Need help painting battle damage on grey

[Captain Coolpants]

Hi all! Pretty much what the title says.

My grey knights are painted a dark grey, and I want them to look battle damaged. So this is my first attempt at trying battle damage ever.

But the colours I'm using, make the damage extremely unnoticeable.

So I know my weathering execution needs work. But I may as well get the colours right first.

Here are a few pics of what I've tried.

The last image shows how unnoticeable it is from a normal viewing distance. There are 8 decent sized damaged bits. And you can't really see them.

Edited August 1, 2020 by Captain Coolpants

[Lovecraft0110]

Hi Captain Coolpants,

 

Having painted and weathered a lot of grey tanks, my suggestion would be to pick a much lighter grey, like Vallejo Ghost Grey, and then fill in the larger chips with s brownish black. This will give the chipping a more 3d effect, and represents either a primer layer in the actual armor, or the bare, slightly corroded metal underneath.

 

I have covered chipping in several of my tutorials. One of them is this:

 

 

I hope this helps!

[Captain Coolpants]

Very cool!

Thank you. So you think a light grey will show up better than the light silver? I shall give it a go!

[Lovecraft0110]

Very cool!

Thank you. So you think a light grey will show up better than the light silver? I shall give it a go!

 

Thanks! Yes, if you went with dark grey rather than metallics, the chipping color should be a lighter grey. Always the same kind of color as the original, but a few shades lighter. Then, like I said, fill in the chips with a brownish-black (Ammo of MIG even make a color specifically for this, but you can mix your own). 

 

Hope this helps, 

 

Lovecraft0110, a.k.a. The Race for Terra