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The painting forum is for the discussion of techniques on the painting, decalling and weathering phases of AFV modelling and the tools and materials used. |
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| Subject: | it looks cool |  |
| Date: | Jun 3, 2005 |
| From: | Mike Bedard | |
Adam,
I think some of it comes from seeing tow trucks and constructin equipment with cables and chains that are rusty. Companies are into profits, not so much 100% safety. If it still works and its rusty leave it alone until it breaks. Besides maintenance costs money.
In the military people's lives are on the line. Equipment must function. It costs more to replace than maintain. Bored soldiers need something to do. These are all factors with military equipment.
As for the modeler making rusty cables is a challenge to make it look believable. Making something looked properly greased is also challenging. But there is much more color and variation in something rusty thus it look cool and seems to the viewer that it looks 'more real'. Same could be said about the extreme chipping, fading and rust streaking on current military modelers. All this makes the model look 'more real'. Most armor vehicles are not in the field long enough to fadaea like that and most paint is more hardy than the chipping used. But it is a very interesting and challenging effect to make.
Point is that for purists the weathering, chipping, rusty etc. isn't truely factual. From an artistic point all these facets are fantastic to look at. Thus approach your modeling from a point that most satisfies your goals and desires, appreciate others for thiier efforts and understand that our hobby has several approaches.
my 2 cents worth,
Mike Bedard |
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 | Rusty Tow Cables - bending the truth ? - adam lehmann - Jun 3, 2005 |
| . . . Re: Rusty Tow Cables - bending the truth ? - Alex Hill - Jun 3, 2005 |
| . . . . . . Re: Rusty Tow Cables - bending the truth ? - Greg Harker - Jun 3, 2005 |
| . . . . . . Re: Rusty Tow Cables - bending the truth ? - Cliff Mathewson - Jun 3, 2005 |
| . . . it looks cool - Mike Bedard - Jun 3, 2005 |
| . . . . . . Re: it looks cool - Ron Volsrad - Jun 4, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: it looks cool - adam lehmann - Jun 5, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . spell check is more like it! - Andrew Herbert - Jun 5, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: spell check is more like it! - Ron Volstad - Jun 5, 2005 |
| . . . Re: Rusty Tow Cables - bending the truth ? - David Pittari - Jun 3, 2005 |
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