LittleOne Posted May 23, 2011 Report Posted May 23, 2011 (edited) Hi All, i would like to know if anyone has any ideas or tutorials on how to weather a TK armor and helmet. I dont mean turn him into a sandtrooper, i mean give it that used, banged up look that we see at the start of ANH. i would like to reproduce that look not the look that the Dave M or Brian bucket as right now but more like mister no stripes who had not of nifty little things going on on his suit... any suggestions welcomed. thanks Edited May 23, 2011 by LittleOne Quote
matt black Posted May 23, 2011 Report Posted May 23, 2011 Hi Brendan. I am by no means an expert but these suits mark up pretty quick. Just by wearing it a few times you should start to get the look from the movie. It doesn't get much more authentic than 'real life' weathering. Quote
LittleOne Posted May 23, 2011 Author Report Posted May 23, 2011 someone suggested rubbing black and white newspaper on the armor to give it that awesome look....i might attempts that on a piece of my helmet just to see... cheers! Quote
NoVATie[Admin] Posted May 23, 2011 Report Posted May 23, 2011 If you chuck your boots and armor into a container like I'm sure most people do, with a couple of troopings you'll be scuffed and weathered just fine Quote
Locitus[Admin] Posted May 23, 2011 Report Posted May 23, 2011 The rubber brow trim works fine as well! Quote
sskunky Posted May 23, 2011 Report Posted May 23, 2011 Kick it around a car park! That'll do it! Quote
rapstertee Posted May 23, 2011 Report Posted May 23, 2011 I might've said this elsewhere, but the EASIEST by far, and non-permanent weathering can be done with a black Chinagraph pencil. Simply scribble a little on, and rub with a finger until you're happy. It can be wiped off at any time if you like. I've done it to my Biker and it looks great. Will be doing it to my TK Commander soon. Quote
tkrestonva[TK] Posted May 23, 2011 Report Posted May 23, 2011 Best weathering is the type that comes from frequent trooping. Nothing makes the armor say "field experience" quite like - wait for it - field experience. Quote
TK bondservnt[501st] Posted May 24, 2011 Report Posted May 24, 2011 newspaper ink can damage the finish on ABS armor. it can cause yellowing. best way is to use charcoal pencil, or fuller's earth powders. just some charcoal dust and a few black streaks here and there, and you've got it! Quote
LittleOne Posted May 24, 2011 Author Report Posted May 24, 2011 (edited) newspaper ink can damage the finish on ABS armor. it can cause yellowing. best way is to use charcoal pencil, or fuller's earth powders. just some charcoal dust and a few black streaks here and there, and you've got it! too late for that, i already scuffed my helmet with newspaper and it looks great...looks a lot like natural battle and "being ruff" on suit type of effect. at worst i could sand this off or repaint but i like it... i did not go overboard..ten-fifteen feet away it does not really show up but up close you can see the "carbon scoring" on it.... why would it cause yellowing on the armor? I have had to do pencil marks on my helmet at some paint and the pencil marks stay worse than the newspaper ink....the krylon seems to take in that stuff like a tatoo on your skin, very hard to get rid off...so i am a bit afraid to use charcoal on the helmet because i did not like the way the pencil worked on the helmet..... my helmet was HPDE painted with white krylon....so it might be a different situation with full abs....i ll have to test the diffferent ways on spare parts when i get my armor kit and see if i like it or not.... Edited May 24, 2011 by LittleOne Quote
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