Discussion: Little Men, Little Wars - Share Your Star Wars Collection — Page 4

Some amazing stuff here and some very talented painters. Really wish I could find a good way to learn how to paint models. I’ve built some Bandai anime kits of stuff like Votoms, Gundam and Mazinkaiser but they’ve all been pre-painted. I’d love to be able to find a cheap but cool model kit to practice on that’s not too difficult for beginners. I worry about spending too much money and then screwing it up!

Canofhumdingers: I love your Godzilla collection man, big fan of the big G myself. Got the criterion set of Showa movies for my 40th birthday earlier this year.

^ a little late on the reply - apologies; there are some decent tutorials type videos on youtube for this - as well as by Star Wars enthusiasts such as RetroBlasting (who often fix / restore some of the old toys and models etc).

There also seems to be a few on ‘weathering’ various Star Wars toys and models - I have to admit the effect for look superb - and can make even a very cheap looking toy look like it’d pride of place in someone’s collection. Someone on here (canofhumdingers? edit: it was joefavs - here) they did an awesome paint job on a cheap-looking plastic toy Han Solo blaster - it looked superb, just like an expensive replica, when he’d finished it.

When I was younger (and had better eyesight, a steady hand and patience!) I’d practice on all sorts of cheap or damaged airfix models to try and ‘get my eye in’ or be ‘in the zone’ - before moving on to actual model I wanted to try and get ‘just right’. The paintings still weren’t great - but were better for the practice 😃

The RetroBlasting youtube channel (by OT•com member nohandluke):-

https://www.youtube.com/user/retroblasting/videos
 

His ‘Star Wars Follies’ series (especially with ‘Broken Vader’) is a lot of fun 👍