Super-Detailing; Help Needed!

[paladin7221]

Morning All,

Got a quick query - there is a vogue in armour-modeling circles for what is known as 'Super Detailing' a kit; adding various tricks and techniques to a model tank or the like to bring it more into line with real-world examples of the vehicle. This is often done with the use of after-market parts and so forth. I want to do something similar to my Marine vehicles.

Now, I have the FW Masterclass 1 book and whilst there are many good things in it, Marine kit is not one of them and so I have no examples to look at to guide me there. I also have pics of Garfy and HG's Stormravens and other aircraft and lovely they are, which provide a starting point for paint and weathering at least. I'm not quite at the level of slavishly copying everything I see but damned if I'm not pretty close!

Anyone have any pictures of their own stuff or advice for me?

Thanks in advance.

[Harkon Greywolf]

More rivets!
Course, being an Ork probably helps! LOL
Any weathering I manage is usually just a few paint chips with black washed gun metal paint, some oil/smoke stains with washes of dark brown/blach washes and rust marks wit rust brown/dark brown washes. I don't do anything like the work that Garfy or Nick do.

[Farseer Kyladras]

Go to cool mini or not, image search your chosen marine vehicle with the highest rated at the top. There's bound to be some inspiration there, I'll try and find pics of the rhino type command vehicle from golden demon several years back with detailed interior (radar screens lit up etc) and rotating comms dish on top that had loads of detail. Failing that, the techniques for guard tanks will be transferable to a degree, yes of course marines wouldn't use camo netting etc but for weathering/ damage/ whip aerials/ stuff like that you could use the tips in the IA masterclass book.

Oh, and check my links below to oil wash tutorials, use oils for some weathering and shading but mostly for shading rivets, see how easy it is for that and rust and oil stains etc.

FK

[Manus]

That was indeed very early morning James.
To me super detailing and realism is almost equal to weathering. I'd say sponging is your best friend for vehicles, with that same technique you are able to add both fresh paint chipping, more worn ones and really old damage. A dark grey around corners/exposed areas will give you the feel of new battle damage, black with a spot of brown will add some age and depth to those chips and scratches, finally sponging/adding several layers from dark reddish brown over light browns to orange will give you a good looking rust. Vallejo also makes some washes which are designed for weathering, I have a few and though I haven't had time to play around much yet, they are quite promising.

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[badfang]

Got a DVD called 'Discover how to paint a Sdkf 222 IN ALMOST 1 HOUR' by Mig Jimenez who seems to be pretty highly rated, and the vid has most of the techniques clearly illustrated and described - my problem is that a certain amount of talent seems to be required and they didn't include that with the disc 

[Stretch]

Must be a shipping problem. My mig pigments dvd didn't have any spare talent in it either