Battle damage on a starship

[lexington1709]

I've been looking on how to do some battle damage onto a starship's hull, like these:

http://www.foundation3d.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=17269&d=1226506038

http://www.foundation3d.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=12324&d=1217549086

I've pretty much struck out on how to do damage like this. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

[Andrew March]

There are two ways to go really, model the dame or paint textures in PS, start with researching the type of damage you want to create by doing related searches on google.

The rest is really going to be up to you to create the maps in PS and apply them to your model.

[lexington1709]

Still thinking on this. Still not sure where to go with the type of damage I'd like to produce.

[Woody]

Long shots = texture maps. If you're getting anywhere close to the damage though, portions of it will need to be modeled in order to really sell it.