3 Stages of Hardbody Paint Weathering

[retro77]

Good write up.

Sorry to hear about your friend Andy. I also had a friend/boss named Andy that took his life as well.

 

[Saitov]

My way to apply traces of aging and weathering is to take acrylic paint, brush rough brush strokes on the body and RUB it with a wet sponge. It's pretty simple and the end result I really like))

before


after

 

[Saitov]

And my way of applying rust. The place where do the rust, apply a bit of brown paint Tamiya acrylic. And on top of the already trimmed brush apply pigments, pre-mixing them into the desired color. Then to consolidate the result-cover with a transparent matte varnish from the spray.

 

[MrSquiggles]

Adding the dry pigments really gives it a texture/flaky appearance just like the real thing. Nicely done Sir!

 

[Stretch911]

That looks excellent, I am definitely going to have to weather my Comanche build like that once it's ready.

 

[NikeBelli]

Great work No Doubt!

 

[TBuggy]

I am building my first crawler and coming from typically running primarily racing buggies. All the bodies I painted usually the goal is to make them as nice and shiny as I can, but seeing these techniques and now building my first crawler suddenly shiny and new looking doesn't sound like my only option!

Love the talent I see here!

 

[Green River]

Wow what a rust bucket, love it!