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Some of you asked me to share my weathering process on the aquatic yellow for my Pirate IG army....

Although this is the most basic of techniques figured you guys may be interested.

You will need

Standard Brush
Wash Brush
Bit of Foam works fine

Foundation Yellow
Scorched Brown
Mithril Silver
Gryphon Sepia
Devlan Mud
Badab Black

Step 1

Prime Black Brush on Foundation Yellow (took me two watered down coats to get a nice color however subtle variation in the yellow yields more realistic results)



Step Two

Take your foam and break into a random little pattern and take out your scorched brown



Dip foam partially into scorched brown and stipple onto a piece of paper / pallat until most of the paint is gone test this out a few times before commiting to your model to get the hang of it once you do you'll realize it is quite easy.



Stipple the model using the foam in a random fashion... less is usually more and try to concentrate on areas of natural wear and tear...I like to go with about 20-35% of the exposed area for a battle worn look but do what looks good to you

Should maybe look something like this


Next I take out Mithril Silver using the technique described above. The reason I use mithril silver is it is a bright colored metal and the fact that it is a cool metal vs. the warmer scorched brown provides a nice but subtle contrast that is pleasing to the eye.... feel free to expieriement with different metals and use what makes you happy. I hit about 10% of the scorched brown areas and keep it very subtle.



Next I wash the model three times

Gryphon Sepia 100%
Devlan Mud 30% in recesses
Badab Black 10% in devlan mud recesses



In the end it should look something like this



Sorry for all the bad pics my camera is w/ my fiancee and I am stuck with an iphone.....

I used other advanced weathering techniques in my models but this is fairly basic and should be easy enough to do your first time. You can also do this same technique with almost any color combo, and feel free to change steps around and try new things out!

I use Oils, Dusts, Testors Dead Flat and a product called rustall to get the exact patina but each of those techniques deserves a tutorial of its own...

Hope you guys found it helpful

Heres what it looks like on the models....

This tutorial could possibly the most helpful. Ever!

Looks wicked - I don't know if I want to make my nice shiney Iyanden Eldar to look so weathered though.
Excellent work!

Awesome great tutorial

Soo many problems solved with this tutorial

That's not even yellow anymore.

That would be because it has been weathered.
If you have patches of rust and damage with bright yellow around it, it does not look realistic.

I left the back unfinished so you could see the original foundation yellow in comparison to the weathered yellow.

I wasn't trying to make it a crisp clean yellow, and it is yellow underneath all the painted on dirt grime and filth.

As Jack above pointed out it would be a realistic effect in my opinion if I did not weather this way.

If you don't like the effect move on to the next thread

It might be just me, but weathering hydraulics, might be a good idea if you are making a museum piece ( left outside ), not something that "needs" to give out the impression of movement, or use.

The tutorial and technique is great, if you are making scrapyard models, the other way round this comes out overused.

Here is an interesting link with pictures, that can be a guideline on how to give out the impression of use:
http://www.starshipmodeler.com/tech/wxref.htm

the effect it creates is amazing!

Do you think you could make a tutorial for any other colors, like blue or green?

Interesting technique for an extremely difficult color. Think it's a little overdone for my taste - hard to tell they were even yellow, but that's from a personal level and not a technical one. If you're looking for an army that looks beat to the point of being two steps from the boneyard, I can respect that. The Valk/Plane thing is about as weathered to the extreme as I'd want something - the walker just looks brown to me.

Definitely going to remember the bit of foam and the brown and silver, not just a great way for making weathered and rusty armour, but a revolution