Weathering and damage on 6mm models?

[Cosmotiger]

I’m painting some 6mm sci fi stuff. Mecha right now, with infantry and vehicles to follow.

This is something I haven’t done much of, so I’m developing a process and painting style as I go along.  Some of my web searches turned up this guy, who does quie extensive weathering on his Battletech mechs:

http://camospecs.com/Article.asp?FictionID=56 

http://www.darklined.com/

As I’ve been painting, I’ve felt the urge to use some of these techniques to add interest to flat or uninteresting looking parts of my mech models.  However, I also think it ruins the sense of scale.  I find myself wondering how those 20-foot long scrapes got up there.  It’s like the “looks cool” and “makes no sense” parts of my brain are at war with each other.

 

 

 

 

[Angel Barracks]

Could be hail?
Rocks?
Meteorites?
Small arms that just bounced off?
Bashing into the mech hangar/trees/buildings?
Fell down and bashed itself?

I always like mud and cack and oil and so on to dirty up my stuff:

http://www.thewargameswebsite.com/forums/topic/my-6mm-sci-fi-thread/

[Cosmotiger]

Mud and cack is good, I agree. Where I’m not so sure is taking chipping and weathering effects that look good on a 28mm Space Marine, and porting them directly to a 6mm mech.

What it finally comes down to is experimenting with some models and finding a technique that I like and that I think looks right. (Or at least as “realistic” as a 60 foot tall robot gets) .

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