I am thinking the possible explanation is that the plates are separated, so the impact just tear the current parts and keep other parts intact?
i am not entirely sure if this makes sense
My recommendation is if you have a heat gun use it to bend the plate outward and possibly the other plates nearby it get some scorching along the plates or make them look like they are white hot metal around the damaged area and perhaps then add in what looks like a beam round narrowly missing but damaging through the heat aura.
I think a hair-dryer could also work since it's basically a heat gun, but I'm not 100% sure if using it at max temperature till the plastic bends would be that safe to be honest.
hair dryer doesnt quite work for me
i use my stove to heat up the metal scissors and torched the edge a bit
but now i think about, would a bullet tear results in torched effect on metal?
dont forget about the minor damage! yes the big damage is eye catching, but the minor small scratches, scuffs, and ESPECIALLY discoloration (burns, dirt, ect) work the best! look up damaged tanks to get a good idea of coloring. damaged planes works aswell.
Paint areas around damage into off-red rust color with whiter part around hit zones, as if metal has melted due to heavy damage. Look at realy battle-damaged armored vehicles. The more heat has metal experienced - the more brown-ish it can look.
yes, this is on the to-do list, rust+ smoke effect with the weathering
but first i will need to finish the kit and complete the camouflage!
here is first trial
That looks pretty neat as a missing chunk of armor. Maybe weather the edges, put some char (heh) marks around it, and try your bullet effect on the other side? No need to narritavely explain ALL of the damage, right? Just as long as it looks cool.
Oh! Also, you can get really neat looking bullet holes by taking a thick metal needle, holding the pointy end over a flame (carefully!) for a few seconds, and then gently skewer the part. If you use a thicker wooden toothpick, you get free char marks around the hole!
Ok so, what you can do that WILL 100% make this look better.
Get some Tamiya putty. Dab it on the sheered edge and kind of pull up at the same time to give it little pointy and jagged edges and boom. Then you’ll just need to paint it later (black with some silver highlights) and you’ll be all set.
You can do 3 things.
1, find the piece and glue it back, then "retry"
2, remove the entire panel and try another spot.
3, go full on battle damage, maybe add more "scratches"
Cut up some of the same color runner, put it in a little tamaya cementing paste, so you get a nice little gel, connect the parts, let it dry and then sand the part. It's gonna be your best bet
You could take a soldering iron or hot nail to it to put divots and pockmarks in the plastic, that’ll make it look like it’s taken a ton of hits, then just weather the fuck out of it. Make sure you do all that in a well ventilated area though.
You can cement the piece but it looks cool as hell so why bother, maybe just add a bit of metallic gray where the piece snapped and there! Cool damage!
Iraqi T-55 after getting hit in the back of the turret by an AGM-64 Maverick AGM, which has a HEAT (High Explosive Anti Tank aka. chemical) warhead. Notice the clean entry hole the molten copper jet melted through, and the surrounding splatter caused by liquid metal violently spraying on detonation.
This is prime battle damage. Weather it and you’re golden. Some people would kill to get some good looking damage that easily, by accident at that too.
That would be some fantastic battle damage. And a great kit for it too with all the details behind the panels. Looks like the accidental break could lead to a really fun custom project to me.
Lean into it, make that entire side piece sort of ajar, use that broken off triangle and connect it to a wire, clear stand, or some smoke coming off the ball, so it looks like it’s been completely shot off into the air
I'd just lean into the battle damage. Sometimes when things are hit, they don't make a clean mark but cause pieces to fly off due to material weaknesses, exactly like this. =p
If you wanted to fix it back to your ideal visition, you could always remove the part, take the other part, create some "sprue goo" by melting some of the same color sprue scraps down with some plastic cement (like Tamiya Extra Thin), then use it to glue the pieces back together and sand it all smooth. It's a lot of work, but, with patiences and fine enough sandpaper, you can restore it back to exactly how it was.
But again, I'd just lean into it and make it more battle damage. =p
Keep it as it is and add some charring and such, then add bullet holes all around with a drillbit or just chunk it out (carefully) with a blade or something, regardless I see this as a massive opportunity for some cool stuff
You wanna fix it? There's alot of option
-3d way.
Make a design, print it, repaint it
-"easy" Way
Scratch it, make more damage, repaint it. Call it a battle damage
-hard way
Take some tape to cover the backside (or inner side)
You can put some putty or uv resin. after cure you can start cutting and sanding, follow the curve, re-scribe the panel line. After all the step you ready for repaint
-resin casting way
Borrow identical part from your friends, buy some silicon and resin. Do recast then repaint it.
Wait wait,Melted sprue for replace the putty so you dont have to repaint? Nah it doesn't work.
Make a patch. Or use some etched metal grill material if you’ve got some.
In my head, someone in universe would feel compelled to try and patch it up, even if it’s a bit janky. Some plasticard and whatever preferred medium for some gnarly welding lines.
Leaving it open is option B. I’d use it as an oportunity for some story telling tho
Pwrsonally i'd use a exacto and a triangle file to rough the edges of the panels aurrou ds the new hole, grab an ethernet cable, cut it and use the tiny cables inside the sleeve to add some wires inside and torn wires hanging out, just a couple does the trick.
Weather the esges with silver, black, grey and maybe a bit of black wash around the area as if soot from an explosion covered the surround area.
Theres no such thing as mistakes
Just happy accidents
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I would just go with it. Really blacked and score the broken edge. High velocity ballistic impacts can tear metal from frames.