Weathering tips

[MrCrazy]

I just bought some O gauge railroad model buildings. any of you terrain-making veterans have any tips on painting and weathering techniques starting from ground up? any help would be appreciated.

 

[Sgt. Brassones]

I could go on for pages about this topic...but I won't. The best way to learn to model and paint terrain is to visit this site: http://www.terragenesis.co.uk/
everything you need to know is there.

 

[Mr Evil]

dry brush bleached bone


mix orange paint with lots and lots of water, in a deep tray, dio modle or paint on mix.

let dry.

seems to work well.

the orange is for rust.

 

[Old Bear]

Moved to the appropriate forum.

 

[Alexb83]

Brushthralls had an interesting take on this; with metal models, you can try painting rust on the model, sticking rock salt to your models with a drop of water, spraying over in flat black, then flaking it off after it's dried overnight - shows rust coming through from underneath.

Alternatively, work from a black undercoat. Drybrush metal over all edges prominent surfaces - then work up 2-3 layers of colour (for instance, dark brown through desert yellow and bleached bone) in open spaces, leaving the edges as exposed metal, giving the impression of weathering on the edges and raised areas. Then give the metal a bit of an inking with brown, giving it a grimy/rusty feel (or black for an oily feel).

You should end up with a sort of metal-dark-medium-light progression towards the coloured areas from the edges, which gives the impression that the weather has worked through multiple layers of paint.

 

[Rob_A]

Try mixes of brown, green and black.
Make the rust orange-brown in areas of metal that would get wet.
Slight green tinge on copper.
Brown/black streaks for acid-rain damage and Green for moss/slime.

 

[roughneck GIR]

Bleached bone dry brush. I personally use Maple dry brush.

 

[Rob_A]

Stick it in a breville maker.