Rust effects (Patreon)

My friends, here are all metal and rusty surfaces finished. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to do much work over the weekend as I was really slacking off. The weather is finally warm (about time 6 months in...) and it would be a shame to stay locked inside all day, so I only worked on small bits here and there. 

However, I found out an interesting thing. No matter how much I tried, I wasn't able to make rusty oil paints work for me. Either I'm used to enamels too much or they just blend in a very different way. In fact, it must be both things. But I decided to push on and use the oil palette I had prepared for this stage, because you'll never know if you don't try it! Still, I'll get back to enamel rust effects on the next model. Oils are great for larger surfaces such as the rebar cage where they worked perfectly in conjunction with light blue-grey steel tones, but everywhere else... they were just leaving this thin uniform coat of rust, not the irregular subtle effect we're used from enamels. Maybe it was the overall flat finish on the model... Either way, it was an interesting discovery.

So now I'm about to paint the remaining details such as lights and most importantly, stowage and tarps!