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Today i was trying to use a soldering to create the effect of a melta hit, when i realized that it also works great to make scratches, bolter shots, phisical hits and almost and kind of battle damages or effects; the results are great and very realistic, and it's also very easy to do: just use the soldering like if it was a brush to "draw" holes and scratches, then paint them with Chainmail or something similar.
This is what i've managed to create at my first try: (still need to improve the paintjob btw)




What do you think? Anyone else uses this technique? If someone is interested i will create a quick guide

It's a good idea for melta or lascannon or even Gauss type impacts, which melt their target. But I'm not convinced it works so well for non-heat-related impacts - the holes are fine but the raised crater edges don't make much sense in that case (although you could then trim them with a scalpel blade).

The other variation is to apply the soldering iron to the underside of what you're trying to melt and let the plastic slowly soften - great for making dents or showing Chaotic swellings from within.

I like it, makes that thing look like it took a good smacking.

wow cool idea, the damage near the tracks looks especially good

Seems to me you did a good job on everything except the tank hatch. The hatch looks like a single solid piece, and the damage doesn't look right. Baring that though, wicked.