menoseloso
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I'm wanting to weather up the body's of a few of my Walking Dead customs to give them that dirty grime sweaty kind of look. I'm just looking for some advice on the best way to do it. Thanks.
Methods for weathering 1/6 muscle body's?
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mmmmBrains
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I've found chalk pastels are good if ground up into a dust and applied with a brush.
menoseloso
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What type of pastels do you use? And what do you seal it with? Gloss varnish?
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mmmmBrains
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I don't think the brand matters, whatever chalk pastels you can find. That's just to dirty them up. Haven't got as far as adding sweat effects/sealing it. The chalk also works really well for weathering clothing.
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But if you rub the clothes the chalk go off?
I think a sealer afterward would prevent that Ricardo
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Thnks
actually i think i ll try the chalk in clothes that i dont want a permanent weathering effect. And see if i can remove
Chalk pastel are great , but different brands are in fact different.
I have 6 sets of pastels and when sealed with flat laquer they can dry darker , the same or very light so you need to find a brand that suits you.
And you must seal them as it softens the edges and blends it in more.
Never spray the whole thing in gloss I use Matt but I prefer a satin look on skin.
Yes pastels do work n clothes but can rub off in the hand and I tried sealing pastel on clothes and the material went white , well with humbrol Matt it did , still need to try with testors dull cote.
Watered down acrylic paint works good too.
I have 6 sets of pastels and when sealed with flat laquer they can dry darker , the same or very light so you need to find a brand that suits you.
And you must seal them as it softens the edges and blends it in more.
Never spray the whole thing in gloss I use Matt but I prefer a satin look on skin.
Yes pastels do work n clothes but can rub off in the hand and I tried sealing pastel on clothes and the material went white , well with humbrol Matt it did , still need to try with testors dull cote.
Watered down acrylic paint works good too.
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menoseloso
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Thanks man. I actually have a Tamiya weathering kit somewhere I think I'm going to play around with. I think I'll try the watered down acrylics too. I have a few older knock off body's Ill experiment with before to get the feel. The reason I said gloss varnish was for sealing it in and making it look kind of sweaty. I've used that before just to add sweat to a sculpt, but never to actually seal in anything.
Yeah gloss can take and age to dry but if you want sweaty I suggest satin all over and then add streaks and droplets of gloss.
But it is upto the person painting it as it is their figure
Yeah I have a few of this tamiya kits not used as of yet need to try .
