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Well, looking at real rust pics, I think I've got all the colors I need, but yeah, the patterns are all wrong..also the dark shadow lines don't show up unless there is paint peeling. I'll get it eventually

Best part is though, that you now have a great technique for camouflage pattern

Haha...so it isn't just me that thinks of desert Chocolate Chip camo pattern then?

Well gangers have been known to chew on stranger things

Yeah, rust is a tricky thing to paint as the closer you look at pictures of real rust, the more colours you can see that all build up to the final look.

Keep bashing away at it and stop when it looks right.

There is a rust section in my hut tutorial that was pretty much all washes and can be adapted for any colour of rust you want. Peeling paint, however, I can't really help you with.

I just re-basecoated, we shall see...

wow that's blurry

 dsteingass wrote:
I just re-basecoated, we shall see...

wow that's blurry

had to check and make sure my glasses were on for a second.

What color brown is that as your base color?

Vallejo air Rust 71.080

Sorry bout that

Ahhhh so that's what Air rust looks like! I just bought some hoping to use it through my ZM build :-) looks like I made a good choice it seems!

There are two Vallejo air rust colors. The other one is more metallic. I haven't really figured out how to use that one yet. This one I really like, and I need to pick up some more.

Checked the local big lot stores for your ghost busters figures, they don't have any at all. Also looked at another thrift shop for cool stuff, nothing good there.

Thanks..I hate it when shopping trips come up bust.....

looks like my Rust is the more metallic of them Dave, I'm considering using this for my floors and having a dark olive style green for the walls? just for something different! what say you Bottom?

well the day wasn't a total waste...I got the airbrush working.

 dsteingass wrote:
Thanks guys, I'll check them out.

These are quite bad, but you see the different stuff I've been experimenting with...

well... i actually thought the pattern of random rust (of course differently colored) on the right and middle looked better...

and i agree... it reminds me a bit of choclate chips too

Seems dave forgot my paint over salt technique I did to exhaust pipes on my tanks

I just can't control the salt technique

 dsteingass wrote:
I just can't control the salt technique

an alternative for ez texturing (using a brush is fine grit (such as very fine sand) mixed into a light paste with a paint then applied by stippling motions of an old brush. its easy to over do so just pre paint the spots where you want texture with an alternate color of paint (different from the "base" color) to mark where you want the textures to be. splop it on the marked spots then base coat and weather as normal after it dries. I inadvertantly did that with a few of my nurgle tanks and it gave a wonderful "crusty" rust texture.

I use that salt technique to them scrape at the salt and pull the color off so as to expose the other color, like tin bitz under gunmetal, and then add light vomit brown touches to get that orangey rust effect

Caesar sure is dumb isn't he!

I knew I didn't trust him for a reason...

Have you considered using powders or pigments for the rust Dave?

I've used them a bit myself, but not alot, I need to learn how to use them better; but they can get a nice effect

Yes..I have many of them. They are one of my most favorite tools. I just don't know how to use their full potential yet.

Oh I don't either, I can't help you there

But you'll only get better by practice, right?

Yep, Ceasar has shown his ignorance for the mighty rivet! Therefore, he must be slain by my mighty technology!

By the way...where do I find that freak and how do I get there? I ve discovered the area almost completely... And once I pacified the whole legions headquarter in one swift move... But that fella still is missed in my to do list...

aaaavik.. you've got to go extreme SW to get to Cottonwood cove-

from there you can be invited (to infilitrate The Legion) or just go in there with Boone(he'll fire on Legion on-sight) all armored-up and up-gunned at about level 20 or depending on how you're specced out.
From there you take a raft up-river to The Fort.

Caesar is in the tallest tent on the tallest hill in the Fort (it's also where you get your army of upgraded robots for the big war). You can play all sides against each other up until a certain point. but killing Caesar doesn't matter much in the end. You just get more XP from doing all the faction quests. You'll want to do all the DLCs before starting the fight at Hoover Dam though..that's the end, and no "2 weeks later" like in Fallout 3)

Anybody here use Dawn Power Dissolver on plastic models to strip them? I've heard it can be used, but I need more detail.

The fort I knew... But I didn't find the headhoncho there... But thanks for the screenshots. I will try it tomorrow. Atm I am traveling with that brotherhood chick... She is a strong tank for sure...

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
The fort I knew... But I didn't find the headhoncho there... But thanks for the screenshots. I will try it tomorrow. Atm I am traveling with that brotherhood chick... She is a strong tank for sure...

Ceasar is in a major army tent at the center of the fort at the top, on a small hill at the peak.