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Pouches and Paldron weathering


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I used a combination of things,

Pauldrons, were done with the same dark acrylic mix as armor and a top coat of tile grout, some have used a little hair spray to seal them.

Pouches, were done the same as the pauldrons but hit them with a 250grit sand paper before the grout to give the well used look..

Hope the above helps.

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Which pouches, make and material, do you have?

And, what look do you want to achieve?

Weathering pouches might have different approaches depending on the materials.

There are a few toturials or at least illustrative threads about that. Let me know what type are you working with, and I can do some digging in the forum for you.

Saludos.

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I have 3 pouches from Blaster 8266, the Canvas shoulder pouch, the MP 40 pouch and the Road Block Pouch, also the Trooper 1 orange paldron. I'm looking for worn weather finishes. I'm not going for a swat level only police office so not replicating and specific screen TD. I also have Dirty Boy's filter back.

The paldron I have the rest are in the mail to me this week.

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Those are great pouches...

For the leather MP40, have you shaped it yet?

If not, you just need to put them in warm water (not hot) and soak them wet. Roll them and unroll from side to side in all directions to make leather soft. Then insert wood blocks the size of ammo clips and shape them with a wooden spoon. Make them square. Leave the wood blocks in until they dry.

Then, once dry, just use a medium to fine grit sandpaper to mark a bit of the edges. You can then just toss them and kick them around on the street so that they get a bit damaged and aged. Also, add some dirt to them. You should end up with a cool old look pouch.

Similar treatment for the roadblock one... just, don't put them in water as they do not have the shape of the clip as the MP40s.

For the pauldron, just use whatever pigment you are using for your armor... or just add dirt and seal it with hairspray. Dirt or paint should gather up naturally on the pauldron gaps and seams...

This is how I did mine. It is kindof like aging it with the fast forward button push down.

Ill try to find the links for you in a min...

Saludos.

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Ok... here you go:

This are some old and older threads, so many of the picts are gone, but most of the info is there.

1. My shaping and ageing MP40s thread. Just a warning, dont put your pouches in hot water or they will shrink. Just warm.

http://forum.mepd.net/index.php?showtopic=7178

2. These are examples of how Woodman did his:

http://forum.mepd.net/index.php?showtopic=7533

http://forum.mepd.net/index.php?showtopic=7544

3.This is how I modified, dyed and aged my canvas MP38/40

http://forum.mepd.net/index.php?showtopic=5511

4.And this is how Woody did his:

http://forum.mepd.net/index.php?showtopic=7530

Now, there are of course other techniques and examples. This are just some of the ideas and techniques where we started out. Most ways troopers do it today, are either improvements to these techniques, or reinterpretations.

Use them as a guide, and do some more research (over the pouch forum or the SWAT threads). They are not all exactly step by step tutorials. But you will get the idea. Needless to say, both my pouches and Woodys are up to SWAT standard.

Hope it helps.

Let me know it you need anything else.

Saludos

PS. You will find pictures of my pouches and more detailed description at my blog, for the lack of picts here...

www.mylifeasastormtrooper.blogspot.com

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