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How would you show crushed metal on a model like a rhino, dreadnought, or other metal objects?

I am trying to figure out because I wishe to make it look like a DCCW crushed metal.

Hmm.. tricky... To get a proper 3D crushed/warped plate effect you would have to recess part of the damage. Just sticking Gs on he outside would make it look all bulgey. I guess you could carve out part of the plating and replace the whole section with GS rippled to look like structural damage, but that would be time consuming and tricky to make look good. IF you can get your hands on thin metal, brass plate or thin aluminium perhaps, youcould fabricate a replacement section actually in metal to be defirmed

Another rather more drastic method would be to actually buckle the plastic. Either stick the model in a vice and carefully apply force, but that might run into brittle failure problems in the plastic. Maybe make it a bit easier for the amterial to buckle by bathing the affected area in liquid poly first. Perhaps keep well ventilated and practice on a test piece first though

Addendum - Actually if you're going for a DCCW damage effect you could just attack the model with a pair of pliers Find a handy corner and squeeze!

Hmmm That might work. Need to get me some pliers. The brass would be slightly more dificult and then GS would never work, I dont have that level of skill yet. I couls use the brass that comes with the GW 40K basing kit.

Aluminum foil. Just cut out the section you want damaged, crinkle your foil to shape, and trim to fit. Since it would be significantly weaker than the brass, spread some CA glue on the back and sprinkle baking soda over it to give the section a hard shell backing. A bit of putty to blend the join from the front and strengthen it from the back and you're golden.

If you want something less jagged, apply the foil directly over putty and actually push your damage in. If you're gentle, the foil will give the surface the proper metallic response while the supporting putty keeps the general shapes more sweeping.

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Too true.

You could try freehanding it if you think you are up to it. The trick is to highlight the underside of the hole then shade the top. Though that takes quite a bit of imagination and skill to get to work.

oadie wrote:Aluminum foil. Just cut out the section you want damaged, crinkle your foil to shape, and trim to fit. Since it would be significantly weaker than the brass, spread some CA glue on the back and sprinkle baking soda over it to give the section a hard shell backing. A bit of putty to blend the join from the front and strengthen it from the back and you're golden.

If you want something less jagged, apply the foil directly over putty and actually push your damage in. If you're gentle, the foil will give the surface the proper metallic response while the supporting putty keeps the general shapes more sweeping.

yup...this has been used by military modelers for years...you can add multiple layers of foil too and it will appear as if the armor were a multi-layered system, thow in some wire, pipes and other greebles and you are good to go.


Ashton

Ohhhh thats amaing! does anyone know of anygood examples with pictures. I can imagine what you mean but a picture would make it that much more real in my head!

Thick foil - like the stuff sealing certain brands of instant coffee and chocolate-like drinkables works.

It's thicker than regular alfoil and crumples well.