This time around, Monument Hobbies shows how to weather miniatures with their Newsh wash that mimics oils but without the hassle!
Monument Hobbies is known for having some of the best and most affordable paints on the market! But they also have an extensive collection of painting tutorials and paint guides- like this one on getting your tanks and dreads looking amazing!
Their tutorials are perfect for getting your models on the table and looking dope. This is surprisingly easy, and it only takes a few minutes to get great-looking weathering effects. All the paints and tools used in this video are from them, and you can pick up all the colors, washes, and hobby supplies here.
Newsh Acrylic Weathering Medium:$16
Apply weathering and grime effects with no need for toxic solvents, just thin and clean with water like any of our other Pro Acryl paints.
This takes away all the issues with oil (both being hard to work with and clean), not to mention it’s a much less toxic solution!
Newsh is a water-based, non-toxic alternative to Oil and Enamel washes. Achieve the same awesome gritty, grimy results, but with no toxic solvents needed. Just thin and clean with water, like all our Pro Acryl paints.
Like most of their mediums, you get a big bottle of it, so you don’t have to worry about applying it everywhere you need it!
How to Weather Miniatures With Newsh Wash From Monument Hobbies!
Considering this is weathering, you’ll want to have a painted mini ready to go. You’ll also want some little plastic cups to put the paint in, Q-tips, make-up applicator sponges, and some older brushes (since you’re taking the paint away, you don’t need anything fancy).
First, you have to decide where you want the weathering and how heavy you want it. Considering they want this dark, Jason uses Black Brown Pro-Acryl. This is super simple; all you have to do is pour some Newsh mixed with Black Brown into your cup and apply it quite liberally over the miniature (well, where you want it dirty). You might have to play with the mix a little to get it to the exact color you want.
This might look like a lot, but you want it to go into the recesses. Then, take your sponge and wipe it off where you don’t want it. Just be sure to leave enough in the recesses. Already, you have some pretty good-looking weathering, but they’re going to go further.
This is meant to stay wet longer than an oil wash, so you can take some of the recesses and drag them down the model to look like rust streaks all across the model. You really don’t have to try much, and you’re getting great-looking weathering. Then, you do that all over the rest of the model where you want weathering to show. It might be a little scary at first, but it looks great.
Changing the Tone
For a more rust-like effect, you can add colors like Burnt Sienna to the Newsh mix and be a little more deliberate with your wash. As you can see, he’s doing it in a much smaller area here. However, the application method is the same and can get you a wide array of colors and effects!
Finished Model
As you can see, this took a massive step from that clean model at the beginning to look very rusted and weathered!
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