{"id":333,"date":"2018-03-03T12:59:33","date_gmt":"2018-03-03T11:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pintureando.com\/contenedores-de-carga-star-wars-legion\/"},"modified":"2018-03-05T17:12:08","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T16:12:08","slug":"cargo-containers-star-wars-legion-scenery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pintureando.com\/en\/cargo-containers-star-wars-legion-scenery\/","title":{"rendered":"Cargo containers – Star Wars Legion scenery"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In this article I want to show you how to prepare and paint cargo containers<\/strong> that will serve as scenery for the Star Wars Legion<\/strong> game or any other wargame. These steps can actually be used to paint any type of cargo container<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

These cargo containers in particular are a 3D models designed by and printed by Imperial Terrain<\/strong>, which you can find here<\/a>. If you haven’t yet seen the previous cargo pallet tutorial, I recommend you reading it.<\/p>\n

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1.- Preparation of cargo containers<\/strong><\/h2>\n

First of all, I will show you how the original models<\/strong> of these cargo containers look like. As you can see, these are high quality models.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The first step was to sand the surface<\/strong> of the cargo containers to eliminate imperfections or 3D printing lines, although in later tests that I have made, this is not necessary to sand if we are going to apply the Gesso primer<\/strong>, which I will also apply in the next step.<\/p>\n

If you want to sand the surface a little bit, you can use sandpaper or even a Dremel tool with sanding nozzles. Here you can see some tools you can use for sanding<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The next step is to apply the Gesso primer,<\/strong> which, being a thick primer, it will cover all the printing lines in 1 or 2 coats. As I said, if you apply 2 coats of Gesso, you don’t need to sand the 3D model<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Once dry, we can apply another coat and we will be able to create a texture with the same Gesso primer<\/strong>. When we are satisfied with the final texture, before we star painting it, I have primed<\/strong> the cargo containers with the German Panzer Grey Vallejo Surface Primer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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2.- How to paint cargo containers<\/strong><\/h2>\n

We will start painting the cargo container with a dark base color<\/strong>, in my case, applying using an airbrush (but you can use a brush too), and then I have increased the shading of the color by applying airbrush on the upper points and where more shading\/contrast<\/strong> should be due to the light. Below is an example of a cargo container to which I have applied a dark blue (mixing Ultramarine Blue with Black):<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>To this initial mix I have subsequently lighten the color<\/strong> and airbrushing each time in less areas. I have applied another 3 layers more or less, each time with a lighter color<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Here you can see another example<\/strong> with a grey container:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Once done, we apply a very light tone<\/strong> of the base color in the different corners<\/strong> of the container. To do this it is recommendable to use a flat brush<\/strong> because it will make the task easier. Here you can see the example with the blue container:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>If the container has more details to paint, we paint the base colors in this step as well.<\/p>\n

Now we only need to apply some weathering and rust effects<\/strong>, for this I will use Vallejo Model Air paints, in the following order:<\/p>\n

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  1. 71042 – Vallejo Model Air – Camouflage Black Brown<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. 71080 – Vallejo Model Air – Rust<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. 71129 – Vallejo Model Air – Light Rust<\/strong><\/li>\n
  4. 71033 – Vallejo Model Air – Yellow Ochre<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    We will begin to apply Vallejo Model Air – Camouflage Black Brown<\/strong>, using a sponge<\/strong> mainly, and also a brush<\/strong> for some points. After applying this color, sometimes I like to apply a little bit of Citadel Typhus Corrosion<\/strong> to give it another brown tone to the rust, as well as a texture in some parts. In the example I’m going to show (blue container), I’m going to make a exaggerated weathering<\/strong>, but you will see that in other containers I’ve applied less weathering or rust effects<\/strong> so that you can see different results.<\/p>\n

    \"\"<\/a>The next step is to apply Vallejo Model Air – Rust<\/strong>. In this case we will mainly use a brush<\/strong> (although in some areas also with sponge<\/strong>) to mark edges where we had painted with the brown color previously.<\/p>\n

    \"\"<\/a>To continue with the process, we will now apply Vallejo Model Air – Light Rust<\/strong>. As you can see, I have generated vertical lines<\/strong> with this color.<\/p>\n

    \"\"<\/a>To finish with the rust and corrosion<\/strong> colors, I have applied a thinned and in very small quantity, some touches of yellow, with the Vallejo Model Air – RAL1006 Gelb color<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

    \"\"<\/a>Here you can see an example of another container:<\/p>\n

    \"\"<\/a>Finally, to finish the container painting process, we just need to apply a wash<\/strong>. In this case, I have applied Citadel’s Agrax Earthshade<\/strong>.<\/p>\n