More model-making: rusting things up

[major_clanger]

A little while back I made and painted the Minion Dalek I'd picked up at a model show. He looked like he could do with something to stand on so I thought I'd try out another model-weathering technique.

Comments

[history_monk]

OK, that's clever. My visualisation suggests the rust would happen on the bumps in the surface, though, since that's where the paint and/or galvanisation would wear fastest.

[major_clanger]

Yes, and in fact in some places you can see the bumps have been where the top layer has come off first. Technically this would be more accurate for simulating paint flaking off over rust, but even on bare metal like this it gives a more realistic looking effect I think than trying to paint rust on top .

[ffutures]

VERY silly - I like it!

[ffutures]

One thought though - usually decking like that has welds or other seams at intervals, or consists of metal plates bolted to a supporting frame. I'm not saying you can't have an uninterrupted sheet that size, but some sort of discontinuity could add realism.

[major_clanger]

Good point! If I do something like this again, I'll try that. (I recently got a book on doing detailed modelling for armoured vehicles that has a section on replicating welds, so I can get some ideas from there.)

[major_clanger]

The Minion is from a line done by RetroKit.