TheDon's Weathering

[TheDon]

After looking through all of the reference photos of the ST armor I noticed a few things

• liquid masking for hard edges and paint chips
  
• heavy scratching / gouging
  
• wear through paint layers or wear through to base material
  
• respray over worn through areas or paint chips
  
• acrylic washes galore
  
• sand, sand, sand in every crevice possible. You never leave the beach
  

 

So with this armor there will be many weathering techniques to be used and no two will look the same.

 

in the coming days ill post up my work. Just wanted to jot down my thoughts

[Xenuprime]

I'm looking forward to this. I haven't decided if I'm going to go with liquid masking or chip the paint off after. With liquid, I have gotten edges that are too soft and not sharp enough.

[TheDon]

I'm using liquid latex masking fluid from Joann Fabric.

 

 

the edges come out sharp and I am also using a sea sponge to create random patterns where I want chips. I am going light on the masking fluid so I do not end up like a chocolate chip cookie.

[Nocjef]

I keep seeing people using latex masking...Is anyone just using plain old toothpaste? With acrylics, the toothpaste is a cheap and easy masking fluid. When the paint is dry, you just wash the toothpaste off.

 

 

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[TheDon]

I like the liquid latex. Takes 5 minutes to dry and if I screw up the masking I just wipe it clean and its ready to go again .

 

 

I spent about 2 hours weathering the entire hard armor with sand paper and black/brown acrylic paints. I dont use the cheap 99 cent paints since those never work well enough for me. But I applied with a sponge in sections and immedialty buffed it out with a 0000 steel wool pad.

 

pics coming soon

[AnSu]

I keep seeing people using latex masking...Is anyone just using plain old toothpaste? With acrylics, the toothpaste is a cheap and easy masking fluid. When the paint is dry, you just wash the toothpaste off.

 

 

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My squadleader has also given the tip. After I had some Parts to improve, I tried. It works great.

[AnSu]

 

My squadleader has also given the tip. After I had some Parts to improve, I tried. It works great.

And it smells good😄