Post by The Fabulous Penetrator. on Oct 19, 2008 17:01:28 GMT -5
Well I said I would do it cuz a couple people asked how I did the baneblade (still not done). I am a slow painter. I take a long time to get around to it and when I do I take my time. Hopefuly thid will help those who want to achieve an easy weathering effect and maybe offer up some tips to those who already have a good grasp on paint but just need that extra lil somthing.
I got this Leman Russ off ebay ages ago. It came to me prepainted not even primed but I saw some thing in it and hey it was cheap.
I started out by priming it black( duh!) Then useing a water colour square brush I laid down the base coat of Foundation Knarloc Green. Doesn't need to be tidy but does need the strokes in the same direction as much as possible.
Once the base coat has dried I start to deapen the colour and also add some age texture to the paint by useing the washes. I usually do about three or four layers of wash ( not overly thick). I'll start useing Thraka Green at the top and sides of a pannel and work my way about three quarters down leaving some of the original base coat at the bottom. As you apply the second and third coat make them shorter, finnishing before the last coat. For the final base wash I'll use Asurmen Blue just around the top of a pannel to bring out that depth. I do the same for all pannels on the top of the tank leaving either the edge or the center the original base colour.
Now that my initial wash has dried I cna start thinking about weather, wear and tear and all that cool stuff.
Weathering is... well how the weather affects things. Wear and tear is just that as well. The thing to keep in mind when doing this stuff is that LESS IS MORE. Whne doing wear and tear think about where the guys would be standing? How bout which area gets the most use? Where are the moving parts? What gets grabbed the most? These areas will have more paint discolouration on them. They are then open to more weathering! Such as rust and paint chipping.
So I'll use some Scorched brown and a standard brush to add some wear and tear to the surface of my tank. I mix the paint half and half cuz I want some of that deap green to show through or to deapen my browns.
Now for a bit of weathering. I want to add some rust to my tank. Not only does it look cool but it also adds that sort of" been sitting out in the elements too long". As the guard should know only too well. When laying down rust I keep in mind all the areas that water can rest and eat away at my paint and exposed metal. I mix up a watery orange using foundation Ivanden Darksun a touch of Mechrite Red and a touch of Scorched brown. Using the point of my standard brush I'll dab at the edges of my worn areas. Not all around them but just in some choice spots. I'll also run a line along any edge that could hold water for a long periode paying attention to corners as well.
Now back to more wear and tear. Because the brown isn't the original paint and still not the metal I'll need to make this whole worn down paint thing more believeable. To do so I could use watered down Bolt Gun Metal but I find this is too difficult to control and the effect is too drastic. So to replicate the metal showing through I'll scrape some lead off a 2B pencil useing a hobby knife. Once I've done that I take a Q tip and rub the end into the pencil dust then I firmly rub it into all the worn out areas on my tank. This effect is subtle and you won't be able to see it in a photo but believe me in person it's top notch. Don't worry if at this point it doesn't look too believable as we've still got more to do.
Sorry but I'm tired. Hope this gives you some ideas. Next week lets start on doing some mud and dust.
Cheers
I got this Leman Russ off ebay ages ago. It came to me prepainted not even primed but I saw some thing in it and hey it was cheap.
I started out by priming it black( duh!) Then useing a water colour square brush I laid down the base coat of Foundation Knarloc Green. Doesn't need to be tidy but does need the strokes in the same direction as much as possible.
Once the base coat has dried I start to deapen the colour and also add some age texture to the paint by useing the washes. I usually do about three or four layers of wash ( not overly thick). I'll start useing Thraka Green at the top and sides of a pannel and work my way about three quarters down leaving some of the original base coat at the bottom. As you apply the second and third coat make them shorter, finnishing before the last coat. For the final base wash I'll use Asurmen Blue just around the top of a pannel to bring out that depth. I do the same for all pannels on the top of the tank leaving either the edge or the center the original base colour.
Now that my initial wash has dried I cna start thinking about weather, wear and tear and all that cool stuff.
Weathering is... well how the weather affects things. Wear and tear is just that as well. The thing to keep in mind when doing this stuff is that LESS IS MORE. Whne doing wear and tear think about where the guys would be standing? How bout which area gets the most use? Where are the moving parts? What gets grabbed the most? These areas will have more paint discolouration on them. They are then open to more weathering! Such as rust and paint chipping.
So I'll use some Scorched brown and a standard brush to add some wear and tear to the surface of my tank. I mix the paint half and half cuz I want some of that deap green to show through or to deapen my browns.
Now for a bit of weathering. I want to add some rust to my tank. Not only does it look cool but it also adds that sort of" been sitting out in the elements too long". As the guard should know only too well. When laying down rust I keep in mind all the areas that water can rest and eat away at my paint and exposed metal. I mix up a watery orange using foundation Ivanden Darksun a touch of Mechrite Red and a touch of Scorched brown. Using the point of my standard brush I'll dab at the edges of my worn areas. Not all around them but just in some choice spots. I'll also run a line along any edge that could hold water for a long periode paying attention to corners as well.
Now back to more wear and tear. Because the brown isn't the original paint and still not the metal I'll need to make this whole worn down paint thing more believeable. To do so I could use watered down Bolt Gun Metal but I find this is too difficult to control and the effect is too drastic. So to replicate the metal showing through I'll scrape some lead off a 2B pencil useing a hobby knife. Once I've done that I take a Q tip and rub the end into the pencil dust then I firmly rub it into all the worn out areas on my tank. This effect is subtle and you won't be able to see it in a photo but believe me in person it's top notch. Don't worry if at this point it doesn't look too believable as we've still got more to do.
Sorry but I'm tired. Hope this gives you some ideas. Next week lets start on doing some mud and dust.
Cheers
