Next up... the piece I was most excited about painting: the right thigh!
Painted with Montana Gold chestnut
Wasn't thrilled with the beskar blob, so I made my own using epoxy putty. Stuff has a short window before it gets hard, so I went a few pieces at a time, blending over each piece like clay sculpting. Trying to get a close to the reference photos I could find.
Primed. Again.
Resprayed with the chestnut. Added the damage topically with chrome silver, neutral gray and gray/black. Weathered with light brown and gray acrylic washes.
I didn't bother masking anything off. I airbrushed on the "charred side" with Vallejo black, carefully going around the overlapping bits of beskar on the front strip, and around the blast mark on the other thigh.
From there, I hand painted the damage with chrome silver. When it was finished, I dry brushed plain silver acrylic to break up the flat part and give it a little more depth.
Finished the beskar blob and damaged section with a graphite powder rub.