TD-1536 Posted June 23, 2008 Posted June 23, 2008 This is a tutorial I put together for the Clone-Empire forums on how to weather Clone Trooper armor. I think it can certainly be applied to Sandtroopers, particularly part two which shows the usage of the Scenic Woodlands tempra paints. This is pretty much how I've weathered Sandtrooper armor for the past few years (except for the black wash, which is Clone specific.) I'm working on YouTube edits for more compatibility. Part One This one goes over the materials and how to use them on a chest piece. It's roughly 80MB and even at that size and resolution, much of the detail is lost. The only way to present this sort of thing would be in HD, with little to no compression but the file sizes would be HUGE. Anyway, I hope this is somewhat helpful. Requires Quicktime, video is in H.264, MP4 for best quality to file size. I can also try to YouTube these, but I think all the detail would be washed out. Quicktime: http://homepage.mac.com/mikeharrison/.Movi...ering_part1.mp4 YouTube: Part Two This takes the same thing as above but adds Tempra paint pigments, example is shown on a calf/grieve piece. This video is 55MB in size, and unfortunately, because of the camera angle, almost all the detail is blown out by the sun's glare. After filming both these and bringing everything inside out of the heat and sun, only did we discover this. Here it is anyway for what it's worth http://homepage.mac.com/mikeharrison/.Movi...ering_part2.mp4 Here are up close pictures of the piece I weathered above to get a better idea. Quote
Murphoid Posted June 23, 2008 Posted June 23, 2008 I was actually just thinking today if the basics of clone weathering could be applied to the weathering of a TD. Suhweet stuff, man. Its awesome to finally see the magic happen. Quote
TK7036 Posted June 23, 2008 Posted June 23, 2008 Just in time for my next weathering job. I'll be trying this. Thanks for sharing! Quote
Daetrin Posted June 23, 2008 Posted June 23, 2008 Thanks boss! I'll be weathering a new suit soon so the timing is perfect - gives me a chance to practice. Quote
Ph1l2007 Posted September 17, 2008 Posted September 17, 2008 I really like how you did the scorch marks with the black paint. To me, that really adds a lot to the "walked right off the battlefield" look. Could you post some extra tips for how you would go about making realistic scorch marks? You kind of messed up in the video, but I especially like the idea of using the black paint to make scratch type marks across the chest and other pieces of armor. Quote
theGreatSot Posted September 17, 2008 Posted September 17, 2008 Don't know how I ever missed this! Thanks for posting those two vids! Quote
TD-1536 Posted September 17, 2008 Author Posted September 17, 2008 I really like how you did the scorch marks with the black paint. To me, that really adds a lot to the "walked right off the battlefield" look. Could you post some extra tips for how you would go about making realistic scorch marks? You kind of messed up in the video, but I especially like the idea of using the black paint to make scratch type marks across the chest and other pieces of armor. Well, on TK and TD armor, what you would actually see are scuff marks in the films. I added scuff marks to my TK suit with just a charcoal stick and painted them on my Clone armor to mimic the CG designs. I never tried to create scorch marks on purpose... not sure if I say scorch or scuffs in the videos. Quote
nice-biscuit Posted September 18, 2008 Posted September 18, 2008 This is nice, and good timing my armour is arriving soon hopefully Quote
TD1009 Posted October 13, 2008 Posted October 13, 2008 Excellent! Mike have you considered a DVD? Quote
Gladius Posted January 31, 2013 Posted January 31, 2013 Thought I watch this though I'm not so far that it's up to do. As I'm a scalemodeller with acrylic paints but with much smaller scale like 1/72 this is very interesting chapter. I'd thought about a mix of washing for the going in or deep areas first and little drypaint for the edges with basic dirt and shades, but this is exciting. Opens new grounds. Fantastic! Quote
Dozer105 Posted April 28, 2013 Posted April 28, 2013 great tutorial bro but I am a little hard of hearing what is that dust you used called and where can i find it? Quote
sir david Posted September 12, 2013 Posted September 12, 2013 a classic,and great tutorial here Quote
Wolfman Posted March 3, 2014 Posted March 3, 2014 Nice! I'll be using some of this when I weather my clone. Thanks Mike. Quote
Shelburne Posted February 7, 2016 Posted February 7, 2016 great tutorial bro but I am a little hard of hearing what is that dust you used called and where can i find it? It's called fullers earth. Looks like you can get it on Amazon.com. as to whitch ones you would need, I'm not sure. I'm pretty new here my self. Quote
Shelburne Posted February 7, 2016 Posted February 7, 2016 Awesome video. I'm not much of a visionary and the video really helps me figure it out. Can't wait to get my armor and get dirty. Quote
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