Originally Posted by
tankme
Thanks. Found Night Shift's vids on YouTube and applied some of his techniques to do the chipping. The lighter chips (lighter green than the base coat) are done with a sponge for randomness and then the darker centers are added to the lighter chips. I think I used a rusty looking brown color for the bigger chips (simulation of the ones that go all the way through the paint).
Needs silvering of the Weld Lines and a bit of Airbrush Misting with Alclad Steel for a more Metal like appearance.
If you're uncomfortable with the Airbrush you can get a similar effect using an Artcraft Graphite Pencil scraping it over raised portions of the model to deposit some Graphite and then rubbing the model using your fingers =)
Using the Silvering, Graphite Pencil and Airbrush method is was gives my E-100 that slight metal sheen
under certain angles.