Thanks. That pic has had me stumped for ages lol.
Yeah I figured it was something like that Julien. Still looks pretty difficult. Those ILM guys really can cook!
Wow! Very interesting! I might have to get that chronicles book.
Yeah it's better to try on some scrap styrene first. I havent tried on my Falcon, I'm a bit scared to do some mess. Haha
In the pics of the Chronicles, the large openings on the hull can be seen before the plating was added. And there is also a pic after the plating has been done showing that this very panel was done with white styrene (they used black styrene for the other hull panels) so they new where the opening was and where to add those damages.
Either they knew, or decided to cover up a hole that wasn't in the original plan drawings. Someone in the shop could have dropped something on it, or damage could have been caused by handling. Instead of re-doing the job, (on a tight schedule) just cover it up as battle damage. I had that happen to me a couple of times. Make a new model and then...whoops! Off the table it falls and a piece breaks off. So much for the factory fresh paint finish. Let's make it a second hand ship.
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You did a great job! If you need any more practice, you can always take a crack at my V3I've learned a lot on this little kit. Now I feel like I'm ready to tackle my Studio Scale V4.
KTaylor. I love your practice weathering platform! A great idea and very nicely done. I look forward to seeing your videos.
I've been working on my second attempt at duplicating that ILM look. I finished an old MPC AT-AT recently, but this time I went for Red 3 with the 1/72nd scale Fine Molds kit. Here's the result:
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I started with the black primer, then an almost white paint that I partially sanded down, and then layer upon layer of weathering and oversprays. I studied reference photos and did my best to duplicate what I saw.
I used acrylic washes for the overall dirtying down of the model, and then used enamel washes for pin-washes and panel lines because it flowed better. I also used the enamel washes for the little black splotches here and there.
I didn't use any pigments, but I made liberal use of the airbrush loaded with a concoction of Tamiya Smoke, Nato Black, and Flat Base which worked great.
A sharp needle and sanding sticks worked well to do all the little nicks and gouges which are almost everywhere on the filming model. Red 3 is really a grungy wreck!
As with the studio model, photographs minimize the actual weathering. In my hand the model looks much more heavily weathered than in these photos, but the camera cleans it up quite a bit. No wonder the ILM models are so heavily weathered. I wonder how many times they went back and added more weathering, more details, and more layers after doing test shots and discovering they looked way too clean?
I've learned a lot on this little kit. Now I feel like I'm ready to tackle my Studio Scale V4.