I would sure like to know what you weathering gurus favorite colors are. What colors are esential to your pallet. I know alot of you use chalks so I am really interested. I am also very intersted to know what weathering colors are the most popular of the comercially avaliable for an airbrush selection? Of course pictures of your work is always appreciated and inspiring. Thanks
For my Mopac fleet I use light blue and light purple chalks to age some of the older units. Tan chalk works for road dust. I usually shave the chalk with an X-acto knife into a powder and use a small paintbrush with stiff bristles to apply the dust. A charcoal pencil works well for the grilles and vents.
So far, the only weathering I have done is on my roads and highways. I use plain old artists pastel chalks. I use black, dark brown, and various shades of gray. I also have light and dark rusts, but those are for future use on rolling stock. I have found the chalks to be very easy to use and (surprisingly) quite permanent even without sealing. My best advice would be to start very light and build up as needed (the other way around just doesn't work ). Here is an example of one of my roads with subtle weathring: Jamie
All the rust and earth colors from AIM powders. Just follow the recomendations in the dirrections. I plan to aquire a few shades of gray soon to try those to. The texture is very cool. I like to use Acrylics for a fade color which includes white and a very small amount of earth, dirt, or sand. I change it up for variety. I then use oils from there on and my colors include, Black Raw Sienna Burnt Sienna Raw Umber Burnt Umber Zinc White All used to different degrees on each model. I also like Tamiya red-brown for trucks and couplers. Of course as we all share here our different methods mine will likely change.
Testor's flat enamel: -light sea gray -flat black -burnt sienna -burnt umber Light sea gray thinned with mineral spirits is my base color for most weathering. I warm it up with a little burnt sienna for dirt & dust, and add umber or black for darker effects. The enamel also mixes with artists' oils such as indian red (a good rust color).
Thanks for the input so far. I am preparing some GP60's and GP40's for a detail and weathering session. So far I have the GP 60's ready with the appropriate details applied. The GP 40's are next to get the details. Hopefully I will have enough of the following by next week. Ideas and recommendations from you my friends here on the train board Paints and materials Guts to paint brand new looking locomotives into old beat up tired looking locomotives Patients and steady hands for the task Clear eye sight (enhanced with optivisor) Time with out being rushed
I took a clinic from Scotty Mason. After that I went out and bought tubes of artists oil paints in the following colors: Black Raw Sienna Burnt Sienna Raw Umber Burnt Umber Zinc White I dilute the colors and use different strengths all the way down to washes. I have experimented on old cars and ones that never sold at the swap meet. After a few cars, I am figuring it out and really like the results.
I also like the umbers, siennas, zinc white, and black. Also, I can't recommend highly enough the article by Rich Yourstone in N Scale Railroading: Not only does he offer simple techniques, but he emphasizes the importance of color choice and illustrates this with good examples. -Gary
I use pastel chalks ($6.00 for a 24 pack). Scrape some off the sticks with the edge of an exacto blade...dust it on with a soft artist brush...finish off with a light dusting of matte clear from a cheap Dutch Boy rattlecan (2.25 at K Mart)...and waaalaaaa !! I did these 2 years ago...almost to the day. They look as dirty and weathered today as when I did them. Freight cars should NOT look all shiney and new...yuck !!! :tb-wacky: LOL :tb-biggrin: * With the 24 pack...you can mix and match any color ya want * .
More towards the bottom less towards the top. Dirt and grime collects lower first. Almost none on top. Some charcoal grey or black dusted back from the exhaust. Some on/around the vents. Sides of the sills get the worst grime/dirt. Trucks get the same. I weathered the snot out of my yard switcher! It's always to busy working the yard to see the wash rack...LOL:tb-biggrin: .
Thanks for the tip Gary; placed my order for this issue; can't learn enough in this aspect of our hobby. In my weathering pallet are MRC weatering sticks(used for accent lines on Locos & Rollingstock) Snow Sand Mud Light Earth Bragdon Weathering powders; (these stick better than the chalk sticks) Dust bowl brown,Ash, Grimy Gray, weathered brown, Green Grunge, used brick,yellow blue Also "Prismacolor; Nupastel #27048 Primary color set I use these in a combination to not only color Locos/rollingstock/ structures & scenery like plaster rock formations.
For chalks, the basic colors mentioned above are the essentials. Black and white chalk will mix in for varying shades of the same basic raw sienna, for example.
