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Hey guys im just wondering if anyone has any good tips on colour schemes, weathering or how to make rust effects i could use on my ruined buildings as i bought the imperial sector from GW and i havent really done any scenery before.

Any tips you guys out there can give me are as always very much appreciated.

Thanks

here is the base of all my rust effects:


https://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?catId=cat440002a&pageMode=multi&categoryId=500002§ion=&pIndex=4&aId=15100010&start=5


The only difference that i do, is that rather than starting with dark flesh, i start with scorched brown, and the vermin brown or whatever you use in between the darkest color, and the blazing orange i *almost* do a dry brush, you can see quite abit of the scorched brown, but also the middle color. This combined with the orange, especially on edges, provides a nice "realistic" rust look on terrain.


Other than that, especially with the Imperial sector (its such a nice kit), i would stick with drab colors, lots of grey, accented with some brighter rust colors.

It's a little bit of an investment, but if you'll be doing a decent bit of rust now/in the future, weathering pigments/powders are fantastic. The realism achieved by skilled application simply can't be matched by paint and they make quick and dirty jobs by unskilled hands (like mine...) look better than the time and effort expended justify. A tub each of 2 shades of rust and a tiny bottle of rubbing alcohol from the drug store will keep you in the rust business for quite some time without breaking the bank.

I haven't tried them, but I've also heard good things about the Tamiya weathering sets. They're essentially compacts, but with cakes of weathering pigment instead of makeup. There are a few different sets, each of which comes with 3 colors and an applicator. One set (I believe it was B or D) has soot and rust (and snow, which you probably wouldn't need), which is perfect for grimdark cities.