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I wanted to dry brusg my deathwatch with red so that it will look like as if The walked trough a sandstorm from mars or something like that.
Has someone tried something similar?

It probably wont look right with a dry brush.

the effect you are looking for is weathering powder.


[it doesn't have to be kormech. lots of art companies make red oxide powders]
Apply to the whole model, dust it off and seal with varnish.

lots more in dept tutorials online. mostly model tank people stuff but should work for normal models.

I've had some pretty good results by dry brushing the color on the raised surfaces and then lightly dusting them with an airbrush.

Well its not red...



these guys I wanted to have a dusty desert look, its actually household emulsion, in a cream colour, drybrushed, the pigment density is terrible so pretty translucent and easy to apply.

a pigment can work but seems to take practice.



this is a pigment, applied as a water based wash, all over, left to dry properly, then largely removed with a large brush. The hard part is sealing it, I found an airbrush on a low pressure setting and a thinned gloss varnish worked, took a couple of coats - andthing thicker needs enough pressure it just blew the pigment off



couple more tanks, same process, they go a horrible red colour when you put the pigment on but it mostly comes off.

for a light effect use a satin or gloss varnish under, a heavier finish can be managed with a matt varnish under

guess as with everything its grab a model and experiment, pigments are interesting though.

another alternative if you have an airbrush is a filter



ignore the infantry, the burnt umber is a very thin filter, applied in a couple of coats, could work decently well on the lower third of a marine model in a suitable colour, gets a bit of a ground in look, perhaps to combine with a pigment in some recessed areas (so its not anywhere where parts moving would stop it building up but does get into gaps on packs and so on

i've used reddish pigment quite a bit - i had better results brushing them with a varnish, letting it dry enough to get tacky, then brushing on the pigment lightly. I mostly limit it to the legs or treads on my models - to look more like they kicked up dry dirt while walking/fighting.

If you don't do it this way, it will wash most of it away when you spray it with a sealer/anti-shine or handle it.

AK makes really good weathering acrylics, both for metal and others. They also sell really nice basing goop that creates really good effects. A dry brush will absolutely not work for what you're going for.