This is actually my favorite way to show damage on a model. I find it easier to paint the damage when applied in this fashion as well. I very rarely see weathering and damage done in this way so I'm glad to see you sharing this with us.
I think its because its easier for a lot of people to paint details like this, whilst also having a higher skill ceiling to show how good you are with it. I've also noticed that a lot of newer (and especially younger) modelers can go overboard with the damage and make it look bad, or just execute it poorly. You see the same thing with the overuse of blood effects. I prefer real damage effects because i'm not a great painter. Because slowly applying the damage with a drill, knife, or saw, is a lot easier for me than painting it. Especially as it's easy to fox or cover up, as opposed to battle damage, which when painted on, I find very nerve wracking, as the model is often close to finished, and screwing up would take far more time and effort to fix (maybe even warranting starting from base coats if bad enouth!)
Lovely video. Now that you say it, I think a remake of some of your older Massive Vodoo Tutorials in video form would be a great idea. Nevertheless, great explanation and Video structure. LG Cosmin
Roman: Well, yes. A lot of RU-vid Knowledge comes from somewhere. Back in the days of the Massive Voodoo Blog when RU-vid was small, we did a lot of first timers in the hobby that you now can find as basic RU-vid Knowledge or even special hobby hacks. More to come this end ;)
Hi! First let me just say thanks so much for all of your content and lessons. I was sleeping on your channel this past year, I did not realize you had been making these videos til this past week. Are you interested in the tiny Imperialis minis coming out now? How might your approach to weathering 8mm scale minis with TMD techniques differ? Thanks in advance for any advice and answers!
How would you go about TMD to make something appear partially burnt? Say for instance your Deathguard fellow got into a bit of a hot situation with the Salamanders.
Roman: Well, in this case I would paint it normal and then make it dark with some black pigment or charcoal to give it the burned look. If you really want to make something that melted material I do recommend @MaverickNicolson to you who is really bringing the 40k gore to a next level.
Do you remember what size of drill bit you used? The wholes that you got look like they are from high caliber weapons (considering the scale I mean). Maybe you an us a needle to reprecent small arms fire.
I would gues 1mm. If I want to represent smaller effects / holes. I use a scapel blade with a very sharp angel (BAYHA Blade NR.11) and use it like a handdrill. It takes some time but you can detime the diameter of your holes very precisely.
