Reflective Millenium Falcon Engine Glow

By Forensicus, in X-Wing

Hi there, just wanted to share my updated Engine Glow solution for the Millenium Falcon.

I bought some reflective adhesive tape (used by fish angling stuff I think) and then applied a very thinned light blue on the edges of the exhaust area which REALLY makes it pop and actually makes the reflected light from the reflective tape.... well reflect I guess ^_^

And I've just done a very crude thinned Nüln Oil wash on the hull to make it look a bit more gritty

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Very nice looking effect on the engine glow.

Awesome idea!

Can you take a pic of the engines dead-on? It's hard to see what the engine actually looks like.

Can you take a pic of the engines dead-on? It's hard to see what the engine actually looks like.

Before the light blue "wash":

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With the "wash":

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And in purple LED lighting (Philips Hue):

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The actual adhesive tape is in 2 different clours: dark blue and light blue. I simply cut a strip of the dark blue in the width of the exhaust area and then stuck a thinner strip of the light blue in the middle of the first strip.Done :-)

FINALLY found where I bought the take I used, so if others want to try it out, I bought from here