Weathered Steel Garage Doors Made simple
Sept 25, 2023 10:41:47 GMT -5
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Post by tiking on Sept 25, 2023 10:41:47 GMT -5
I did this many years ago. I thought someone might find it interesting. These scratch build, steel doors were made using thin aluminum plates I bought at a hobby store, which I cut to size, with a pair of scissors. I weathered using these methods:
1. Primer ( this was a rust color bought from all-purpose store)
2. No base coat (The primer was the base-coat)
3. Using sponge technique (colours used are blue, brown and steel. I use colours from the Citadel collection. The sponge technique, is taking a small piece of packaging material or a sponge. Tear a small piece of it off. Dip the end of it in the paint, in this case, a dark earth or rust-like color, and dad it on a tissue paper until you have remove most of it off. Then take the sponge and dab it on the piece that you are working with. This leaves residues in minute pin-like patches. Thus simulating peel off paint or rust, or underlying steel.
4. Dry Brushing(mostly the silver paint around the edges)
5. A little rust powder in certain areas.( I used MiG's rust pigments)
N.B. Please note. The number '35', was later weathered after the photos were taken. That's it. You could go even further by doing some modulation effects here and there to add more dimension; but at the time I just went with these simple methods. Even simplicity can be just the look you are after.
1. Primer ( this was a rust color bought from all-purpose store)
2. No base coat (The primer was the base-coat)
3. Using sponge technique (colours used are blue, brown and steel. I use colours from the Citadel collection. The sponge technique, is taking a small piece of packaging material or a sponge. Tear a small piece of it off. Dip the end of it in the paint, in this case, a dark earth or rust-like color, and dad it on a tissue paper until you have remove most of it off. Then take the sponge and dab it on the piece that you are working with. This leaves residues in minute pin-like patches. Thus simulating peel off paint or rust, or underlying steel.
4. Dry Brushing(mostly the silver paint around the edges)
5. A little rust powder in certain areas.( I used MiG's rust pigments)
N.B. Please note. The number '35', was later weathered after the photos were taken. That's it. You could go even further by doing some modulation effects here and there to add more dimension; but at the time I just went with these simple methods. Even simplicity can be just the look you are after.
