Video: How to model rust weathering with artist’s oils

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Video: How to model rust weathering with artist’s oils

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Outstanding Video, Cody. Seeing as though I’m an artist who uses oils on a daily basis, I’m definitely going to give this a try.

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Nice tecnique, will definitely try it on some of my rolling stock, do you have to seal it when you’re done?

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Is there any reason this wouldn’t work with artist’s acrylics? I’m going to try it on an old car and see if I can duplicate your results with tubes of acrylic paint, and rubbing alcohol as a thinner. (seeing as I already own the paints) Looks great Cody, thanks again!

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Too bad I can’t watch this on my iPd.

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great video. works fine on my droid phone.

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Once again, great video! However, could you do this with acrylics and water?

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Thanks for the tips, really looks good . keep the ideas comming how we all can get the most out of our hobby
Thanks again.

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Great video wish it was a little longer but you can,t have everything. Will give this ago as i have already and only used pastels up till now.
Thanks Cody

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Artist oils do work really well. Some of your viewers have wondered about using acrylics but I think they dry way too fast for this technique. I have recently begun using WATER MIXABLE oils. They work like the regular oils but dry a little quicker. The best part is that you can use alcohol or Windex for thinner (much cheaper than turps) and clean your brushes with soap and water.

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Cody, Good video, I’ve used this technique.

Keep up the good work.

Frank

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Thanks Cody, I have always been a bit scared to try weathering, but now I will be confident enough to give it a try

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Fantastic. Nicely done and thank you.

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This video is golden. I use to apply a huge gray wash and I’d call that weathering, but since the weathering special in the April edition of Model Railroader, I redid some rolling stock of mine, and I’m really happy with the results :slight_smile: All I use, however, is water and some acrylics, so to answer to Jacob, yes, it’s quite possible :slight_smile:

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thank you cody for the weather ideal .are the paints exspeny? the reason why i ask is some of us old people are on budget.

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I have also used acrylics for weathering especially with the drybrush weathering technique from a different “Expert Tips” video.

I just purchased the same materials Cody used in his video including a 4 ml bottle of Turpenoid, artist palette, and brushes for under $30. The artist oils were $4 and the Turpeniod was $6.

Since you are using a very small amount and the oils have a long shelf life, these materials will last many years to come… especially in N-scale!

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That looks great and nice video

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Most folks act like this is some kind of wizardry and it really isn’t - Thanks Cody for making it so easy and good looking.

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Ok, I went out, bought supplies & attempted to emulate Cody.
As soon as the paint dries, I’ll post a pic in the forums for critiquing.
Thanks Cody

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Interesting, can the same effect be made with Artists Acrylics and alcohol?