tk7602 Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 last night... well, technically this morning... i took the plunge and started the weathering. the weathering is airbrushed, using primarily createx "transparent sand" airbrush paint. i sprayed it on, and sanded most off with 400 grit paper. then sprayed it again, sanded again, etc... since the paint is translucent, the layering builds up nicely over time. at one point i put a layer of light brown in there too, but i ended up sanding almost all of it off, since it was too muddy looking for me. this weekend i'll be hitting more of the suit. i don't know if i'll get it all done or not, but there's a good chance i might. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoCKo Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 that looks very impressiv! i´ve never seen a better airbrushed weathering so far! all other helmet looked kinda too painted, but this looks very real! very well done, i love to see different weathering techniques! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK-459 Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 Hey, I really like that. The control looks great and the dirt looks great too. This is gonna make it hard for me not to try out an airbrush sooner than later. Maybe combined with a little sponge, but I don't know that look has a great dusty look. Is the brim airbrushed too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tk7602 Posted September 22, 2006 Author Share Posted September 22, 2006 Hey, I really like that. The control looks great and the dirt looks great too. This is gonna make it hard for me not to try out an airbrush sooner than later. Maybe combined with a little sponge, but I don't know that look has a great dusty look. Is the brim airbrushed too? the brim didn't show up so well in those pics... this one shows it a bit: i think i may want to daub on a bit of extra paint there, since the airbrush stuff came off more there than on the abs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tk7602 Posted September 22, 2006 Author Share Posted September 22, 2006 that looks very impressiv! i´ve never seen a better airbrushed weathering so far! all other helmet looked kinda too painted, but this looks very real! very well done, i love to see different weathering techniques! thanks! i was trying to think through what would really be happening... sand (paint) flies through the air and gets stuck in different places. wind (sandpaper) comes along and cleans a lot of it off, but some sticks. as time goes on, more scratches form in the shiny white plastoid (abs) helmet, giving more places for sand to stick. i'm hoping that the look carries over well to the rest of the armor. i'll probably start in on that later tonight, and wrap it up on saturday. i just dyed my pouches, so now that the supersheen has had time to cure a bit i can attack those with my spray dirt too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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