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Part 4 : WEATHERING

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4-1
These are the colors and brand I like to use for weathering figures.

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4-2
You can apply your paints separately or mix them together. Before you start painting you need to really dilute the paint with paint thinner. You just want a very watery thin base coat. If your application is too dark, just wipe it off with a cotton swab.

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4-3
Work over the whole piece with diluted brown/black paint. Be sure to get into the crevices until he looks something like this.

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4-4
Next, we start working on our rust technique.
I used brown and a piece of sponge. Different sponges will give you different texture.

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4-5
You’ll want to cut the sponge shape sharp.

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4-6
Get a dab of your paint on the tip of the sponge. Wipe off the excess with a cloth. You won’t need a lot of paint.

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4-7
Very lightly press the sponge to your figure using mainly the edge. The idea is to capture the tiny splotches on the sponge and not a solid mark.

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4-8
Apply your “rust” as you see fit. Check out reference photos to see where rust my creep up on a robot or machine. Rusting near joints and grooves would be common as well as any are that might be consistently splashed from the ground.

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4-9
Here’s bertie with just one layer of weathering complete. Not bad?

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Next up the final piece of the puzzle!

Part 5 :Weathering-2