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This is what I have:

And this is waht I want it to look like:


I want the yellow to look dirty and old, and the exposed metal where the pait has chipped should look rusty. Is there some guide on how to get an realistic looking effect/Can anyone advise me how to do the yellow?

For the yellow, I would recommend Iyanden Darksun, with a gryphonne sepia wash as a glaze/tone setter, and a devlan mud wash for the shades (and to help get the dirty look).
Iyanden Darksun + Bleached Bone if you want to do highlights.

As for the weathering, most people would probably recommend you to grab a sponge, rip off a small piece and dip it into something like Scorched Brown, and lightly jab at select areas on the vehicle. Then take either Boltgun metal or codex grey, and highlight within select areas of the brown weathering.

Hope that helps.

Two ways to go about the weathering: rust over yellow or yellow over rust.

For the first method, look up a technique called "sponge weathering" (there are plenty of tutorials online) and use rusty browns and oranges. Areas of total coverage can be stippled directly.

The second method will yield far superior results, but it takes a bit more doing. For this one, you'd actually be applying an overall rust coat (pigments would yield the most realistic results, but paint does the job just fine) under a yellow topcoat, which would be selectively chipped and flaked away to reveal the crusty interior. See why this is the more realistic route? Look up "salt weathering" and/or the "hairspray technique" for tutorials.

For the yellow itself, you just want something a bit desaturated, so look for darker, more golden yellows. With those, you can darken them slightly with browns for the shadows and a touch of white will help it look sun-bleached without getting too light and pastel.

For a quick paint will good table top quality:
1. Paint model metal color of choice
2. Black wash
3. Highlights and rust effects.
4. Stipple base color on the panels and such avoiding edges
5. Highlight with more stippling
6. Wash if wanted

Here is how I would do it...

1, prime and base coat with a reddish brown.
2, drybrush orange overall and get the corners and other high spots with steel color.
3, Brown wash, let dry, black wash, let dry.
4, Using rubber cement, stipple it onto areas that you want the rust or steel to show through (scrapes, corners, panel edges, etc.)
5, paint yellow overall, let dry, and rub where you put the rubber cement. The cement acts as a mask and comes up with little effort leaving a realistic chipped paint effect.
6, Wash with watered down red-brown that was used to base coat the model, focusing on rivets and the lower sides of panels.
7, This step is optional, but really adds a lot to the overal effect. Using a slightly lighter shade of the yellow used, line the bottom edges of the paint chips with a really thin line where the yellow meets the rust. Then take a slightly darker shade of yellow to the top edge. This gives you a really nice highlight effect that gives your paint chips more dimension.

oadie wrote:The second method will yield far superior results, but it takes a bit more doing. For this one, you'd actually be applying an overall rust coat (pigments would yield the most realistic results, but paint does the job just fine) under a yellow topcoat, which would be selectively chipped and flaked away to reveal the crusty interior. See why this is the more realistic route? Look up "salt weathering" and/or the "hairspray technique" for tutorials.

Liquid Mask also works like a charm and is more controllable then using salt as an agent. I will post a tutorial on weathering with this substance today or tomorrow.

Cheers,


IK-Painter

Hey guys, thanks for all the comments!! They were really helpful. Ill just have to decide between the different ways of doing it

I'd go with oadie on this one; look up using salt 'n' hairspray.

Id mix a small amount of grey in with your yellow to get that faded look too.