Junktown Scrapyard Crew - Update - Muthaship Supplies

[Suber]

Wow, these are absolutely spectacular!!

[clanmac]

Hope you don't mind me asking but going back to your tutorial on applying the rust effects - do you start from bare plastic/metal when you apply your brown undercoat. E.g. if you were weathering a pre-painted diecast would you strip off the original paintjob to bare metal before starting the rust effect process or just give the existing paintjob a bit of a rubdown to key and then go from there? All the best, GDonk.

Hi GDonk, no I tend not to strip diecasts unless the paint job is really thick and obscures detail. If not I just treat it as extra undercoat. For anything else, yes I do the brown coat straight onto metal or plastic. Normally that layer is pretty resilient to removing the top coat as that is acrylic and I strip the hairspray and salt away using water. The trouble comes when I apply a MIG wash and then partially remove it again. That sometimes lifts the brown undercoat back to metal and I have to do a little touching up. I’m sure if I was more careful and varnished at key stages that wouldn’t happen, but I’m too impatient for that.

[GDonk]

Cheers for the quick and very helpful response. I'll start doing some experimenting of my own . . . particularly as I've just established that the wife already has some redundant hairspray - waste not, want not, and all that. GDonk

[Dr Mathias]

I like the towed cargo, good idea. Those vehicles have seen some weather

[Commander Roj]

Thanks UVS, two source vehicles are first one - PuppetsWar Ork Buggy and second one - VOID Junkers Desert Buggy with Old Crow resin turret. Trailer is scratch built. Rust technique is as described here and over the next few pages. Basically salt and hairspray.

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=79344.450

Quick question, in the tutorial you said:

“Then a quick spray of cheap hairspray and a smattering of salt for heavily rusted areas. So we get..”

Are you sticking the salt down, letting it adhere to wet paint or does the hairspray do this?

[clanmac]

Quick question, in the tutorial you said:

“Then a quick spray of cheap hairspray and a smattering of salt for heavily rusted areas. So we get..”

Are you sticking the salt down, letting it adhere to wet paint or does the hairspray do this?

Hi, the undercoat paint should be dry and it’s the hairspray that holds the salt. You need to be quite quick as the hairspray dries quickly. I tend to do a side at a time -spray, salt and let dry for a minute, then do the next side. Even if some salt falls off, the effect still works. When you apply the water and do a little light brushing it will still lift the paint at the edges.

[Andy in Germany]

Another question re: salt method: What paint do you use for the block colour, and how do you apply it?

[clanmac]

Another question re: salt method: What paint do you use for the block colour, and how do you apply it?

Hi Andy, I’m really old school. I apply acrylics (model colour usually) with a big fat brush. It can take some of the salt off in the process but not enough to matter. I should apply it with an airbrush, but I haven’t got one, so it’s the basics for me.

[Commander Roj]

Hi, the undercoat paint should be dry and it’s the hairspray that holds the salt. You need to be quite quick as the hairspray dries quickly. I tend to do a side at a time -spray, salt and let dry for a minute, then do the next side. Even if some salt falls off, the effect still works. When you apply the water and do a little light brushing it will still lift the paint at the edges.

Perfect. Thanks. Didn’t want to assume and waste effort...

[Andy in Germany]

Hi Andy, I’m really old school. I apply acrylics (model colour usually) with a big fat brush. It can take some of the salt off in the process but not enough to matter. I should apply it with an airbrush, but I haven’t got one, so it’s the basics for me.

That's excellent news, thanks. I use hand brushed acrylics as well, and I'd assumed the salt would be knocked of by the painting. If that isn't the case I'll have to do some experimenting...

[clanmac]

Quick post. At last, a crew member for my Lady Scrappers' vehicles. Quad Bike Rider. Using Raging Heroes Jailbirds. Lovely figures.

[GDonk]

wow - no words . ..

[DintheDin]

The job on the vehicle is outstanding and very imaginative!
The teddy pig(?) at the front is all the money!
And the girl, a very fine sculpt, gorgeously painted!
Cheers1

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Very nice.

[clanmac]

Quick Update. Starting to work my way through the Butcher shop. A bit of Land Shark torso and a Rad Runner's sting barb, set against the refrigerator unit. There will be a little more blood, but I will add that at the end to everything at once.

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