X-wing asteroid base WIP

[Andym]

Most people when they drybrush, drybrush up! What I mean by that is they normally do it with lighter colours than the base colour. Have you ever tried drybrushing down? Drybrush darker colours not the recesses? I tend to use a leathery brown colour or a dark brown maybe going on black. For dusty environments, use a sandy colour. You can also drybrush stains down from certain points.

[Elk101]

Cheers Andy. I've been trying to figure out exactly how an asteroid base sitting within a shielded environment would weather? I can see the landing areas getting damaged and stained but what about the main buildings which would have a shield to prevent damage from debris?

[Mason]

Dont overthink it too much, mate.
Just slap some dirt on it.
 

[Silent Invader]

Cheers Andy. I've been trying to figure out exactly how an asteroid base sitting within a shielded environment would weather? I can see the landing areas getting damaged and stained but what about the main buildings which would have a shield to prevent damage from debris?

 

I started to go down that route but stopped myself! So how does dust accrue when there is zero gravity? How do Starfighters leak oil? That's why I said about the movies earlier: they weather sci-fi stuff presumably because it fits with what we're used to seeing on planet earth. I'm sticking with movies for the style cue.

Also a big fan of the dry brushing with darker colours that Andy mentions: I tend to do it to rocks.

[Elk101]

A busy outpost on the edge of Imperial controlled space.

Apologies for the terrible phone app cloning of the mat, but it's too small for the 3'x3' mat!

[Jeff965]

Wow brilliant 

[Dr DeAth]

Superb, the weathering has finished it off perfectly.

[Silent Invader]

Brilliant Steve  and bigger than I thought!

[OSHIROmodels]

Spot on mate 

cheers

James

[Mason]

Yep, that looks the nuts, mate.
 

[Elk101]

Cheers guys. The painting looks a little rough in the photo. I think I'd need at least a 4'x4' mat to use it. It hasn't cost me anything really though, just stuff I already had.

[rumacara]

Well done Steve.
I was with one of those Tie fighter transports in my hand yesterday but i was abble to resist it.
I ended up buying a Lambda shuttle instead...

[Elk101]

Cheers!

I got it at a very good price indeed, over 30% off (yup, still trying to justify it!). I'd still like a shuttle too.

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

Very nice, it looks great.

[tomrommel1]

very nice indeed