Warzone Weathering Part 2

Whilst my last post showed a lot of different types of weathering, this post will be a more of a "how to" article, for some of the most effective techniques I didn't address in my previous post.


Tears:

After the base coat of very dark grey, I applied a lighter faded grey to the edges and scuffed areas and then highlighted these areas by adding a tiny amount of white into the grey mix.
The small rips in the fabric are painted on, firstly with a darker line (pure black in this case), and then bellow and above apply a thin lighter line.

In this case i used abaddon black, eshin grey and some white to mix in,  but the same principle can be done with any other starting colour.



Armour Chips / Scratches

The method is very similar as for scratches, except the thin highlight goes just underneath the dark line.  Also, applying small dots of pure white sparingly at points some points under chips, can give a metal surface a more reflective appearance.

For both tears and scratches, a brush with a good sharp point is important to get the lines thin,
the rest is brush control, something which will improve with the more time spent painting.



Rust - Quick And Easy Without Powders

The Plague Hulk legs used a textured rust technique which can be done very messily to still give good results, I used either a Large brush (LB) or Tank Dry Brush (TDB) for all stages.

Basecoat  Rhinox hide (LB)
Rough Application Of Blackfire Earth Texture Paint all over (TDB)
Generous wash of Agrax Earthshade (TDB)
Drybrush of Squig Orange (TDB)
(optional) Light Drybrush of Troll Slayer Orange (TDB)

Using a hairdryer for the base coat and wash can make this a very rapid technique, particularly for applying to larger models.