Chiro's weathering Process

[Chiro]

I'd like to start this by stating that I am an amateur, but hey, we all start somewhere.

 

After I had repainted my armour and gotten rid of the 'chocolate chip' weathering I had done originally, this is how I weathered everything:

 

I took my forearm for an example

 

 

And I took a scraper and a combo of rough and fine sandpaper (you may not want to use rough, that's fine) I used rough first, then finished with fine.

 

 

 

 

Remember, less is more.

 

Then I gave the whole surface of the armour a light sand with a fine grit sand paper

 

After that, I took Black Acrylic paint, and a VERY wet paintbrush and brushed over it, before quickly wiping it off with a towel, I left the paint sit longer on parts I wanted to be dirtier, mainly the coverstrips and the raised section of the forearm.

 

I feel I need to add here: DON'T BE AFRAID to completely coat the armour in the paint, there were points where I just dry brushed it onto parts to give that section a really dirty look. If it was too much I was able to wipe it off quickly, and if I still wasn't happy I found this product worked wonders:

It can completely clean the armour if you want to start at the base colour again, just add water

 

Here is the finished product:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is a comparison of weathered and unweathered forearms

 

 

 

I didn't use any type of brown washes as I don't think they are needed, and they don't appear to be present in any of the reference photos I have seen. Some people have used them to give the armour a more 'dynamic look', in the end, its down to personal opinion.

[haui]

Nice work and great result

[sgt carida]

Not bad.

[thesmartaleck]

I really like this, it seems pretty manageable, and comes out with a good result.

[Maximus]

Looks cool. Weathering always scares me a bit

[ExpatTarheel]

Looks cool. Weathering always scares me a bit

 

Me too but it helps me to remember a line I heard about this process.

"Weathering is a process wherein a beautiful paint job is gradually ruined until it's perfect."

Harrison Krix, Painting and Weathering for Props and Replicas

[easystreet]

Solid tutorial!

[AnSu]

Looks cool. Weathering always scares me a bit

Me too. My first attempts were hardly recognizable in the photos.

[Surfinshore]

Nice job.

[Grum1775]

Nice tutorial.

[aubs42]

That looks great.