Chipping

[Jesper Bjoern Olsen]

Hello everyone

As my 5 year old son is a huge Star Wars enthusiast he can't wait for me to start painting the 1/6 Boba Fett kit I have had in my stash for some time now.
This character requires some extensive chipping to his helmet and armorplates.
Can anyone give some advice to an effective (and not too complicated) chipping technique?
I normally paint with Vallejo Acrylics and have learned that they recently have developed a "Chipping Medium". Anyone experienced with that?

 

[housecarl]

http://privateerpressforums.com/showthread.php?116134-Heavy-Paint-Chipping-Tutorial
http://www.scalemodelguide.com/painting-weathering/weathering/apply-realistic-paint-chips-salt/
May help.

 

[Gellso]

I've used the worn effects stuff. It's really easy to use and very effective.
I'd highly recommend it.

Gells

 

[Karlosfandango]

Yes, AK Interactive is good! Paint on the colour you want to show through, seal it with a varnish ideally, brush or airbrush a couple of thin layers of chipping fluid, let dry a bit, not to much, add your final finish colour, again let dry a little. Then the fun bit starts, grab some pointed tweezers, tooth picks or what ever you fancy depending on your finish and start scratching, chipping at it, brilliant stuff. You can also achieve great results by rubbing it with an old cut down brush or a little scotch lite. Just a little at a time until you get your desired effect. Karl

 

[BigDaddy]

I did this figure a while back- I undercoated with silver then applied artist' masking medium (probably the same as chipping fluid) Then sprayed the color- then picked it off when dry. The medium can also be used for simulating many layers of paint- just paint-apply-repeat. The masking medium can be found in hobby shops or art stores. If you Google Boba Fett you will find sites where guys replicate this character down to different movies (the uniform and equipment is unique to each film)- they go to great lengths to simulate the chipping exactly.

 

[FigureLover]

Hi Jesper,
I did this one a while ago, http://www.planetfigure.com/threads/1-6th-boba-fett.34901/
I didn't use any special effects other than straight forward using a fine brush with Vallejo oily steel for most of the chips, and then added a bit of Vallejo Bright steel to highlight some of the newer chips. The reason I did it this way was I wanted to copy Boba Fett from ROTJ as accurately as possible, using any of the effects as above didnt allow me to do it as accurately. I have used the Humbrol Micro Mask technique as above on other projects though, and it does work well.
Ben

 

[Helm]

G.W. also do a crack effect paint which might come in handy for this one. I am using my phone atm so cant link to my pirate where I use it for cracked leather but I will add the link later so you can take a look http://www.planetfigure.com/threads...rt-your-favorite-pirateing-phrase-here.61857/
Steve

 

[Jesper Bjoern Olsen]

Thanks for all the advice - what a great place to learn this is
I got a bottle today from my local hobby shop of the Vallejo Chipping medium. From the description on the bottle on how to use it it pretty much sounds like the AK interactive product.
To figurelover: It is exactly the same kit I have.. And what a great result you have achieved
I dont look forward to the process of removing some of the handle of the blaster and getting it to fit again with his hand and the riflebutt....

 

[Gellso]

Hi Jesper,
Who makes the kit and you say he's 1/6th scale mate?
Gells

 

[Gra30]

Screamin did a 1/6 kit
I had a 1/1 boba fett at one point, he went but I still have some life size left, now that IS an expensive hobby.
Always have time for fellow SW admirers or should I say fans.

 

[Jesper Bjoern Olsen]

Hi Jesper,
Who makes the kit and you say he's 1/6th scale mate?
Gells

I think it is a Japanese brand called Kaiyodo. All the writing is in japanese so it is hard to tell. But I think I remember the name from the ebay listing, where I bought mine a few years ago. I still see examples of it there now and then.
And yes, the scale is 1/6.

 

[Gra30]

That's the one Kaiyodo and screamin were the same kit I think

 

[FigureLover]

Not sure if Screamin did it in 1/6 but they did do one in 1/4. Kaiyodo is the one I built.
Jesper
Don't cut the rifle to fit the hand, if I remember correctly, (it was quite a while ago) I cut the fingers where the thumb meets the fingers, heated them in hot water as it softens the vinyl and bent them around the rifle grip. It was a good fit and looks pretty natural.
Ben

 

[Gra30]

http://www.therpf.com/f11/1-6-kaiyodo-screamin-boba-fett-173554/

This is the one I thought it was, I also have it, the gun is complete but the trigger is also part cast in hand and the gun needs trimming
I filled the lower body so it stands solid and legs can be pinned

 

[Alex Long]

http://www.therpf.com/f11/1-6-kaiyodo-screamin-boba-fett-173554/

This is the one I thought it was, I also have it, the gun is complete but the trigger is also part cast in hand and the gun needs trimming
I filled the lower body so it stands solid and legs can be pinned

I got this one too! Must get him painted someday! Also have the Kaiyodo Darth Vader, Stormtrooper, Han Solo, Princess Leia, C-3PO and R2-D2, all original with boxes, not the recast jobs.

Alex.

 

[theBaron]

A technique I've learned from the Maschinen Krieger community, is to use a good, hard primer--I use Army Painter matte black--apply acrylics, and then use a ScotchBrite scrubber to chip and scuff the top coat down to the dark primer. Here's a pic of an in-progress MaK build on my bench:



In this shot, I've just begun to scuff and chip. I look for the surfaces or corners that would tend to bang up against something, and scuff there.

Apparently there are armor modelers who use the same technique, and since there are many crossover modelers in armor and in MaK, it makes sense.

I've also used acrylics, applied with a fine brush, to replicate chipping. Here's another MaK suit I built, where I used Andrea slate gray to reproduce chipping or flaking on exposed edges:



That one is an admittedly clean MaK suit; most guys like to weather the hell out of them.

And of course, on aircraft, I use a Prismacolor silver pencil to do chipping. For paint flaked off an aluminum surface, it works very well.

Hope that helps, prosit!
Brad

 

[Jesper Bjoern Olsen]

Not sure if Screamin did it in 1/6 but they did do one in 1/4. Kaiyodo is the one I built.
Jesper
Don't cut the rifle to fit the hand, if I remember correctly, (it was quite a while ago) I cut the fingers where the thumb meets the fingers, heated them in hot water as it softens the vinyl and bent them around the rifle grip. It was a good fit and looks pretty natural.
Ben

Aaaahh, of course.. That's the way to do it.. Sounds much easier than to cut the rifle.
Got to find time very soon between parental duties and work to move on with this project

 

[taff edwards]

Hi mate
I have used the hairspray methord which works pretty well for vehicles
Cheers Chris