So in my 1st exhaust attempt I used rust color and some rust pigments with washed, etc but the look turned out to be too used and too rusty. I’ve seen some nice exhausts around here that look used but not rusted out. The have the ‘burnt iron/steel’ type look. How do y’all get that look?
I originally tried the Testors burnt iron metallizer, but it look like crap.
There are many techniques to acheive what you are looking for. I use MIG pigments to acheive just the right “oxidized look” that I am after. I simply paint the exhaust pipe flat black and then apply the pigment dry directly to the acrylic basecoat. The more application, the rustier the finished product. Then, go baack over with black smoke pigment or ground black pastel chalk to dampen the rust as much as you want, until you get the look you’re after…Her are some extremes:
The Marder is relatively light, with some surface rust:
This Panther is completely crusted. I coated the parts with white glue, and while the glue was still “tacky” applied some talc powder to get the “rusty scale” look. When this dried, spray with flat black and apply the pigments (or ground pastel chalk):
Same technique on the Pz III:
and to a lesser degree on this early Tiger 1:
regards,
Steve
My approach is very simple. Paint the part in Model Master Non-buffing Metalizer Gunmetal and let it cure (very important, if just touch dry, it’s very vulnerable in the next step) overnight. Apply a 90-10 paint/thinner wash of enamel Rust and let it thoroughly dry. Drybrush Burnt Umber and/or apply black pastels similar to crockett’s approach to tone down any too-bright areas.
I use acrylic craft store paints in a variety of rust shades. Do you have a “Michael’s” or “A.C. Moore” nearby? Go inside and check out the bewildering pallete of rust shades! Everything from bright oranges to near-black browns…and CHEAP too!!! I squeeze out a good selection of 4-5 shades, and then randomly stab and mix them right onto the muffler. If I want a really rusted look, I’ll apply some ordinary pastel powders-available in the same craft stores-onto the muffler while the paint is still wet; that way it “holds”. Another way for light weathering is to paint the muffler the body color, then just apply washes of rust colors; burnt umber, raw sienna, orange, etc, in various consistencies and thicknesses to provide desired depth of color. I believe that just a few light washes of burnt umber blended with orange willl give you what you’re looking for. You can also wash the acrylics over the base coat too. Apply flecks of rust with a fine brush to show chips, nicks, etc…[{(-_-)}]
For rusted exhausts, I go with a brown or dark brown base color, and then hit it good with the four-part “Rustall” product. I find it really gives a great look, but then again I’ve been going with heavily-weathered late WWII German armor, when maintenance and replacement parts were not up to earlier-conflict standards.