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Hello,
i just thought i would share my method of painting and weathering with you all. obviously you have to go out and select the right colors for othe costume.
so, what i would do is prime all of my pieces that needed to be painted first. helmet, armor etc. onc the primer has dried i will put my forst coat down....but not paint....a lot of folks use a nice silver paint for the damage marks on the helmet and suit but i wanted the closest thing to metal i could find...SILVER LEAF! i cover the part in the adhesive that the silver leaf comes with..wait 60 min and then you can lay down your sheets of leaf. then you can seal the leaf in with a flat clear coat. usually you dont have to...if you can, leave the silver leaf raw...because....you;re going to tape off as best you can, all of you blast marks..then begin layering paint on. first the yellow...oncet hat has dried tape again so you can create the yellow around the blast marks for the armor..then lay your greens on. i use 2-3 different greens for my armor. try and create a darker color that may look a bit spotty. for the knees and shoulders, i use yellow and orange paint at the same time crossing the streams of spray to get a nice yellow/orange color that looks perfect. so..paints done and now its time to remove the masking tape. viola! you have a nice new set of armor with real metal blast marks...the only problem is that it looks too new! her is my other secret...i use ash from the fireplace to weather my stuff. nit that white ash but the black chared pieces of wood that you can find after the fire has died. take the chared ash and crush it between your fingers and begin to rub it all over the armor. this creates the best blast marks and weathering you can imagine. really rub it into the silver leaf and add soem blast marks, use the piece of charred wood directly on the armor to make nice dark score marks. you have to seal it tho, otherwise the ash will dust right off so grab some flat clear coat and give it a light spray to seal the ash in. looks fantastic! i will try and take some pics so you can all see the finished product.
Steve

<blockquote data-quote="stevel48" data-source="post: 42683">Hello,i just thought i would share my method of painting and weathering with you all.&nbsp; obviously you have to go out and select the right colors for othe costume.so, what i would do is prime all of my pieces that needed to be painted first.&nbsp; helmet, armor etc.&nbsp; onc the primer has dried i will put my forst coat down....but not paint....a lot of folks use a nice silver paint for the damage marks on the helmet and suit but i wanted the closest thing to metal i could find...SILVER LEAF!&nbsp; i cover the part in the adhesive that the silver leaf comes with..wait 60 min and then you can lay down your sheets of leaf.&nbsp;&nbsp; then you can seal the leaf in with a flat clear coat. usually you dont have to...if you can, leave the silver leaf raw...because....you;re going to tape off as best you can, all of you blast marks..then begin layering paint on. first the yellow...oncet hat has dried tape again so you can create the yellow around the blast marks for the armor..then lay your greens on. i use 2-3 different greens for my armor. try and create a darker color that may look a bit spotty.&nbsp; for the knees and shoulders, i use yellow and orange paint at the same time crossing the streams of spray to get a nice yellow/orange color that looks perfect. so..paints done and now its time to remove the masking tape.&nbsp; viola!&nbsp; you have a nice new set of armor with real metal blast marks...the only problem is that it looks too new!&nbsp;&nbsp; her is my other secret...i use ash from the fireplace to weather my stuff.&nbsp; nit that white ash but the black chared pieces of wood that you can find after the fire has died.&nbsp; take the chared ash and crush it between your fingers and begin to rub it all over the armor. this creates the best blast marks and weathering you can imagine.&nbsp; really rub it into the silver leaf and add soem blast marks, use the piece of charred wood directly on the armor to make nice dark score marks.&nbsp; you have to seal it tho, otherwise the ash will dust right off so grab some flat clear coat and give it a light spray to seal the ash in.&nbsp; looks fantastic! i will try and take some pics so you can all see the finished product.Steve</blockquote>

[QUOTE="stevel48, post: 42683"] Hello, i just thought i would share my method of painting and weathering with you all. obviously you have to go out and select the right colors for othe costume. so, what i would do is prime all of my pieces that needed to be painted first. helmet, armor etc. onc the primer has dried i will put my forst coat down....but not paint....a lot of folks use a nice silver paint for the damage marks on the helmet and suit but i wanted the closest thing to metal i could find...SILVER LEAF! i cover the part in the adhesive that the silver leaf comes with..wait 60 min and then you can lay down your sheets of leaf. then you can seal the leaf in with a flat clear coat. usually you dont have to...if you can, leave the silver leaf raw...because....you;re going to tape off as best you can, all of you blast marks..then begin layering paint on. first the yellow...oncet hat has dried tape again so you can create the yellow around the blast marks for the armor..then lay your greens on. i use 2-3 different greens for my armor. try and create a darker color that may look a bit spotty. for the knees and shoulders, i use yellow and orange paint at the same time crossing the streams of spray to get a nice yellow/orange color that looks perfect. so..paints done and now its time to remove the masking tape. viola! you have a nice new set of armor with real metal blast marks...the only problem is that it looks too new! her is my other secret...i use ash from the fireplace to weather my stuff. nit that white ash but the black chared pieces of wood that you can find after the fire has died. take the chared ash and crush it between your fingers and begin to rub it all over the armor. this creates the best blast marks and weathering you can imagine. really rub it into the silver leaf and add soem blast marks, use the piece of charred wood directly on the armor to make nice dark score marks. you have to seal it tho, otherwise the ash will dust right off so grab some flat clear coat and give it a light spray to seal the ash in. looks fantastic! i will try and take some pics so you can all see the finished product. Steve [/QUOTE]

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