Weathering

[TheChestnutLine]

Weathering to me looks fantastic, it just adds to the realism of a model. But i'm not confident enough to have ago and being afraid the out come won't look right. I stumbled across this http://www.7-8ths.info/index.php?topic=16682400.0 (maybe not to this level of weathering but maybe just light weathering for wagons etc) and it's really inspiring. But im not sure how you'd go about painting something to that standard. Has anyone got any tips?
Thanks

[Marquis DeCarabas]

One of the great advantages of weathering is that it is something that you can build up in layers, doing it fairly slowly.

I use acrylic paint, put on with a really dry brush (so each brushstroke on adds a tiny bit at a time), working in the direction you would expect the weathering to take.

The advantage to weathering with acrylics is that you can wash it off before it dries. I use about four or five different colours of earthy shades and pick up a little bit of a selection of them so the brush automagically puts on a variety of shades - remember nothing is ever a 'pure' colour

Just try a little bit at a time - if you want, make up a trial piece out of some scrap plasticard, painted the base colour of what you are going to be weathering and try that way.

Don't go mad at it, be gentle and your efforts will pay off

with a bit of practice, then you can get more confident and gaily slap on the muck.

[tom_tom_go]

Have a look at this helpful video:

http://isleofwestland.webs.com/weatheringmethods.htm

Cheers,

Tom
RWLR