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Need help with weathering! Fellow Gundam modelers HELP!

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Need help with weathering! Fellow Gundam modelers HELP!
Posted by Puma_Adder on Sunday, May 11, 2008 8:19 PM

Honestly, I have never tried this before so I need some help. any feedback will be apretiated.

you know kinds of paint, tools, ect..... kinda goes along with my dio post.

Some people spend their whole lives wondering if they made a difference. Gundams don't have that problem.
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Posted by dj898 on Sunday, May 11, 2008 8:57 PM

check out what amour modellers are doing with their 1/78 kits...

It's basically same principle - just scaled down as we are working with either 1/100 or 1/144 instead of 1/32 or 1/78~ 

people living in glass colonies shouldn't throw nuclear stones.
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Posted by Puma_Adder on Sunday, May 11, 2008 9:27 PM
thanks dj898, I was hoping to get some advice from you. your kits are amazingly detailed. I've been building gundam for over 7 years and your stuff is better than everything i have seen to date. Thanks alot!
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Posted by ikar01 on Sunday, May 11, 2008 10:02 PM
What you are dealing with could be considered a walking tank.  They will be kicking up mud and dirt, brushing into trees, rocks, and whatever they come into contact with.  Paint will get chipped off at those locations and maybe where the joints would bang together.  If they had been out in the field for extended priods of time colors would start to fade, not necessarilly evenly.

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Posted by dj898 on Sunday, May 11, 2008 10:20 PM

 ikar01 wrote:
What you are dealing with could be considered a walking tank.  They will be kicking up mud and dirt, brushing into trees, rocks, and whatever they come into contact with.  Paint will get chipped off at those locations and maybe where the joints would bang together.  If they had been out in the field for extended priods of time colors would start to fade, not necessarilly evenly.

 

The hardest part with wethering process is how much not to put on instead of how much to put on~ ^ ^ The golden rule of thumb that I was given long~ time ago was when you think it needs some more touch up it's actually way more than it should have... Another advise I picked up was between each weathering process take a break - half or even better a full day. And then you can go back and look at your model with non-objective eye. Sometime in the heat of moment you can overlooked things/faults otherwise would be quite obvious...

Finally yes we are dealing with Sci-Fi model but that dosen't mean we cannot use the real life reference materials. What ikar01 suggested above is true and the reference material will come in handy. 

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Posted by Puma_Adder on Sunday, May 11, 2008 10:41 PM
Another great thing to test on that Red Frame i have in the cupbord............Evil [}:)]
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