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Hello all.

I am having trouble painting chipped and battle damaged black armor on my marines. I have tried using darker browns then more grey colors, but they don't seem natural on the armor. Any tips?

Much thanks.

I'd recommend going with lighter briowns into almost orange for the rust effect.

That could work. I'm trying to make them griddy and beat up as much as possible. Bullet holes and scratches.

Use the salt and hairspray technique

shauni55 wrote:
Use the salt and hairspray technique

Those are fantastic ways to achieve that look he is going for, heck I use the hairspray technique on all my rusted out stuff. However it assumes one has an airbrush....




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 FinkleLord wrote:
That could work. I'm trying to make them griddy and beat up as much as possible. Bullet holes and scratches.

The best bullet holes I have seen are started before the primer hits the models. Some people just drill them in with a pin vice. I've seen people take the pin and heat it up using a candle or lighter and melt the hole at an angle. Some use a hobby knife to make the effect.

After painted and all that you rust or use a shiny metal going out from the hole to show how it impacted the armor around the hole.