Angels Sanguine Predator Tanks WIP: Battle Damage

I am drawing ever closer to completion of my 3 Predators. As you can see in the pics, I have been applying some scrapes and scratches . . . some "Authentic Battle Damage!"

Let me start off by saying that I applied techniques learned from Ron and his excellent posts over at From the Warp. I draw much insight from Ron's work, but these two following articles in particular formed the method which I applied to these Predators:
http://fromthewarp.blogspot.it/2011/10/using-standard-pencil-for-weathering.html

http://fromthewarp.blogspot.it/2011/04/different-tools-for-sponge-weathering.html

I took the regular household sponge. I cut it into a manageable size, small enough to use on the Predator frame and large enough to be held comfortably.

The Sponge

I loaded on some black paint. Dabbed the paint off on a paper towel and used a stippling approach to applying the paint on the Predator. I focused on edges and corners. Imagine places where the heavy armored frame of a Tank would most probably come into contact with something which would damage the finish.

Gently Apply By Stippling

After that, I took paint brush and applied a metallic silver paint inside the black. I did this carefully using the side of the paint brush on the corners and stippling on flat surfaces.

This creates the background which allows the metal to shine through. Furthermore it creates the effect of a coat of primer paint being revealed under the finish paint at the lighter points of a scrape or scratch.

If you have any questions or other advice on improving my technique, please leave a comment.

Carefully Apply Your Choice of Metallic Silver.

On behalf of the many hobbyists like myself who have learned so much from Ron at From the Warp, let me say THANK YOU!!

What's on the Workdesk

Here is shot of the workdesk from yesterday. As you can see, I am giving most of my attention to finishing up these predators.

You may recall that I previously owned 3 Baal Predators. I lost the tanks when all my tanks were stolen. However, the turrets from these three Baal Predators were packed away with my Marines not with the tanks. As a result, I still have those Baal Predator Assault Cannon Turrets.

So, I will have the option of running these as Autocannon Predators or Assault Cannon Baal Predators. I magnetized the sponsons to hold either Heavy Bolters or Lascannons.