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what are the best techniques to make a old, well worn vehicle look realistic? wanting to know for when I paint my battlewagons which I want to make look veteran and battle damaged

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Slop it on and wipe away what you don't want.

I was talking more about battle scratches and the like

 Boss Kosvec wrote:
I was talking more about battle scratches and the like

You could have specified that, but scratches are done by applying metallic with a sponge.

well going to paint this is how I do paint scratches

1: Paint a black blotch around an edge or corner

2: use a bright metal to colour the same basic shape but smaller inside it (I used the old GW colour mithral silver)

Yeah, the above is a good method, for larger scratches it's also worth doing another layer under the black of a lighter shade of the base. This makes it look like the paint is peeling at the edges.

Using metallics and a sponge/scouring pad also works well.