October 7, 2011 by beerogre
I met Alan, the owner of Modelmates at Salute 2010. The company make a series of spray primers, terrain effects and spray weathering liquids.
Take a look at the video he's made showing how the stuff works.
I'm getting some in for the studio, to try it out, so look out for a review from the redoubtable Romain soon.
In the mean time, have any of you guys used this stuff?
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SPRAY WEATHERING!?! What will they think of next?
Besides the lack of sound it was a good video. Gives some simple tips on making great weathering.
This looks like a really usefull product, the only thing that would put me off is the fact that it never completly sets. However it creates some damn nice effects relitivly easily.
Agree Frozen Also it bothers me that it is a dye, so some if not all colours may NOT be lightfast. I notice the video said use a matt varnish first. That is fine on a brick building as it will add to the brick effect. I would not want to do so where a smooth wash is requires as the dye may stain the varnish as it gets into the key. I suspect that a matt varnish is necessary though and on a glossy surface it will tend to pool into blobs through surface tension. As a general aside… Read more »
I think you can stabilize it with spray varnish afterwards… I’ll definitely look into that !
BoW Romain
Looks murder on brushes so must keep that in mind. But I say good job. Imagine some MIG Pigments on top of this for the extra layer of realism. Brilliant.
It’s not too bad on brushes but it does stain the underlying paint which is why Alan recommends a coat of varnish first. If you varnish over the top after achieving the desired weathering effect the fact it never truly sets isn’t a problem (if you don’t it’ll eventually come off in handling though).
They are very handy if, like me, you’re a very lazy painter. This one was done using blue spray paint and modelmates dyes: http://i871.photobucket.com/albums/ab271/Bob_Hambleton/Miniatures/f18b7cf4.jpg
Looks good but you could achieve a very similar effect using oil paints mixed with turps
Yes, but oil paints aren’t water-soluble (so they don’t mix with the rest of your paints and stuff) and they take a hell of a long time to dry…
BoW Romain
Hi Romain, you are right but if you use oil paints diluted with Turps or White Spirit as a kind of wash they dry quite quickly cos you dont need to use much oil paint at all (like 1 or 2% of the mixture) and then you can dab the excess off with a tissue. The main issue is that you need to varnish the model first or the mineral spirits could rub the paint off if you are too rough. I use oil paints and white spirit to weather my minis now and it works amazingly well, the oil… Read more »
@elromanozo
If I sent you a link to my painting blog would you be interested in taking a look?
If you are thinning oil paints down with turps then there will not be much, if any, binder left and as you are probably aware a subsequent layer of heavily thinned turps can lift the previous layer.
Not saying that the technique is invalid, just that it has some limitations too.