BurningQuestion Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 Hello all, I got turned on to salt flaking about a year ago when I saw Chris Clayton's large scale Ultramarine (took silver in the open category at GD'09). The basic premise is using salt+hair spray to make a mask allowing one colour to break through another. Below are the steps I went through for on my Deathdealer project. It’s particularly good for rust, paint chipping etc... Stage 1: Very roughly paint up the first coat which is the one you want to have breaking through, reds/oranges, metals etc… I used a basic imperial drab green comprising of base colour + single shade & highlight and a wash. You’ll be building up a lot of layers so remember to keep the paint thin. http://i642.photobucket.com/albums/uu145/Pyre-Studios/Deathdealer/P1250226.jpg Stage 2: Once dry spray the required area with hair spray. 2-3 quick blasts from about 12” away should do it. Immediately drop on the salt flakes. The process is a bit tricky as you only have some control as to where the blasted things land... Leave it dry for around 10 Min's. http://i642.photobucket.com/albums/uu145/Pyre-Studios/Deathdealer/P1250230.jpg Stage 3: Once dry I spray on your top coat i.e. the actual colour you want the model. You may also want to spray on a wash. Avoid brushing where possible as the salt will come off quite easily. In this case I sprayed the model black and once this was dry I brushed the salt off revealing the original colour below. http://i642.photobucket.com/albums/uu145/Pyre-Studios/Deathdealer/P1250232.jpg Stage 4: Use a sculpting tool, scalpel or scourers to scrap more of the top coat off. It’s fixed to the hair spray and not the model so it comes off fairly readily. http://i642.photobucket.com/albums/uu145/Pyre-Studios/Deathdealer/P1250233.jpg Stage 5: At this stage it looks quite rough so using a thinned mix of the top coat wash the scraped area to tone down the contrasts (you can build them up with more control later). I Used a 1/1/1 mix of black/badab black/water which I over painted the majority of the original colour. This thinned mix gives a dappled effect which is quite good but you may want to make it thicker. I then touched up the edges with the original green. http://i642.photobucket.com/albums/uu145/Pyre-Studios/Deathdealer/P1250235.jpg This is a good base from which to further weather the model. Hope you found this interesting, BQ edited for typo's... must learn to spell ... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/194031-masking-with-salt-flakes/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Damned Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Thats pretty impressive for something that seems prety simple. Thanks for the tutorial! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/194031-masking-with-salt-flakes/#findComment-2320649 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostsoul Posted June 11, 2010 Share Posted June 11, 2010 My first reaction was "what on earth? bizarre!" and then I sat back and read with growing interest - hooked by curiosity. Gotta say its one of the strangest things I've encountered but I really liked the finished effect. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/194031-masking-with-salt-flakes/#findComment-2431834 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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