ウェザリング超基本塗装法 風化基本 MODEL MAKING : WEATHERING BASICS

This is a nice article written by 桜井信之 Sakurai Nobuyuki on weathering basics. Sorry I do not have time to translate the Japanese for non Japanese readers but the photos are quite self-explanatory. For weathering , most of the time , you only need flat-headed semi-hard painting brush (invest in some quality brushes) and cotton buds. Some artistic skills are needed to apply weathering naturally. Try observing how real objects are weathered and get rusted. Colours are usually rusty orange, brown, black, dark mouldy green , silver/white (paint chips effects) , gray, bluish gray ......etc.








The spray is Mr. Hobby, Mr. Finshing Surfacer 1500 Black.
































































1/72 Dougram weathering example. This is not the basics but it gives a good example. It requires some experience to acheive this result.

Notice that the scratches are all made by applying lighter colour than the base colour , but without a large contrast between the two (do not use bright blue on darker blue (royal blue) , use something lighter than dark blue such as purple-blue, still a dark colour but brighter than dark blue )

Dry brushing is a technique using small amount of paint on the tips of the brush's hair without paint thinner (just paint). It requires practice to achieve natural-looking weathering. You can apply a small amount of paint , then use paper towel to get rid most of the paint and apply the rest on the model surface.

Don't expect to be good the first few times, practice makes perfect and more natural-lookng weathering.





























This is another video of high-lighting panel lines, it relies on capillary action (works well with smooth grossy surface, it still works on matty surface) .