i'm building a ISU-122 and i want to give it a worn out, dirty kind of look, mud here and there and some stuff ontop. but i'm not really good at doing it...tips, advice....

I used to use real mud sifted through a strainer I would add some wall joint compound a bit of tamiya earth color paint,static grass and some hairs cut from an old paint brush...add some water and just smear it all over the running gear and fenders ...you just let it dry and you can either add more or remove too much once everything has dried. Once you are satisfied with the amount you can add washes to the dirt to vary the color . I also use alot of pastels to blend in all the wear and tear.
I'm now starting to test out the MMP powders for weathering but I'm sure I will still use my method for that real down and dirty heavy stuff.


Hth
Rick

wow, that looks really good, thanks for the tips

For mud I use putty diluted with cetone to obtain the consitency I want, and I apply it with with a brush.
Then I paint it as part of the vehicle and when dryied I give the mud color with Vallejo acrylic paints and oils.

For the general dirty look after the vehicle paint and mud paint are well dryied, I give a pair of Future coats to protect the paintwork and then add oilwashes. Here I add as many oil washes I need up to reach the look that I want. Between the oilwashes I wait at least one day to let it dry and see the real effect.

Then a mate coat and some pastel chalk here and there to make it look more dusty.
Here is a pic of my very worn and dirty Panther G:

what is cetone?

It´s what the ladys use to clean the nailpaint.

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