Question about Damage to Armor

[benfromidaho]

I am planning a conversion to show armor damage on a fantasy miniature with very elaborate armor. I want it to end up looking like the character has just escaped a battle with a serious wound to the chest. Does anyone know of any tutorials on damaging armor in the conversion process or showing it in the painting process I would be greatly appreciative.
--Benfromidaho

 

[Drake Farstrider]

This link might help:

http://www.coolminiornot.com/article/aid/288/page/1

I know that it deals with glowing eyes but he also talks about scratches and various damage on page 3. Truely incredible stuff by one of the masters.

 

[benfromidaho]

A little help

This article is really good, but the armor that Im working on is much more detailed than the flat surfaces of a space marine helmet. Got anything else up your sleeve.
--Benfromidaho

 

[Ritual]

Yeah, I immediately thought of Cyril\'s article too! It\'s on a sci-fi mini, but you can apply some of the techniques on a fantasy mini as well. I think oxidation combined with some nicks and dents in the armour is a good way to mimic battle damage. The oxidation is proof of earlier damage and the nicks and dents could be more recent. You can also do blood stains and such. There are excellent articles on oxidation and blood stains by Allan C (another master) in the articles section.

Welcome to the forums Ben!

 

[Drake Farstrider]

You could also do the painted armour look and then paint scratches and cuts and dents, like you see on some of the 40k tanks. I am not sure if laquered armour was prevelent during the middle ages or not though. Oxidation would work as well I personally have started using that technique with my armoured dudes.

 

[benfromidaho]

What about huge gashes? Im talking great-axe to the chest size. Oh and thanks for the welcome.
--Ben

 

[Ritual]

If you want huge gashes I guess you\'d have to do some actual damage to the mini. I don\'t think you can paint that kind of damage in a life-like way. Maybe a dremel or something would be the best option. With a dremel you can make a deep gash and then you could fix the edges with a scalpel. Then you can paint on some extra texture round the gash and maybe some blood or oxidation around the gash, depending on if you want it to look fresh or old.

 

[Drake Farstrider]

You could also use a file and scalpel, if you don\'t have a dremel. And then green stuff to fill in any details you may want to add.

 

[lahatiel]

GW did an entire online article on just this subject, so hopefully this can be of help.

 

[Drake Farstrider]

Originally posted by lahatiel
GW did an entire online article on just this subject, so hopefully this can be of help.

Very nice article lahatiel. I personally like the claw effects.

 

[LUCH]

ya like they said, if u want realistic battle dameage take a scalpel or exacto knife and start carving ur mini up. i\'ve got a WIP chaos rhino sittin on my desk that looks like som1 took a chainsaw to it.

is the guy ur doin made of plastic or metal? its harder to do if its made of metal.

 

[benfromidaho]

They model I am looking at converting is a metal model, so I realize that it will be pretty hard. I\'ve also looked at the article that GW wrote up but they dont really have an suggestions on fantasy battle damage, because if you think about it in 40K cuts only need to be made once to get through armour. In fantasy though, a person has to hack (a lot) to get through armour, unless they are really strong.
--Benfromidaho

 

[jaw_x]

Perhaps one of them small hand drills, I\'m sure there\'d be a suitable head for doing that sort of work in with it.

 

[Legacy Account]

Perhaps you should just get a whole bunch of minis and start hacking until you get a result you\'re happy with!