What do you do when you have an FP premium on the way? You repaint your scratchbuild for ROTJ. I wanted to try a completely layered paintup as practice for my premium when it gets here. I am using TF's process with Floquil and Model master paints. Winsor and Newton masking fluid and the MOM, Singleseat's and TF's photos for reference. Will add more as I progress. The base color is Floquil Bright Silver buffed lightly with 0000 steel wool over Duplicolor Primer/Sealer. The silver was masked and Grimy Black and Engine Black were used around some of the scratches. Next came a lightened version of POG Green w/ Flat Gull Grey added 4:1 respectively. The lighter POG was masked and straight POG applied. No weathering has been applied yet. I will probably paint the upper cheeks first to compare the contrast before weathering the lower cheeks.
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Originally Posted by darkbambi 
I was able to get the dome damage and rear panels laid in. I just thought the ESB was difficult. The ROTJ has such randomness and wide expanses of damage that have to be accounted for. That and the multiple masks of the silver layer with the dark grey areas are hard to get just right. This was accomplished with Bright Silver and misting with Grimy Black where appropriate. The back was ColorPlace Green applied with an airbrush. It still needs to be wire wooled and clear coated. I will probably wait to weather the dome and back after I get the mandibles masked and painted. I completed the weathering on the lower left cheek matching the MOM and Heilman photos as much as I could. Was finally able to get a camera setting to give an accurate color rendering indoors. I will keep you posted.
