CoolMiniOrNot - Simple rust tutorial

Simple rust tutorial Beginner Return to article index	Rating: 6.82 Votes: 11 Views: 6162	By: lord von braken
Category: Painting Subcategory: Techniques		Date: 2009-08-09 11:46:16

Hey all thought i'd do a simple rust tutorial that i just did on the inderneath of my trukk You will need the following Tin bitz Boltgun metal Vermin brown Drybrush An old brush for stippling Step 1 Basecoat the area's you want metal with tin bitz Step 2 Drybrush said areas with boltgun metal Step 3 This is where that old brush comes in handywarning DO NOT use your best brush for this part you need to get your vermin brown and dip your old brush in now on some toilet/kithen roll stiple your brush till hardly any paint comes off onto the towelling.Then stiple all the metal areas with it so that tehy get a coating of the brown you will need for this bit Old brush for stippling Fine detail brush Orange paint Ogryn flesh Step 4 Get some orange paint in my case i mixed up yellow and red and dip your brush in and stipple it onto soe towleing and go over the whole metal area again but really lightly Step 5 Now you need your detail brush and ogryn flesh load your brush with the wash and go over the riviets any panels or where beams join load the area with a little ogryn flesh and your done You could go one stage further and edge highlight with boltgun metal but i feel this is enough for a gaming miniture

Chaol 04 October 09		Rating: 7 The pictures could have been netter. It´s hard to see anything. Especially the last one. Nice and helpful tutorial though. Perhaps i´ll use it.
lord von braken 02 October 09		thanks everyone for the comments,if i could go bk and get the last 2 pics clearer i would but said mini is now complete,@aegis the tin bitz was used just to give the boltgun a better coverage
AegisD 13 September 09		Rating: 7 I'm really not a fan of the tin bitz method of doing rust, since rust doesn't look metallic at all, but I also have to disagree with Benihana. As someone who lives in MI, a state that uses salt on their roads, your car's underbody will look like this or worse underneath in about 10-15 years. Less if you don't wash it. Also, please repost the last two pics. It would really help with a more concise article.
Urayneum 08 September 09		Rating: 10 This is a very good tutorial. However I agree with some of the other members here that the last 2 pictures are unclear. If you could retake them, that allow me to see the final result much better. =)
Menelker 22 August 09		Rating: 5 Would be much better if the last pictures were in focus. I would replace them if you could.
smilie23 21 August 09		Rating: 7 Got to agree with Benihana - altho you've got the colours right (mostly), rust is more organic in the way that it forms. Firstly, it pools and flows in the directions that the water will flow off and down the surfaces. Imagine the truck (in this case) is standing in the rain; where would the rainwater collect? That's where the rust will start. Now, when the truck moves where will the water go to drain off? That's where the rust will move too, forming more rust, and rust coloured dribbles and staining. (Look at the rivets on the side of old ships.) Also, when the rust dries it will make a tide mark around the staining. Rust grows upward very slowly, lifting the paint and making it crumbly. But it also flows downward in a 'V' shape, and spreads sideways as it does so. If you can, go to an old shipyard, or a car breakers and look at the rust as it is growing - it's almost like a fungus.
Benihana 14 August 09		Rating: 8 I hate that I have to score if I want to comment, anyway: Rust generally doesn't coat a surface like that, unless it's all flat metal and the same material. In the Navy I saw massive plates of metal intentionally rusted, but with all the components on the bottom of that car it probably wouldn't end up like that. If it did, the car probably wouldn't survive much longer. Perhaps a bit of grease and grime to vary it a bit. Punch a hole in something to show where the rust ate all the way through (or paint it i you prefer). And please do retake a final photo if you've still got the model.
pez5767 12 August 09		Rating: 7 I would give your tutorial a much higher rating if the last two pictures were in focus. The blury picture makes it almost impossible to see what you are describing so well in the text portion of the tutorial. The technique seems like a good one, but it's hart to be sure.
Ghaffasa 10 August 09		Rating: 10 Great article. Easy to do and with a very striking end result.

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