Scribe Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 A question. Can you drybrush the Mars Earth technical basing paint, or does it just crumble away? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommodusXIII Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 I haven't tried Martian Ironearth, but I have done a lot of work with Agrellan Earth. I'm pretty sure that it's fairly similar, just a different color. Drybrushed, it takes the appearance of dried mud smears as if you tried to wipe boots off with a newspaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clanfield Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 yep I do mine with blazing orange and then bleech bone over the mart ironearth and it do not crumble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scribe Posted July 11, 2015 Author Share Posted July 11, 2015 Exactly what I was hoping for, thanks folks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munocat Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Yes, holds up well to dry brushing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battybattybats Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Undercoat/paint the base first before putting the crackle on, the crackle paints hold better to a layer of paint than to raw plastic, so if anyone does have crumble or flaking problems it may be that they used it straight over plastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clanfield Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 I spray black then put down a layer of ard coat (gloss varnish) then the Martian iron earth then when dry a dry brush of orange then a dry brush of bone I finish with agrax earth wash it looks awesome hope this helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vel'Cona Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Exactly what Battybattybats said, I made this mistake (applying Martian Ironearth over base plastic) and it flaked away very badly. Make sure to choose a roughly complimentary color to the Ironearth (I like Mephiston Red since I have a ton of it) and you should be fine. If you do this, Ironearth will take very well to both washing and drybrushing. Even better, if you want to add some accent pieces such as rocks, skulls or rusty machinery, the Ironearth will sort of "flow" around these pieces, making them appear to be slowly getting covered by dried earth. It's an impressive effect and not hard to achieve! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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