Anakin Starkiller FX V2 - Aging Weathering & Stencil Tutorial (Master Thread)
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Wells
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Meh, my results were not very impressive. I used Tamiya weathering kit, snow and sand and grey fullers earth, I did throw in some rust, brown and green originally on another attempt but they were too dark and didn’t pick up very well. I used a brush to apply the stuff but maybe I need to rub them in with a make up stick to make the powders really stick?
If you can wait a week I’ll be doing this shortly on the last batch of v2’s I’m working on. I’ll make a video explaining how to do it.
I’m fighting freezing tempatures right now, I got waaaay too much gasoline in the shed right now to turn on my propane heater :/
Once I get a day above 45degrees I’m gonna paint, then I can record how to add the Tamiya and fullers earth
One day I’ll get this saber back into the fold.
Shout out to halliwax for this thread. It’s extremely informative for those who get this amazing saber. It’s also just a blast to read through.
I always love coming back and reading updates on everyone’s work.
Keep ‘em coming and great work to everyone here.
Shout out to halliwax for this thread. It’s extremely informative for those who get this amazing saber. It’s also just a blast to read through.
I always love coming back and reading updates on everyone’s work.
Keep ‘em coming and great work to everyone here.
Glad I could help, and entertain you
Wells
Well-Known Member
That would be fantastic! I’m a learn by seeing/doing kinda guy so a video tutorial would be super helpful.
Stay warm out there!
We got a snow storm last night, lost power for 6 hours.. fun... but weather looks warmer this weekend. If I can bang it out I’ll do that video instead of the clamp mod video
Was planning on the clamp mod this weekend but I’ll do the rings first
It’s kinda tricky at first, we’ll not really tricky it’s time consuming. Because you do baby steps taking pictures with the flash all the time
It’s very soft when looking at it with the human eye, but with a camera flash you can get it to look exactly like Brandon’s Facebook picture. The stuff works awesome
I won’t leave ya hanging, just fighting the cold
Was planning on the clamp mod this weekend but I’ll do the rings first
It’s kinda tricky at first, we’ll not really tricky it’s time consuming. Because you do baby steps taking pictures with the flash all the time
It’s very soft when looking at it with the human eye, but with a camera flash you can get it to look exactly like Brandon’s Facebook picture. The stuff works awesome
I won’t leave ya hanging, just fighting the cold
roderrotwe13
New Member
I have somewhere here a little write up on what I do
When I do the clamp mod video I will show what I do to the lever
unfortunately I don’t have a finish lever around right now to show ya but..
The top of the lever I weather lightly with sand paper and I mean very lightly, I then buff it with 0000 steel wool, then lightly tap it with a nail to make some chips/dings in the top area near the pin
I then blue it with super blue, I use very little because this sucker blues deep blue quick.
Take it down with steel wool, I also blue the underside
Then I rub it all down with Tamiya weathering product to get it in all the cracks.
You can see the top of the lever (near the pin) is a much deeper color in the pop culture quest video
Knock down the Tamiya with water to get the lever you want
I give a light spray of hair spray, Then I blow some grey and brown/red fullers earth on it and call it down
I will have a clamp mode video coming soon. I had one already but I screwed up and made it overly complicating, I got some new tricks to make it easier
Clamp mod
Ring weathering
I don’t know what else left I have to cover? I think I covered it all? Then I plan on moving into the v2+v3 builders kit and working on that, I got something big coming up with that, just need the damn parts to show up...
Wells
Well-Known Member
I've just realised I've totally overlooked paint chips on the underside of the emitter... Can't believe I've never not considered it and left it black, it came to light looking through the thread (it's a slow work day in the office and it's genuinely the only time I have to look through here as life is super busy with the kids). Are there any reference pictured for the V2 from the underside up or is it a 'go with your gut' kinda weathering? Though I'll certainly be using this pic of yours.
Between the celebration 7 photos and the pop culture quest video we have a ton of reference
None of my chips I make are random, each one is from a reference photo. Even in the ring section, they are all suppose to be there
“Nothing random”
I didn’t forget ya guys. My great,great uncle passed away Saturday. His family (my cousins) all live in NJ, so they are all up here this weekend with us. So I haven’t had much free time.
I JUST finished doing a video of the ring section just now. I just don’t have the time tonight to upload it, so I’ll do it tomorrow night once my family leaves back to NJ.
Don’t want you guys thinking I left ya hanging
I JUST finished doing a video of the ring section just now. I just don’t have the time tonight to upload it, so I’ll do it tomorrow night once my family leaves back to NJ.
Don’t want you guys thinking I left ya hanging
Sorry to hear about your loss. Hope you and your family are getting by. Take care
russellsch
Master Member
My sincerest condolences on the loss of your uncle. Enjoy your family while you have them with you.
CAKComedyProps
Active Member
Sorry for your loss man, take as much recovery time you need
