Really lovely paint job, can you give us a step by step break down of your approach and what colours you used please?
Thanks! I really appreciate that. Painting is my favorite part of model making.
In the Japanese Millennium Flacon video, once he's put on the thinned Tamiya wash, he takes a cue-tip and seems to be able to wipe it off and blend it in easily. In my experience, even heavily thinned Tamiya acrylics dry instantly leaving stains.
Do you think the cue-tip has some abrasive, or paint remover on it - such as automotive polish?
Speaking of weathering techinques, check out FichtenFoos tutorial on using oils for weathering. A more time consuming technique than the wash that is used in the Japanese video, but the results are spectacular.
Millennium Falcon weathering
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wreblsPaUhU
Y-wing and X-wing
http://fichtenfoo.net/blog/completed-»-x-wing-and-y-wing/
Hope it helps
PS. Kokkari, it appears you don't need any tips on weather techniques... your model looks awesome! :thumbsup