Weathering/chipping

[Boyd]

Hiya,

I\'m in the process of painting Cadians in a dark red colour and was thinking of trying the chipped/weathered style on them. Anyone got ideas/advice what colours those chips can be painted in to produce a realistic effect? The red is really dark so it won\'t look good with black.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Tahn]

Are you talking about paint chips? A guy I know at our local store done some chips on a chimera by just painting the thing normally, then painting metal chip shapes on the edges, basically just painting little bits of metal over the paint job on the edges.

 

[Ritual]

Outline the chipped areas with a dark brown (maybe with a little red added to it).

 

[Boyd]

Tahn: yup, paint chips. Although I\'m not fond of bare metal, most military vehicles/weapons seem to have been primed before adding camo colours and such. And it\'s the colour of the primer I\'m after

Ritual: ah, brown might actually work. Thanks.

 

[Ritual]

If you want a primered surface to be visible, I\'d go for a grey one. Use the brown to emphasize the contour between the red and the grey and to create a false 3D effect. The brown contour must be very fine so a good idea is to start painting the chipped are brown, then paint the grey and just leave a fine brown contour inbetween the grey and the red.

 

[DaN]

As with what Ritual said - Having the thin layer of brown showing between the red \"painted\" areas and the grey \"primered\" areas - but if you can help it - to make it appear slightly more 3D - have one edge of the chips slightly thicker.

Also - brown is a great base coat for reds (Snakebite will really bring out the richness of blood red for example)

 

[EArkham]

Also, smaller is better when it comes to chips. It\'s easy to overdo it. A handful of well placed chips will look much better than a ton of chips all over.

Kep