Bobs Sci-fi- Ugly beast that run with the rusty tanks

[bobhope]

Few little gaming projects on the go - mostly so each of the kids has their own army to fight with

[Bravo Six]

WOW Bob!  That's incredible weathering!

[Genghis]

WOW Bob!  That's incredible weathering!

I'll echo that, that's some seriously impressive weathering on the vehicles.

[bobhope]

Colonisation teams- from various sources

[OSHIROmodels]

Great stuff 

[Mason]

Lovely brushwork all round, but those great weathered vehicles are stunning!
 

[Sinewgrab]

I, like the rest, are very impressed with the weathering - any chance for a rundown on the how?

[majorsmith]

Very nice! I love the rhino with massive gun, looks really weathered and battle weary

[Grumpy Gnome]

Great stuff, brilliantly painted. I particularly like what you did with the AOS Dwarves. Great idea that!

[Spinal Tap]

As others have said, very impressive work, I especially love the blue camo on the sniper.

[bobhope]

I, like the rest, are very impressed with the weathering - any chance for a rundown on the how?

Thanks!
The weathering (like most techniques I use) is a fairly quick process, which gives a pretty good impression of rust, whilst being robust enough to game with;

-Primed black with rattle can
-Sprayed erratically all over with red rattle can - light dusting, with heavier patches (panels below sort of show it better)
- light dusting with black again to break up any solid areas
Allowed to properly harden overnight

Then hairspray all over and light spray of top contrast colour and any markings


Which is then scrubbed and scratched to death with toothbrush/dish scourers etc

- ink washes/oil washes/contrast paint over the top to tone it all down and blend it all in

& some HB pencil for scratches/burnishing bolt heads etc

Few panel shots below to show better than I can describe

[Sinewgrab]

Excellent!  Thank you.

[bobhope]

Possibly the largest army I think I’ve ever built- spread over about 20yrs 

[EndTransmission]

Wow, fantastic work on all of those. I especially like the yellow glow on the drake

[Spinal Tap]

Absolutely fantastic painting.