Simulating paint chips & streaks on a 1/144 Gunpla?

~Danny~ · Post by **~Danny~** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 5:38 pm

Never worked in this scale before....will doing this be completely out of scale for 1/144?

Romulan Spy · Post by **Romulan Spy** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 2:33 pm

Try a Prismacolor Metallic Silver colored pencil. Sharpen it to a fine point and carefully pencil in a few "chips". The stuff is fairly shiney and does a good job of simulating bare metal.

~Danny~ · Post by **~Danny~** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 7:58 pm

Hi there! I wasn't necassarily asking <i>how</i> to show paint chip on the kit as much as I was asking if it was appropriate for that scale.....still though......that's actually a pretty neat tip lol and I will definitely be giving that a try sometime. Thanks!

Zen-Builder · Post by **Zen-Builder** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 8:01 pm

Yeah, it is appropriate.

But keep in mind that most of the wear and tear most likely will be lower down due to the size of the robot(18metres+).

IMO, the upper portions will show battle damage but less wear and tear.

HTH.