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Did anyone build their own Millennium Falcon?
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<blockquote data-quote="subzero" data-source="post: 455825" data-attributes="member: 9185"><p>No worries happy to help, this was also the first time I ever tried airbrushing and it is daunting first trying, but once you've messed about with it a little bit you'll realise how simple it is to use. You can get a basic kit off ebay for about £40ish, just search for a 'mini airbrush compressor', some come complete with the airbrush gun or if not then you can get one for around £10+.. If you are really unsure with how to use it get yourself some random pieces of flat plastic or bits off another cheapo model and have a practice on it to get the feel for it, before you try it out for real.</p><p></p><p>There's the 'proper way' to paint the model which involves base coating it, pre-shading ( to make all the lines in between the hull plating darker and stand out ) and then the main coat colour. But luckily there's also the easy shortcut way that I figured out myself, the bare plastic itself already comes in an off white colour which looks like the Falcon's natural colour anyway which is perfect, so you don't actually need to paint the actual Falcon colour. First I got several tea bags in a small bowl of warm water ( yes tea bags ) and dabbed a tea bag all over every panel, let that completely dry then rub off almost all of it leaving it with a slight dirty yellowy look in a random patchy pattern, all this is optional but I chose to do it to give an added under layer of real looking grime. Then next lightly built up a couple of layers of a 'wash paint' ( very thinned paint ) called 'Citadel Shade Nuln Oil' off ebay with the airbrush, and lightly spray around the edges of every armour plating panel to give it a shaded 3D look, it gives it all nice depth and looks amazing. Before that dried I scratched away randomly around all the edges ( and some random marks inside ) of every panel with a cotton bud to scratch the nuln oil paint off to make it look worn and it makes it look very realistic, then I carefully painted ( with Citadel Shade Nuln Oil ) in between every single panel line by hand with a very thin brush to darken in between the panels and make them 'pop' out. Then I finished off the whole model surface with 'Vallejo Air matte varnish' to protect it which is water based acrylic ( before adding the varnish you can lighten or darken the pieces if you think you've over or underdone any of it, just touch bits over with thin white air paint to lighten it.</p><p></p><p>Then you need to add the other detailing layers, coloured hull panels, dirt & grime streaks with oil paints, then very light grey speckles all over it. All these little details build up and add to the realism, one thing to watch is it's verrry easy to overdo all the details and it can end up looking horrid if done too heavy ( iv'e seen some shockers done by other builders ), so be sure to apply layers sparingly bit by bit, you don't realise how much all the layers and detailing add up until you're at the end. The final stage then is to seal it all off again with a second layer of matte varnish!</p><p></p><p>Also no paints come with the kit you'll need to get them separately, and from what I remember you save about £100 buying the full kit from Deagostini, if you're lucky though you could prob get one off ebay for around £600 ( maybe even less ) as iv'e seen quite a few people getting rid of theirs as they saved up all the issues over 2 years planning to build it all in one go but then lost interest and wanna get rid of all the issues. You'll need to get other bits n bobs too like sprue cutters, thread lock for the frame screws, a few different size brushes etc, and the paints really you'll only need white, black, red and orange so you can mix to get your own tone for the red hull panels, and thick CA glue, be prepared to to a ton of gluing of microscopic parts lol, and tweezers.</p><p></p><p>There's a couple of youtube painting tutorial vids for oil painting the streaking etc, some Falcon reference photos for all the coloured panels, and my old build thread on the builders forum so i'll find all that for you tomorrow and post it up <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="subzero, post: 455825, member: 9185"] No worries happy to help, this was also the first time I ever tried airbrushing and it is daunting first trying, but once you've messed about with it a little bit you'll realise how simple it is to use. You can get a basic kit off ebay for about £40ish, just search for a 'mini airbrush compressor', some come complete with the airbrush gun or if not then you can get one for around £10+.. If you are really unsure with how to use it get yourself some random pieces of flat plastic or bits off another cheapo model and have a practice on it to get the feel for it, before you try it out for real. There's the 'proper way' to paint the model which involves base coating it, pre-shading ( to make all the lines in between the hull plating darker and stand out ) and then the main coat colour. But luckily there's also the easy shortcut way that I figured out myself, the bare plastic itself already comes in an off white colour which looks like the Falcon's natural colour anyway which is perfect, so you don't actually need to paint the actual Falcon colour. First I got several tea bags in a small bowl of warm water ( yes tea bags ) and dabbed a tea bag all over every panel, let that completely dry then rub off almost all of it leaving it with a slight dirty yellowy look in a random patchy pattern, all this is optional but I chose to do it to give an added under layer of real looking grime. Then next lightly built up a couple of layers of a 'wash paint' ( very thinned paint ) called 'Citadel Shade Nuln Oil' off ebay with the airbrush, and lightly spray around the edges of every armour plating panel to give it a shaded 3D look, it gives it all nice depth and looks amazing. Before that dried I scratched away randomly around all the edges ( and some random marks inside ) of every panel with a cotton bud to scratch the nuln oil paint off to make it look worn and it makes it look very realistic, then I carefully painted ( with Citadel Shade Nuln Oil ) in between every single panel line by hand with a very thin brush to darken in between the panels and make them 'pop' out. Then I finished off the whole model surface with 'Vallejo Air matte varnish' to protect it which is water based acrylic ( before adding the varnish you can lighten or darken the pieces if you think you've over or underdone any of it, just touch bits over with thin white air paint to lighten it. Then you need to add the other detailing layers, coloured hull panels, dirt & grime streaks with oil paints, then very light grey speckles all over it. All these little details build up and add to the realism, one thing to watch is it's verrry easy to overdo all the details and it can end up looking horrid if done too heavy ( iv'e seen some shockers done by other builders ), so be sure to apply layers sparingly bit by bit, you don't realise how much all the layers and detailing add up until you're at the end. The final stage then is to seal it all off again with a second layer of matte varnish! Also no paints come with the kit you'll need to get them separately, and from what I remember you save about £100 buying the full kit from Deagostini, if you're lucky though you could prob get one off ebay for around £600 ( maybe even less ) as iv'e seen quite a few people getting rid of theirs as they saved up all the issues over 2 years planning to build it all in one go but then lost interest and wanna get rid of all the issues. You'll need to get other bits n bobs too like sprue cutters, thread lock for the frame screws, a few different size brushes etc, and the paints really you'll only need white, black, red and orange so you can mix to get your own tone for the red hull panels, and thick CA glue, be prepared to to a ton of gluing of microscopic parts lol, and tweezers. There's a couple of youtube painting tutorial vids for oil painting the streaking etc, some Falcon reference photos for all the coloured panels, and my old build thread on the builders forum so i'll find all that for you tomorrow and post it up :) [/QUOTE]
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