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Official Armor Weathering Techniques Thread

Hey folks,
This may be old news, I don't think I've heard it before.

I know it's old advice to use charcoal pencils with weathering, but my main problem was that it always left very clear lines from where it was rubbed, I just couldn't get a nice spread out effect.

Well, for my helmet I actually filed my charcoal onto the helmet using an x-acto knife. Hundreds of little charcoal shavings, spread randomly onto the surface. Just wipe around or in the direction you want the blast to go and wa-la. No clearly defined lines, just a nicely dispersed blackening of varying degrees.

I plan to try it a little on my shoes and jumpsuit, if there's any interest here I'll let ya know how it goes.

Hope this helps,

Phil

<blockquote data-quote="Migrate from As You Wish" data-source="post: 42677">Official Armor Weathering Techniques ThreadHey folks,This may be old news, I don&#039;t think I&#039;ve heard it before.I know it&#039;s old advice to use charcoal pencils with weathering, but my main problem was that it always left very clear lines from where it was rubbed, I just couldn&#039;t get a nice spread out effect.Well, for my helmet I actually filed my charcoal onto the helmet using an x-acto knife.&nbsp; Hundreds of little charcoal shavings, spread randomly onto the surface.&nbsp; Just wipe around or in the direction you want the blast to go and wa-la.&nbsp; No clearly defined lines, just a nicely dispersed blackening of varying degrees.I plan to try it a little on my shoes and jumpsuit, if there&#039;s any interest here I&#039;ll let ya know how it goes.Hope this helps,Phil</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Migrate from As You Wish, post: 42677"] [b]Official Armor Weathering Techniques Thread[/b] Hey folks, This may be old news, I don't think I've heard it before. I know it's old advice to use charcoal pencils with weathering, but my main problem was that it always left very clear lines from where it was rubbed, I just couldn't get a nice spread out effect. Well, for my helmet I actually filed my charcoal onto the helmet using an x-acto knife. Hundreds of little charcoal shavings, spread randomly onto the surface. Just wipe around or in the direction you want the blast to go and wa-la. No clearly defined lines, just a nicely dispersed blackening of varying degrees. I plan to try it a little on my shoes and jumpsuit, if there's any interest here I'll let ya know how it goes. Hope this helps, Phil [/QUOTE]

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