

eternal bows dont dye full stop