How to Weather a Plastic Kit without Painting Part 2
Back for the second part on how to turn plastic into pure weathered gold! Seriously, this is the fun bit, wear, tear and mud. Step 8: Basic Weathering using a streaking grime. Step 9: Mud! – it really makes all the difference. The trick is to learn how to spatter a brush over a cocktail stick and actually hit your model in the right place. Step 10: Metal areas – how to make them look really real. Step 11: Pigment Splashes – we’re on to the final weathering stages. This is similar to the mud but with liquid pigments to add a different texture. Step 12: Pigment Mud – the final step – hurrah!
The “Real” World
Materials
- Acrylic Varnish such as AK interactive or Vallejo
- Vallejo Black Grey paint 70.862 – one of my favourite colours!
- Mig Dark Wash – PO220 – other brands such as Ammo by Mig or AK Interactive make similar products
- White spirit or branded wash thinner
- AK Interactive Slimy Grime Dark – AK026
- Tamiya Chrome Paint – X-11
- AK Interactive Streaking Grime – AK012 – this has a brownish tone for the dirt
- AK Interactive Dark Steel Pigment – AK086
- Lifecolor Liquid Pigments – Frame Dirt LPW 24 and Carriage Grime LPW 22
- AK Interactive Dark Earth pigment – AK081
- Pigment Fixer – Mig00249 – Ammo by Mig and AK Interactive do similar products
- Required reading – Mecha by Mig Jimenez
Index
- 00:18 Method
- 11:49 Final Result
- 12:32 Mini Kathys
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