Thanks for your good and detail reply, very useful.
If i ever decide to paint a mat hips suit, i guess i will use your method.
I have done a few TE2 sandtrooper suits over time, and i do not paint them.
I let them stay hips, add the weathering on the suit, and then the hair spray gloss it all up good.
Here a few pictures, of my old TE2 sandy, whit no paint job on.
I think it works out great whit out the paint job, and looks great, and i then have no fear of paint will crack off over a life time trooping either.
Here you go:
I have a TE2 TK on my way, and i´m thinking of doing the same thing on the TK suit as on my TD TE2 mat hips suits.
I will then just add a few dark battle damage spots here and there, and make it a bit used in the look, and then again gloss it up whit a hair spray job.
I might gloss it up a bit whit the Novus scratch remover before i do the weathering, and hair spray job on it.
Cheers