Chipping was achieved with Ammo Chipping Medium; Light on the top, Heavy towards the bottom, laid over a rust primer coat which has some browns modulated in.
After drying overnight, I scratched the surface lightly (using a small wire brush with flexible bristles). Water was added to the surface, and paint scrubbed off with a cotton bud - lots of them. This step took over 2 hours alone!
The chips were the shaded with a black wash, and highlighted with the base ochre and some P3 bonejack.
All of them. Each. And. Every. One.
This almost drove me nuts. It took over 3 hours.
After sealing the model with Testors GlossCoat, I applied oils. This is difficult to explain in detail, but you essentially add random, small, blobs of colours that contrast and complement your base. So I used Cadmium Yellow, Burnt Sienna, Titanium White, Lamp Black, and some Prussian Blue in spots. All W&N high grade oil paints.
Lighter colours applied higher up, darker below.
You then drag the colours, using a ~1cm wide short bristle brush, downwards... needs a demo.
After that the excess paint is removed, with a cotton swab (I went through a box of 100 for this project), to reveal the base coat below. Some oil sticks to this (as the surface is uneven). You can clean up spots with turpentine... on a cotton swab!
Metals were GW Boltgun Metal, applied wet, but leaving some deep areas the base rust. Washed with my super-secret formula (not really that secret..), allowed to dry, and then washed with Rust-All (wonderful stuff).
Chainmail scratches were then added.
Copper pipes and wiring were GW Beaten Copper, with a Vile Green wash.
For the lifta-droppa I chose a contrasting blue; I figured that a magnetic force, generated by electrical energy, was as good as any way to pick something up!
These were airbrushed on, using Badger Minitaire paints, from the darkest blue, through to a final white - 5 different layers for the fade.
Oil streaks were added with Burnt Sienna oil paint.
Rust powders (Secret Weapon Miniatures) were then added, in three layers with each layer's fix allowed to dry between.
After everything was dry, I sealed with Testors Dul-Coat.
Hope you enjoyed this, and thanks for reading!
~FNP
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