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Help/Tips for realistic Weathering and Battle damage on large AMT Millenium Falcon Kit.

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  • Member since
    July 2010
  • From: Cape Town
Posted by martinh2 on Friday, May 13, 2011 1:21 PM

I agree with TomZ2. In many forums I have seen a lot of emphasis being put on methods to make the battle damage on a space fighter or craft look realistic. In the end it is a science fiction subject and as such do not have a realistic base or "example" I am busy with a MKII Colonial Viper from the Battlestar Galactica TV series, and I have decided to honor the tv show and looks of the vipers (Including battle damage) as depicted in the TV show. 

Martin Havinga

  • Member since
    January 2003
  • From: Washington, DC
Posted by TomZ2 on Monday, April 18, 2011 11:01 PM

You do realize that this is the "Space" section, not the one assigned for "Science Fiction"?

Star Wars is great fun but infamous among those who of us actually slugged through Aerospace Engineering (or related disciplines). It is a fantasy, as phony as a Harry Potter spell,

Even when you're dealing with mere orbital velocities, the energies involved are so powerful that the spacecraft may as well be made of wet toilet paper. In the real world, you don't have "battle damage"; you have a cloud of debris.

So forget "realistic", ignore "plausible", and aim for "whatever looks good".

Occasional factual, grammatical, or spelling variations are inherent to this thesis and should not be considered as defects, as they enhance the individuality and character of this document.

  • Member since
    August 2006
  • From: Neenah, WI
Posted by HawkeyeHobbies on Thursday, February 10, 2011 4:59 PM

Battle Damage

Battle damage has to be planned well before the actual assembly begins. In space (scifi) the weapons used tend to melt as they penetrate the ships skin. Explosions still rip and tear! Find some good images from Star Trek of the Enterprise being attacked.

Gerald "Hawkeye" Voigt

http://hawkeyes-squawkbox.com/

 

 

"Its not the workbench that makes the model, it is the modeler at the workbench."

WZ2
  • Member since
    November 2009
Posted by WZ2 on Thursday, February 10, 2011 4:02 PM

For battle damage, suggest building some TIE fighters first and have them shoot at the MF, er, Millenium Falcan.

 

Chris  Big Smile

  • Member since
    November 2010
  • From: Northern Ontario Canada
Help/Tips for realistic Weathering and Battle damage on large AMT Millenium Falcon Kit.
Posted by WikingSS on Wednesday, February 9, 2011 5:39 PM

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