How to do paint wear effect like this?

I once did it by using a toothbrush with paint. I put paint in a small dish and dip the toothbrush, then, bring the brush near to the model, with one finger, carefully press the brush and release, (more like scraching the bursh with your finger), paint will ejected from the brush and deposit on the surface. Practice this with different force and you will be able to control the dots.

 Good luckl

 

uh-oh wrote:

I once did it by using a toothbrush with paint. I put paint in a small dish and dip the toothbrush, then, bring the brush near to the model, with one finger, carefully press the brush and release, (more like scraching the bursh with your finger), paint will ejected from the brush and deposit on the surface. Practice this with different force and you will be able to control the dots.  Good luckl

 

Hi. I've tried that. I used unthinned enamel (so there's no dripping) and used toothbrush to flick it on. Some drops looked ok, but there were also large drops that seemed out of scale. I also tried using a screen (bug mesh for windows) to flick the toothbrush since pressure would of been more even this way, it still didn't completely prevent the large drops from happening. 

Take an old, small paint brush and cut off almost all of the bristles. Only leave a stub. now bang it against the table in a straight down direction. Really beat it up, bend the bristle stubs up really well. Load the brush with paint and then wipe it off on a paper towel or rag until most of the paint is gone, just like you would for dry brushing. Now lightly pat the brush against the surface to be painted. Ninety degrees to the surface will be best. Practice, more paint, less paint, hit harder or lighter. Let me know how it works.

Welcome rios!  Follow this link for a weathering tutorial including how to create the type of wear your asking about.

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that one I did not notice.

Seemed like a good method though, and it would be somewhat controllable. 

I'll have to give it a try. Thanks for pointing it out for me.

rios wrote:

Thanks for pointing it out for me.

No sweat, friend.  I hope to try it out soon myself!

Hi guys.

I tried out both hkshooter and doog's methods earlier tonight.

Sorry hkshooter, but the foam method seemed easier to control. With a brush (I have those brushes that's premade into the form you described btw), the dot sizes looked a bit too uniformed, and you could sort of see the pattern repeating. The depth of color was also quite difficult to control since the brush was very dry.

dogg's method was very easy. The foam soaked up excessive paint so there was almost no smearing from the process, although a steady hand would still help. I used 1/4 square chunks of cut off foam. After it was picked up by a tweezer, the foam surface was curved and became even smaller. I also tried using a heated needle to burn off some areas of the foam, which made the dots more spreaded. I used a reversed tweezer/clamp, it worked like a special paint brush with exchangable tips :D 

Wonderful! Thanks for reporting back. I don't do much armor but I will have to find something to thry the foam method on. Looks cool.