First attempt at weathering

[Madman]

I have started to weather some of my equipment. This is my first try at it. I used a combination of spray paint and weathering powders.

http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/madman/HOW TO/100_6214.JPG
http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/madman/HOW TO/100_6213.JPG

 

[tramcar trev]

Very impressive......

 

[jameshilton]

A promising start. The best advice I can give you is to always refer to prototype photos and try to model what you see, rather than what you think you see... look at the patterns and colours and use different techniques to recreate rain streaked dirt, rust, oil seepage/accumulation and dirt thrown up from track side or brakes.

 

[beavercreek]

Dan, I think it is a bit more than promising. You have used the rust powders really well and the effect that you have is very realistic as it shows different levels and colours of rust. Well done, a very successful start

 

[Madman]

A promising start. The best advice I can give you is to always refer to prototype photos and try to model what you see, rather than what you think you see... look at the patterns and colours and use different techniques to recreate rain streaked dirt, rust, oil seepage/accumulation and dirt thrown up from track side or brakes.

Good point James. The rain streaked dirt is what I failed to get quite right.

 

[Madman]

Dan, I think it is a bit more than promising. You have used the rust powders really well and the effect that you have is very realistic as it shows different levels and colours of rust. Well done, a very successful start

Thank you for your kind words, Mike.

 

[Bram]

A job well done there Dan and the more you do the better you will get

 

[Madman]

Thanks John. Alot of women look good from ten feet away. Some of them look even better from twenty feet away.

 

[Cyclone]

Theres also the 10' rule which says that if it looks ok 10' away then it is ok.
(thats models not women)

Dont confuse this with the 10 PINT rule...all women look like models.