Armor doesn’t have to be shiny, here’s some easy tips to give your miniatures a rusted and weathered armor look in this tutorial!
Jack of Clubs Painting is a regular here and normally shows us how to paint our favorite models. This time, he’s giving us some hobby advice on decayed armor! Let’s check it out.
Rusted & Weathered Armor Miniatures Painting Tutorial
After the model has some simple pre-shade down you can begin the armor. Base all of the armor with watered-down Scale 75 Decayed Metal. Then you drybrush Scale 75 Thrash Metal over top of it. Follow that up with a lighter, almost highlight coat, of Scale 75 Speed Metal. Go ahead and wash over the model after the paint is dry with the Mr.Hobbying Multiblack and the solvent.
Now you can begin the more specialized weathering process. Do a light coat of AK Interactive Exhaust Wash over the model, and if you feel it’s too thick, just use a bit of the AK Interactive Odorless Thinner to dilute it on the model. Once it is dried use AK Interactive Rust Streaks in a very similar fashion, but being more careful about thinning it down. Lastly, use your choice of matte varnish and it’s done!
With that, the model is looking great! If you want to learn more from Wyatt’s insight, watch the full video! And if you love his work, check out another great set of painting tips here.
Rusted and Weathered Armor: Jack of Clubs Hobby Tutorial
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