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Has any body used them? I have no idea how to use them or if they are worth getting and was hoping sombody could fill me in?

I'm getting some bits and pieces to convert my IG army to be of my Chaos apoc army - doing a CSM/Chaos Deamon/LatD (using the IG dex) combination army. I was considering getting a few of the weathering powders along with the rest of my order to dirty up the baneblades I plan to get.

So...Are they good? Do they look as amazing as the pic's on the FW site? Are they easy to use? how are they applied?

Answers to any or all of the above would be really helpful

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Downloads/Product/PDF//w/weathering-powders.pdf

I havent used them but on the forgeworld website there is a tutorial on how to use them heres a link: http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Downloads/Product/PDF//w/weathering-powders.pdf and if that doesn't work then copy the loink and paste it in the top bar internet thing


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Great beaten to it!

I offer up the tank above as a simple example of what I've learned over the last 5 months. I started weathering at the beginning of this year and they really are super easy to use

In general, I really like weathering powders, whether you get them from Forgeworld, MIG, or someone else. I think I found some from AIM products at my local train store. A note of caution though, I would experiment a little bit to understand:

1. What brushes are best (I stole make up brushes from my wife)
2. How sealer will/can change the color of powders (my figures tend to get darker, so I compensate accordingly)
3. How you can combine powders with other materials (e.g., my mud recipe) to get nice looking, but very easy to execute results.

My advice, invest in a couple of powders (2 tones of brown, a rust, and black) and then invest the time to play around with them a bit. I think you'll be happy with the results. I know I have.

Here's my basic process for mud: http://www.kan.org/michael/mkp/weathering_mud.php

Thanks for the links guys

So do you just brush them on and then use a matt varnish over the top??
It seems simple enough

Weathering powders are pretty versatile. You dust them on, mix them with paints/wash, or make a paste with them and some alcohol and build up clumps.