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Yes, I know that there are one dozen tutorials out there and this is discussed before in the forum, but I need help for a specific way to do it.
So I have some Space Marines, they have this shiny unrealistic look. I have Ryza Ryst and Typhus corrosion and so far this is the only thing I have. Can you let me know how can I achieve weathering by using those with just a couple of mettalics and washes. Should I use a sponge then drybrush rust over the spots?

Well what level of weathering do you want to do?

Are they trenched in guys with minimal maintenance time or fresh as a rose ultramarine that just recently dropped in?

or are they plauge marines who gives no feths.

for the guys in some short term battle, you honestly just need to scuff up the shoulder pads, elbows and knee cap down with a bit of metalic edging to show that they are running around doing things

then add some dirt/dust color a bit on the boots to show they are running around.

Dont forget a little soot or metal burn around weapons,

also pretty much every drop pod should be weathered with burns and scuffs around the door leafs. unless they dropped into a car wash they will always have atmospheric entry burns.

 Desubot wrote:
Well what level of weathering do you want to do?

Are they trenched in guys with minimal maintenance time or fresh as a rose ultramarine that just recently dropped in?

or are they plauge marines who gives no feths.

for the guys in some short term battle, you honestly just need to scuff up the shoulder pads, elbows and knee cap down with a bit of metalic edging to show that they are running around doing things

then add some dirt/dust color a bit on the boots to show they are running around.

Dont forget a little soot or metal burn around weapons,

also pretty much every drop pod should be weathered with burns and scuffs around the door leafs. unless they dropped into a car wash they will always have atmospheric entry burns.

Well I dont plan drastic weathering. Just a bit of mud and dust on the feet, a little bit of metallics here and there. The chapter is not really that battle damaged.

Mud and dust? what kinda base will you use.

whatever technique you will use you should try and follow it up on the model.

Dusty dirt: weathering pigment works wonders.

Muddy base: if the mud is fresh with puddles and stuff then whatever mud compound you use you should bring it up to the legs since space marines are heavy AF


Rust wont make sense unless its some kinda toxic corrosive world.

if you want quick mud you could add some grit to your dirt color. i believe most people use drywall Spackle (watch out for the plastic kind as it wont dry properly and has no grit) and a bit of super fine sand. but at that point you could just get a bottle of the new texture paints gw is doing.

as dry wall spackle is white , its going to lighting up your mud which is fine as mud drys it gets lighter

leave the top edges alone on the legs and wash it down so it looks like its drying but still wet.

If you're looking to achieve a good looking rust using those paints you simply apply the typhus corrosion (generally I stipple this on with a small drybrush) depending on the size of the miniature, I would then leave this to dry and follow up with a drybrush over the top of the areas that you put typhus corrosion with your ryza rust. After this is I'll sometimes use a product by AK interactive called rust streaks over the final drybrush just to give it a more rusty feel.

Alternatively when trying to achieve a battle damaged / weathered look I'll focus on parts like where bullets and projectiles would hit the space marine, where he might have been crouching etc, for this I'll use a small piece of sponge and I think its called leadbelcher or sometime skavenblight dinge depending on the armour colour and just gently sponge it on focusing those areas of impact.

As Desubot said pigments are a great thing to use when trying to apply battle damage / weathering, personally I'd recommend AK interactive's products as they give really good results, but I know there are others out there.

Here they have some great kits and products that allow simple weathering effects: http://ak-interactive.com/v2/product-category/ak-weathering-products/weathering-sets/

Also whilst I think about it here Warhammer TV do some great little tutorials on the texture paints etc..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px18NSorf1g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN1tu4pSSig

I Will give AK a try, but it gets a little expensive with their pigment fixer.

Lahmian medium is a good suitable pigment fixer. Just dab it over where you have applied pigment (though don't brush it on, just dab) and it will set the pigment and make it touch safe. Pigment fixer will probably be more suitable for heavier pigmenting however.

A sponge is a great friend to have when it comes to weathering. Any darker colour sponged on (sparingly mind) in the right places will add character. Keep changing the angle you approach at and the bit of sponge in contact as you don't want a repeating pattern.

When it comes to chips in paintwork, I'd urge against using metallic paint. Just because the model you're painting chips silver when you drop it, it doesn't follow that other things do. I'd sponge on the "damage" in the most worn areas then apply chips with a soft pencil. Graphite gives a much more subtle and realistic look to that sort of thing. You can even smear it down onto the worn paint to blend it in better. The final varnish will seal it in place.