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Originally Posted by Rabbit  Leech, great advice btw. Would you recommend doing the same process for NMM rusting, except substituting the metallics for the base colors in ascending shades? I've had some difficulty doing this with a couple of predators that start off as a dark Ultra Marines blue and progressively gets more and more rusted. |
I'm not sure, I suck at net-speak and don't know what NMM means. Macewind had much fun at my expense in PM's (I know what those are) about my lack of knowledge and he knows it plus they had to tell me SOB means Sisters of battle in the fluff forum.
You can PM me with questions too. I think you are talking about rusting the paint of a tank. The thing about rust is when it comes into contact with paint it forces the paint up. Painting the rust over the top of the paint will make it look like crusty ooze on the tank. I would suggest you try these effects. Paint your Predator rust coloured first. Use several shades of metal as with the Wraith's scythe.
As you build this up you will get a kind of rough effect on the surface of the tank. You can add inks in different colours to show rust in different stages of 'rusting'. The rough effect that you will get i suggest you leave to only a few areas. these can be the rusted areas. You can paint the blue on later over the rust. Note that paint when in contact with rust changes to rust colour very quickly, there is no gradual progression aside from what will look like dark stains in the paint, these stains look almost oily.
You can also try spraying your model, black/white whatever suits you for a basecoat but fairly lightly as this will not be the actual basecoat and too much paint will ruin the detail. Then you get gloopy thick paint, you know how paint pots get all gooey towards the end of thier lives or use several layers of normal paint. The colour of this paint matters not.
Paint this paint over the basic hull of the vehicle, particularly anywhere you want rust to be. What you want is basically an extra layer of skin for your tank. It is best to paint over a whole area so there won't be areas where it is obvious there is an extra layer of paint. Also beware of evil lumps and don't get it on details as it will destroy them.
The basecoat will give this paint a good grip for what you are about to do. Take a scalpel, craft knife or whatever, make sure it is a blade you trust and will do exactly what you want it to do. One that isn't sharp is good. You use thei knife to chip off layers of paint you just applied to the tank. You need only do it in a few areas.
These areas will be the areas affected by the rust. Most of this extra layer you leave alone. The basecaot will make sure it doesn't all come off. Either as you chip it or later on after it's been painted for a month of two. Once you are satisfied you can spray the model properly and paint it up. The areas you chipped away, the true surface of the tank is now the rust beneath the tanks paint which is rusting through and the extra layer of paint you have is apparently the normal surface of your model.
Hope this helps and sorry Kuffy for coughing up loads of info for other in your Wraith Blog.:hail:
Oh and you see the icon up there at the top. I used it before and it says it a basketball. I think it's really a cabbage. Who else thinks it's a cabbage?