That´s such a brilliant piece of work...
Would you care to share what paint you used? Especially for the base coat and the light blue? Looks like a perfect match....I need to know because my own Y is still unpainted.
And how did you do the small "direct hit" marks on the cockpit pod?
Thanks in advance for any advice!
The base is just automotive white primer. Most of the paints are floquil(spelling) The same paints they used back then. The light blue is floquil primer, it photos with a blue tint. My thinking is back then they would NOT mix custom colors, they would use the paint right out of the bottle, so when matching colors on the ILM models I look at what was available and use what is close, I usually am right :redface
Steps
1. Primer black
2.primer white
3. paint all graphics
4. use floquil grime and start shadowing in area adding the blast marks and streaks.
5. Use brown, go over the same areas were the grime is but spotty and NOT heavy. NOW...using a scotch brite pad, go over all the area leaving much of the paint in the recesses and removing it from the raised areas, go light so you dont dig into the resin.
6. add all paint chips with grime not black. then in the center of the same chips use weathered black
7. start applying oil paint washes in various places using burnt umber and black
8. add all the spesific paint weathering that is on the studio model.
9. using grime again go over the areas where you used the scotch brite padd very lightly.
10. seal model with dull coat.
11. using a water color mix of black and brown make a wash. add a little dish washing soap, cover the entire model with the wash. let dry.
12. with water wipe off all the topical wash.
13 seal with dull coat
14. make sure everything you want on the model is on it paint wise. Now...using white in your airbrush, overspray the entire ship VERY LIGHTLY! all you are doing is blending all the weathering....thats how ILM did it I believe:love
There ya go. Paint away, hope this helps
Dean
