Weather chipping black armor

[Yosef Hausakluif]

So I have finished painting my models to a good table top standard and want to add some weathering and sponged on armor chips and damage to the black armor scheme I have and am torn over the two colors to use.

 

What would you recommend and do you have a visual example?

 

I'm thinking something like old school rotting flesh and then a little bolt gun metal. Or should I use a light grey?.

AnY tips or advice would be greatly appreciated.

[Yosef Hausakluif]

Or, as I have studied some more, do you use a real light and different color like rotting flesh and then us e a brown or something on time of it to create the chip effect?

[Forté]

Hi.

This is the only one I've done to date. I sponged white on to the decals, then Charandon Granite, lastly boltgun metal. Though I think I may more work out a red/brown primer colour for the first colour then more of a medium grey for bare material underneath. ALthough going by the GW paint range, ceramite is white.

[Ovidius Incertus]

I like the following for "rusts": Vallejo Model Air Rust and Burnt Umber for different rust tones and Vallejo Model Color German Camo Black Brown.  I doubt the Camo Black Brown would show up too well on a black base coat (it works wonders for lighter colors like vehicle interiors).  For bare metal, I use both gun metal and silver/steel color, though I'm much more sparing with the lighter color.  Also used very, very sparingly, GW's Blazing Orange is a nice "new" rust color.

 

For sponging, I use fragments of a real sponge (purchased from a CVS) because it's not as regular as closed-cell foam liner or synthetic foam.

 

I'll obtain some photos for you this week.

[Yosef Hausakluif]

thanks for the tips about colors and also the application using sponges.

[Anvilarium]

I lightly sponged Vallejo Model Black (to make the decals look chipped) and then Vallejo Air Steel over my Iron Hands to get this effect:

 

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n64/UrzaTRi/photo_zps78125d6d.jpg

 

My main advice is to concentrate the chipping on the areas that would get naturally worn on the battlefield: Kneepads, elbows, knuckles, pauldrons etc.

[Honda]

Some nice looking examples already. I like to use a terracotta color for the first, then followed by Boltgun/Silver. Like others, I use the sponge technique.

[Forté]

@Honda. Like the look of the terracotta. Looks more like a proper primer.

[Kierdale]

With my Scythes I sponged on dark grey then put a little Leadbelcher in the middle of the larger chips...though Honda's terracotta does look really good.

I wonder how it would look on infantry...?

[Honda]

Well, thanx gents!

 

I went with the terracotta color because I wanted something that would show up across different colors and it does a pretty decent job of that. I've put it on yellow, dark green and a broad range of greys (e.g. for my Templars). What's interesting about this combo is that the metal in the middle is very understated and generally only shows up when there is light to reflect, otherwise it looks like the terracotta for the most part. It's kind of a neat effect.

 

I'd like to say that effect was all part of the plan, but that would be giving me more credit than I deserve.

 

@Kierdale: Yes, I think these colors will work on infantry. One of the follow on efforts intended for my Templars foot after awhile, is to apply some chipping with  this technique and powders on their legs to get that "campaigned" look.

 

Bonus: It's very easy to do. :)

[Kaedes Nex]

Some nice looking examples already. I like to use a terracotta color for the first, then followed by Boltgun/Silver. Like others, I use the sponge technique.

That black is sick. I wish I could get my blacks to look like that.

[depthcharge12]

I did a red sponge chip to mimic the red primer used on many tanks

 

http://i911.photobucket.com/albums/ac316/treacyjohn2/841ec21fbc9dc2c7d68ab580be65255f_zps62a79e43.jpg

 

http://i911.photobucket.com/albums/ac316/treacyjohn2/811bb25beb722604d8808d3d36da4152_zps40c45b6f.jpg

 

http://i911.photobucket.com/albums/ac316/treacyjohn2/af65b8b1e9b0f418d98c66364c94fd48_zpsc1e56bb4.jpg

[Honda]

That black is sick. I wish I could get my blacks to look like that.

 

 

Well, for me, the key to getting a good black is to not use black. What you are seeing is Vallejo's Panzer Grey (990), contrasted with a lighter grey (995). The eye sees the contrasts and makes the connection.

 

The benefit to using this grey (or another) is that you can shade and darken grey. Black will only allow you to highlight.

 

I've been very happy with the overall effect.

[Forté]

Haha. I've been using Vallejo Black Grey.

[Midnightmare]

Some great examples on here guys :)

 

@ Honda - That Assault Ram is awesome! Excellent work.