Jarrell,
Looking good, man. It’s not over done like some I have seen on here. Some
people tend to just glob on the paint. When I get to the weathering stage in my
modeling, I will follow more along the lines of Aggro’s work. He seems to get
the point across without destroying the model. He has recomended Bragdon[sp?]
Enterprises chalks. They seem to create the effects of weather nicely.
Keep up the good work and keep posting pics… I need them for motivation!! [:P] Dave
Jarrell,
Hey, I think it looks terrific for a first time! [^] [tup] Did you use an airbrush or spray can to weather your boxcar? Try using a wash sometime. They aren’t too difficult to make and are easy to apply. Many light coats are better than fewer heavy ones.
One technique I’ve found helpful. If you use a tiny brush, you can apply a small “drop” of wash so that it runs down along a vertical edge or row of rivots, that really enhances the detail of it.
Keep up the good work, Jarrell! I’m pretty much a novice and still learning about all this weather myself.
Tom
Me neither. I’ve bought 2 different brands of gel pens hoping they could create good graffiti. No dice. So I’ve been using diluted acrylic paints applied with a tiny fine point brush.
Seth Puffer has had some sucess with Pentel gel pens. But when I use them, the ink don’t want to come out right!
I was going to ding you on the car being the wrong era for graffetti. (got beat to that)
Also, the graffetti should be parrellel to the track that the worthless rodent was standing on when he defaced an expensive paint job.(I dought they use ladders).
The actual weathering looks great.