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Going to do some armour upgrades and insignia on my rhinos. I need some advice on what some of you guys use.

So what's a good thickness for armoured vehicles?

What's a good thickness for vanbraces shoulder guards etc?

What companies do you use?

cheers

1mm is a generally good all rounder.

it's widely available n 10, 20 and 30 thou thicknesses.

Translation

Thou ( thousandths of an inch)

10thou = 0.254mm
20thou = 0.508mm
30thou = 0.762mm

and so on.

Let's take marines as an example. For Pauldrons, torso and legwork, 30thou is generally as low as you'd want to go. For layerwork on top of a 30thou frame, use 10. For rims on top of 30thou, use 20 thou for a defined height difference (shoulder pad trim)

I've used Fils Model supplies for my needs, but can't recomend them as yet until I've made a few orders. Still waiting for my first order after a few teething problems. That said, they are cheap. I can neither recommend, nor advise agaianst them as yet.

Thanks dudes. I want to be fairly intricate so a little bit of trial and error is in order. Got a tip on where to start? I thought I'd start with bulking out the armour on my rhinos in the same vein as FW add ons.

I used 1mm thick stuff for some tank armour I was playing with. It should be stiff enough on its own, but you can always thicken it locally by adding additional layers to form some intresting patterns.