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I'm sorry to post asking a really popular question but I went to my local GW earlier to discuss rust effects and I came out of there a little more confused than going in.

The bloke within the shop seems like a real top guy, really helpful and polite. He showed me some models that he painted the rust effect on and they looked really good.

He advised that he used rhinox hide as a base, then doombull brown and then finished off with skrag brown. He said that some times he sponged the paints on but sometimes used a brush to get the effect.

Does any one actually know how he achieved the effect with these colours? Do I paint them on or sponge and how exactly would I do that? I'm sorry to ask but I am a beginner and got a little confused when he explained.

Hope someone can help.

I don't know about GW but maybe look into Modelmates Rust effects, its a liquid you paint on and it looks really good and you can get different rust colours depending on how much of it you use

Oh man, I've got a video coming Monday that uses paints to get an awesome rust effect. I don't use those exact paints, but the colors are really close.

The technique I used is called stippling. You use a fairly beat up brush and dip it into some paint. Then you wipe a bunch of the paint off the brush on a towel or tissue. Once you've done that, start using a stabbing motion with the tip of your brush on to your mini.

This will create small groupings of paint dots which will help to create the illusion of texture for the rust.

You can also use a sponge from a blister pack or some pluckfoam to do the same thing. Tear at the surface of the sponge a bit first so that it doesn't have an even texture. Then dip it into some paint and drab most of the paint away on a towel or tissue. Lastly start dabbing the sponge on the areas of the mini you want the rust effect to be on.

With both techniques cover a larger area with the first color and then go smaller with the next and finally just a few spots with the last color.

Keep an eye out for the video this Monday. I'll be sure to post it here in the forums.

In the meantime, take a look at my thread "Studio Workshop - How to: Paint Rust with Dry Pigments"

 UselesswizarD wrote:
Oh man, I've got a video coming Monday that uses paints to get an awesome rust effect. I don't use those exact paints, but the colors are really close.

The technique I used is called stippling. You use a fairly beat up brush and dip it into some paint. Then you wipe a bunch of the paint off the brush on a towel or tissue. Once you've done that, start using a stabbing motion with the tip of your brush on to your mini.

This will create small groupings of paint dots which will help to create the illusion of texture for the rust.

You can also use a sponge from a blister pack or some pluckfoam to do the same thing. Tear at the surface of the sponge a bit first so that it doesn't have an even texture. Then dip it into some paint and drab most of the paint away on a towel or tissue. Lastly start dabbing the sponge on the areas of the mini you want the rust effect to be on.

With both techniques cover a larger area with the first color and then go smaller with the next and finally just a few spots with the last color.

Keep an eye out for the video this Monday. I'll be sure to post it here in the forums.

In the meantime, take a look at my thread "Studio Workshop - How to: Paint Rust with Dry Pigments"

Having seen that clip, do you have to use a sealant on the model afterwards to make sure the dried pigment doesn't rub off afterwards?

Rhinox hide base, skrag brown stippled on, blazing orange stippled on and finally chain mail in tiny amounts.

Stippling the paint on is the key It's the same effect as sponging.

This should be in P&M, not tutorials.

Also, Ryza dust is GW's rust paint. It's a bright orange but settles quite a dark orange colour. Can post pictures if required. Very good results from it and pencil scrapes.

dont buy expensive or lots of paints..get a brown, and an orange..i use orange from an artists acryllic set. its nice and lumpy..gives an effect like GW dry brush paint. brown base, orange over the top, i then drybrush with necron compound, but any ferrous metal colour will do, then put agrax earthshade wash over it. simple.

 Scipio Africanus wrote:
This should be in P&M, not tutorials.

Also, Ryza dust is GW's rust paint. It's a bright orange but settles quite a dark orange colour. Can post pictures if required. Very good results from it and pencil scrapes.

Ryza rust is awesome. Especially over a silver base and typhus corrosion.

Many thanks for the quick replies, been really helpful to be fair

 UselesswizarD wrote:


Keep an eye out for the video this Monday. I'll be sure to post it here in the forums.

In the meantime, take a look at my thread "Studio Workshop - How to: Paint Rust with Dry Pigments"

Userlesswizerd - I'll certainly be keeping an eye out for that video, looking forward to it.

 Scipio Africanus wrote:
This should be in P&M, not tutorials.

Also, Ryza dust is GW's rust paint. It's a bright orange but settles quite a dark orange colour. Can post pictures if required. Very good results from it and pencil scrapes.

Scipio - the guy in GW said that the Ryza rust is too orangy? Have you got any photos to hand please? Sorry to be a pain.

I used ryza rust and the other technical paint on my imperial guard tanks in my imperial guard galllery, really easy to do

The rust effect here is done using exactly the technique described in the OP. Basecoat the Doombull, heavy drybrush the Skrag, stipple the Orange and sponge the Metallic.

Important to pay attention to the fact that those areas with the heaviest wear are least likely to accumulate rust, as well as the reverse, and that the older rust gets, the darker it becomes.

I invite you to check out my thread on a rust landraider project using powders:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/302092.page

Let me know if you would like more information on my process.

When I did my rusted bases, I went for more of a slightly rusted, but still trafficked and set upon look. What I was going for was less of the powdery, extreme rust you see a lot of with rust effects powders, paints, etc... and more of the trpe of rust you see on weathered street grating, manhole covers, iron equipment, and the like. Here are some pictures of the results, followed by the the technique I used.







Achived with the following

Basecoat Leadbelcher
Nulin Oil Wash
Tin bitz + Scorched Brown 50/50 heavy stipple
Bubonic Brown + Blazing Orange 70/30 medium stipple
Blazing orange very light stipple
Heavy wash Delvan Mud
Bubonic Brown very light stipple
Drybrush Chain Mail

If it was an actual GW shop, I'm surprised they didn't recommend Typhus Corrosion followed by a drybrush of Ryza Rust.