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Hi everyone!

I'm new to weathering miniatures and am hoping to give these methods a try(See the vid below).
However I'm worried about the bottom layer of weathering powder creating too much of a texture for the non-weathered areas.

Am I just being neurotic or will I have to be fairly careful.





Any advice or warnings you can give me with this would be greatly appreciated!

If you use the painted rust undercoat rather than a weathering powder, you can still get those streaks.

I apply a bit of weathering powder to the rust spot and then drag it down with my finger or cotton swab. I then seal it to the surface with a satin varnish.

 Rickfactor wrote:
If you use the painted rust undercoat rather than a weathering powder, you can still get those streaks.

I apply a bit of weathering powder to the rust spot and then drag it down with my finger or cotton swab. I then seal it to the surface with a satin varnish.

Thanks, I'll give that a go too on my test piece.

Weathering powder itself is quite fine, any texture you get comes from how you mix it with things that thicken it up (varnish, sand, plaster, etc... in this case the matte coat). If you keep that in mind, you should be able to avoid excessive texture.

That said, I've never tried that specific method. I feel like you'd be best off sticking to the specific products used in the video (humbrol matt cote, humbrol enamel thinners) as not all enamel thinners are created equal and some will attack acrylics as readily as they do enamels. There must be something magical about the humbrol one that it doesn't, lol. I actually have some humbrol enamel thinners that I use when airbrushing humbrol enamels, but I've never tried to use it in the way he does in that video.

I also wonder what brand acrylics he's using. Again, not all acrylics are created equal. I haven't done extensive studies on it, but Humbrol Acrylics for some reason are a lot tougher than Vallejo Acrylics (I can spray a humbrol acrylic and then apply masking tape a few hours later without worrying about it, vallejo acrylics I have to prime first, basecoat with the colour, varnish, wait a couple of *days* and then still sometimes the damned things lift off much easier). I dunno, might be something to keep in mind!

It is a pretty cool effect though. I know what Rickfactor is talking about with putting the powders on later, but the way it's done in the video can create a really impressive rust stained look that is difficult if not impossible to create when you add the weathering powder later.