Cantina Craig Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 Hi all. Just a few pics and details of my first ever weathering job on my brand new RS armour - gulp!! Even though I cleared UKG and got Police Officer deployment no problem, I still felt that the weathering that RS supplied my kit with was pretty light overall, compared to some of the great looking troopers I see on here. And after looking back at my induction and first troop photos from last weekend, I didn't like the fact I was almost blending with TK's in certain shots. So I decided to make the big decision to weather it myself. I read all the different ways you guys have done yours on here, and decided to go with the Raw Umber paint method. I mixed up a 1:1 diluted mix of paint and water and used that as an overall undercoat for each section of armour, painted on with a brush and then dabbed off with a rag in a circular motion. When it had dried a little more, I rubbed it to remove sections of it and repeated, this time almost flicking and whipping the rag at the paint on the armour. When I was happy with the randomness of the effect, I added pure Raw Umber to the creases on the armour where sand would naturally collect for a darker effect. I dabbed this off with a damp rag to add a 'smudginess' to make it blend more with the undercoat. I'm very happy with how my armour looks now, definitely has a more Tatooine trooped in look and one that I can't wait to troop with again in a couple of weeks. Here's my armour as it was originally from RS, and underneath as it is now. :-) Started with the boots. Brushed on the diluted undercoat Rubbed it in with rag Applied neat Raw Umber and worked in to get a dirty look. I wanted the boots and bottom of shin armour to be my darkest looking areas to simulate standing around in sand and dirt :-) Contrast between newly weathered boots and original shins Looking better Applied to more bits of armour in the same way Showing everything weathered except chest,ab plate, back and helmet for contrast And then fully weathered all over :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacta Baby Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 Oooo dirty ;D! Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cantina Craig Posted August 26, 2013 Author Share Posted August 26, 2013 Thanks Pac. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanFlaherty24 Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 looking good man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cantina Craig Posted August 26, 2013 Author Share Posted August 26, 2013 looking good man!Thanks bro :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyBoy Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 Awesome bro!! Great build Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cantina Craig Posted August 26, 2013 Author Share Posted August 26, 2013 Awesome bro!! Great build Thanks Rick, appreciate that coming from you buddy :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 Very nice weathering Craig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandtrooper Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 This is the same method I used on my armour. You did a great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cantina Craig Posted August 26, 2013 Author Share Posted August 26, 2013 Thanks bro's, can't tell you how worried I was starting this job. But I absolutely loved doing it and would have happily started another one straight away after I finished this one , ha ha :-) Great choice of weathering Pat ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchy Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 I like it!!!!! Nice job on the weathering! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cantina Craig Posted August 27, 2013 Author Share Posted August 27, 2013 I like it!!!!! Nice job on the weathering! Thanks Justus. Appreciate it :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir david Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 looking good there buddy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cantina Craig Posted August 30, 2013 Author Share Posted August 30, 2013 looking good there buddy! Thanks Dave. T-21 be with ya soon for weathering my friend :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolf Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 I like it, nice suit all the way buddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cantina Craig Posted September 1, 2013 Author Share Posted September 1, 2013 I like it, nice suit all the way buddy Thank you Rolf, appreciate your comment bro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolf Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Thank you Rolf, appreciate your comment bro �� Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTrinidad Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cantina Craig Posted March 26, 2014 Author Share Posted March 26, 2014 Nice. Thanks bro :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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