Realistic RUSTY ARMOUR - How to paint weathered armour

In this video we're covering how to paint aged, worn, rusty armour - the rust is actually optional, as is the degree of age you suggest (just wash more/less or highlight more/less). It is perfect for painting chainmail, also!
The video is packed with painting tips and tricks, and the method is extremely flexible, allowing you to fit it to whatever plan you have for your scheme.
This technique is basically at the zero/minimal skill level, as it's extremely forgiving, and very hard to get wrong, as long as you follow the steps. Mistakes are hidden by following stages, and very suddenly you jump from something which looks 'OK' to something that looks amazing!
Let us know your thoughts - which leg did you prefer?
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[@RTB-cw1cx]

Nice to see Byron has found a good use for the dozens of Champagne corks he has cluttering the place up 😀

[@ArtisOpus]

As far as I am concerned the corks are the best part of a champagne.. Gin lover😅

[@RTB-cw1cx]

@@ArtisOpus you know things are going well when you can buy champagne just for the corks. Great channel by the way, and great brushes. I'm having a brilliant time with my D series box.

[@bevanwilson8820]

You have a habit lately of making multiple styles/versions of something in one video that I keep going back on forth on which one I prefer. They both look so good!

[@ArtisOpus]

Thanks, dude! This is actually the one that I struggled with the most in terms of picking a favourite, you're not alone😅

[@markembleton8226]

Ooooh, I'm tempted to have a go at the Ironjawz megaboss using the blue method. Maybe a combination of both on different armour panels. Really nice work. Thanks for sharing.

[@LeninovaPles]

Absolute class. Great result, man. Will definitely experiment with it.

[@ArtisOpus]

[@markdorn8873]

Beautiful work! Great video, too. It made weathering and rusting so easy. Also, it's clear I've been drybrushing wrong all these years...

[@ArtisOpus]

:D I think quite lot of people have come to this realisation, you won't be to blame, unless they've seen our stuff there's only one way drybrushing was widely taught, even the name is unhelpful/wrong, really! :) Any questions let us know, mate. In another comment, as YT is awful for reply notifications !

[@S2uBuGaming]

Excellent vid as always Byron. I did something similar to this for my first ever Stormcast Eternal model and it looked amazing (no ageing though, they are shiny boi's) Keep up the great work my friend. Congrats on reaching 40k subs!

[@ArtisOpus]

Brilliant, their armour is a really perfect base for so many different techniques👌😊 Thanks again for the support, bud! ❤

[@imp3ri3x93]

Love the effect. First foot was my favourite one 👍🏻

[@ArtisOpus]

Awesome! Thank you!🤩

[@xenocide1307]

Some acrylic glaze medium added to contrasts or inks can help combat them being less controllable on metallic base coats.

[@leonnilsson1304]

Love it!, great way to work metallics!

[@jaredadamson7196]

I think the first one looks like more of a scale model look. The color change when mixing in the incubi darkness gives the medal more of a real world feel. I like it. The second method feels like classic table top. Both look great!

[@simonleach6632]

looking good man, especially the first one, might try this out on my orks actually, having already tried and failed to come up with any other ideas that actually look good, this might be just what I need!

[@ArtisOpus]

Absolutely, dude! It's pretty flexible too so you can take it in any direction needed with relative ease😊

[@DaRedGobbo]

Amazing tutorial. This will come in handy once my Cursed City box arrives!

[@ArtisOpus]

Glad it is useful! Thanks so much for your support!🤗

[@johncolella2715]

I really like this technique, I am excited to try it.

[@ArtisOpus]

Thanks, dude! Have fun and let us know how it goes🤩

[@kantairs4824]

Looks like a nice one for the cursed city ulfenwatch skellies

[@ArtisOpus]

Oh, dude, it's absolutely perfect! I literally can't think of a better set of minis to do it on😊

[@WladSawicki]

Now i know how to pait my "The Dead Keep" minis when i will get it

[@bicskeiz]

Great hints (again), thanks!

[@ArtisOpus]

You're most welcome! Thanks for watching🤩

[@bicskeiz]

@@ArtisOpus I normally use another method, but it only works for all-around rusty armour: basepainting with rust color, heavy drybrushing with iron-metallic, washing with fleshshade (the orangey hue works really good here). And if I want a really old, rotten look (undead), or something like rusty cast iron (which is more of a grey), I make the heavy drybrushing with a medium-dark gray, and then a very light drybrush with iron, possibly some iron strippled on the weapon edges (+shade). But I will try this on a fitting character model!

[@wargamesgeek1334]

wow, absolutely brilliant, new subscriber

[@ArtisOpus]

Awesome, thank you and welcome aboard🤩❤

[@neilkirkley1500]

Had a go at this tutorial tonight with some Scale 75 Boreal Green for my Slambo conversion for my Slaves to Darkness army, really good results I'll see if I can send I picture in for the next critique video.

[@ArtisOpus]

That sounds awesome, I'll definitely know to look out for it. Sounds like a good looking army👌😊

[@neilkirkley1500]

@@ArtisOpus how do we submit for the Critique videos, is there an email address?

[@MrTelecasterIV]

If the paint isn't "sticking" to the surface and has the tendency to "run" away just ad a tiny drop of normal dish soap. This will release the surface tension on the model. You can also dip the model in some soapy water. Try to paint pure water on a primed model and then add a a drop of soap, you will see the difference.

[@saucissonfurtif6148]

And you just gave me the solution for my skeletons weapons thx !!

[@ArtisOpus]

It'd be perfect for it🤩You're most welcome😊

[@notoriousnz2522]

Amazing technic, looks great on chaos warriors/

[@PabloModelkits]

Reminder ON

[@ArtisOpus]

Did you catch it?😊

[@PabloModelkits]

@@ArtisOpus yes thanks!

[@Darognarr]

I'd like to see how you would weather copper, would it be covered in verdigris or something else. I'm also quite into Ad Mech so content on this faction would be awesome ^^

[@shibahile]

yeees some weathering tips for copper would be amazing

[@ArtisOpus]

I'd absolutely verdigri it up... any excuse for turquoise 😊

[@AvatardesFisches]

I Wish you could do a new Video and Paint a whole miniature with this approach

[@darrenj3720]

Andddddd add to favourites.

[@ArtisOpus]

Yeyy👍🤩

[@blackstride]

Im going to reference this tutorial for my Elden Ring General Radahn cosplay. It is a little intimidating for a lifesize armor for this amount of detail, but I hope it turns out atleast half as good as this!!

[@ArtisOpus]

Get those big old brushes out, good luck!

[@ht9538]

Can’t wait, any plans for a custodies tutorial? :)

[@ArtisOpus]

I hope you liked it! This is getting asked a lot, I just need to figure out how to deal with their level of detail, which is pretty extreme😅

[@scoutingtheweb]

Tempting to try the incubi one for an ironjaws army but not sure i could pull it off getting it consistent with the mixing and between the flesh and other bits on them

[@ArtisOpus]

This is easily solved just mix yourself up a pot of mix and only ever use that. 😊

[@scoutingtheweb]

@@ArtisOpus that’s a good shout! And in second look at the army there’s a lot more armour than I thought so don’t need to worry about getting between the flesh and stuff.

[@Himle_]

24h army challenge sounds interesting! I do believe this means a live stream, right? :D Actually one of my next minis has blue armor, so going to give this a whirl.

[@ArtisOpus]

I don't think I can livestream it, I am not sure if people need to see me going insane😅 Enjoy!

[@Himle_]

@@ArtisOpus :D :D Need vs Want? Seriously though, totally understandable (-:

[@scoutingtheweb]

I use skrag brown and troll slayer too for rust a little tip I got from Graham Shirley

[@ArtisOpus]

I've got a lot of love for Graham, I've handed him some very nice swords as painting prizes in fact😅

[@scoutingtheweb]

@@ArtisOpus I play at the same club, his yearly highlight and pretty much all he paints all year is for that one event , he’ll be able to arm his own army soon with those swords 😅

[@alphaleigpyne]

The darker colour scheme is good for the armies of the dead, like armour worn by Oleksander Halgrim from Warhammer Quest: Cursed City. The lighter armour rust would make a more gritter scheme for that worn by Emelda Braskov.

[@ArtisOpus]

I just googled these to refresh my mind I think you might have Stormcast beat for perfect recipients of the technique👌😊

[@roninklaus5379]

looks great even before seeing the video

[@ArtisOpus]

Thanks! How about after seeing it?😊

[@corkey2077]

Definitely doing this on my warhammer quest skeleton hoard

[@ArtisOpus]

I can't think of a more appropriate spot for the technique to be used👌😊

[@alireid21]

Hey, will you guys will be doing another react video? Those are really good and give awesome tips! Keep up the good work :D

[@ArtisOpus]

Thanks, dude! We certainly are, will be up pretty soon! Did you send us your minis too?😊😊

[@alireid21]

That I did 😁 typhus from deathguard on my own take of the *Lords of Decay*

[@alireid21]

@@ArtisOpus will send in again if you guys didn't get them 👍

[@ShipWreck68]

This is the same method us tank modellers paint exhaust pipes and rusty wheels

[@mattvandart9055]

Another way to solve the initial problem with the metalic spray is to bosh some matt varnish over the base coat

[@ArtisOpus]

Absolutely, this is a great point, which do you prefer? I find that anything from a spray can struggle to be as matte as you need.😊

[@mattvandart9055]

@@ArtisOpus any spray varnish, you can use munitorium spray but putting it on a pre heated radiator straight after you give it a light coat works well, it dries too quickly to settle into a satin finish so remains matte and as such has the micro texture required to stop it from repelling the wash is formed.

[@-Ambos-]

GREAT video! Which Color did you mix with metallic gold for the base color of the gold version? And did you also use Seraphim Sepia for the golden one? I don´t have any colors yet and would like to know which ones to get. Oh and in the first part of the video it seems like you use Nuln Oil, let it dry, Nuln Oil, let it dry, then Sepia with a bit Nuln Oil and let this dry- finish. But in the end of the video I understand it like you used another fourth layer with Nuln Oil, after the Sepia layer. Which one was correct for the golden version? Would be so happy about an answer!

[@ArtisOpus]

Hey dude, I didn't use metallic gold :) I mixed incubi darkness with the silver though, if that's what you're after. Yes, I used the same sequence for both :) I didn't do a 4th nuln layer, which is why it stayed looking brighter :D Hope that helps! Any more questions ask is in another comment :)

[@sebastianhammershi629]

i prefere the one with incubidarkness the most, spimply becaus i like the way it ads a hint of color in the army.

[@ArtisOpus]

I am a solid 51% sure that's my fav, too! :D Thanks dude

[@Mawa5000]

for the less bluish leg... did you just keep going adding washes even though you said it didnt settle in the flat spaces as good as with the blue one to achieve those results shown in the end? I ask cause i actually like that one better and plan on doing Silver base coat (pure) > black wash > black wash > sepia wash > black wash > silver drybrush/edgehighlight by the way... i dont have sepia... do you know of any contrast paint which would do the same job please? :D thank you for the great idea!

[@ArtisOpus]

Yeah man, it's part of the joy of the technique, it sorts itself out :). Mix whatever is your favourite colour with medium and experiment a little, it won't be exactly the same, but should be close! You could even drop in a little brown paint, as long as you mix well!

[@Himle_]

This can be useful! (-:

[@ArtisOpus]

I hope so!😊

[@Batmanana]

Sorry, I didn’t catch it. What model is this from? Looks great!

[@ArtisOpus]

It's the leg from a Stormcast Eternal from Warhammer Age of Sigmar :)

[@dalexeiblues]

If you mix a slight amount of Lahmian Medium instead of Incubi Darkness with the metallic, will it work to catch more of the Nuln Noil ?

[@ArtisOpus]

Absolutely :)

[@nandinokrimmer2168]

Woooooooooooooooooooooohoooooooooo😍

[@ArtisOpus]

🤪😊😊

[@sergimarintwit]

This is so helpful!! Quick question: every time I use GW shades (especially Nuln Oil) I end up with this nasty shiny finish which totally ruins the shading effect. Have you had this issue while painting armor? Yours have a pretty matt finish so I was wondering...

[@Alf_Hairy-arse]

Generally this means you didn't shake the wash enough first. I always give an extra long shake with washes to avoid this.

[@sergimarintwit]

@@Alf_Hairy-arse Naaa, I've also tried shaking them real good before use and nothing...

[@WTheRegulator]

@@sergimarintwit ya got a bad bottle. Get a new one if shaking the shit outta it doesn’t work

[@Himle_]

Stupid question, but you didn't buy the gloss one by mistake? Also, drop in an agitator or two since it really helps with the mixing.

[@ArtisOpus]

A really good shake is always a good idea. It is possible that you got a bad batch though, the only thing you can really do to fix paint jobs is a retrospective matte varnish😊

[@ShadowxOmega5]

where do you get the vallejo paints? (especially the silver cause that coverage is amazin)

[@ArtisOpus]

What country are you in, dude? I get mine from Element Games😊

[@ShadowxOmega5]

@@ArtisOpus in the uk! didn't know I could get Vallejo from them!

[@Michael43056]

You know I have watched you use your "dry brush" method to make metallic things look amazing. However, can you use this method to paint , say a cloak or leather boots? I am just curious is all.

[@ArtisOpus]

Absolutely:). Check our how to paint leather/how to paint cloth/cloak videos out!

[@4LB4TR0SS]

Waow

[@ArtisOpus]

[@mikemumford133]

can you do a video on ork flesh?

[@ArtisOpus]

I definitely need to give green some more love on the channel😊

[@ThomasGallinari]

I need to try this on my Black Templars

[@ArtisOpus]

It'd be perfect for it🤩

[@Hidoi88]

Question: You wipe off paint from the brush onto you hand a lot. Any tips on getting the paint off afterwards? Or is it just a case of soap+scrubbing?

[@ArtisOpus]

Off my hand? It always comes off pretty easily with hot water and soap. I've heard you can use sugar and soap too😊

[@markdorn8873]

@@ArtisOpus If getting the paint off is a problem, I recommend Lava brand soap. It has ground up pumice in it. It's cleaned a lot of dirt, oil, and paint off my hands over the years. Nothing gentle about Lava!

[@leedobson]

You can also use the hand sanitizer we all have at home since the past two years

[@-Ambos-]

Hey, when you got the first leg in this silver tone with mixing incubi darkness with the Vallejo Air silver, how did you paint this second GOLD looking leg?

[@-Ambos-]

So how did you make it look gold, what first was a purely silver (airbrushed) leg?

[@ArtisOpus]

It's the sepia.

[@ArtisOpus]

The brighter basecoat allows the yellow tint of the sepia to push through more than the dark basecoat of the other, that's why, it's in the video.

[@-Ambos-]

@@ArtisOpus Thank you so much. Since I was missing the experience to know how those colors would behave I just didn´t get it. Now it all makes sense. :)

[@nicholassmith7984]

I wish I'd known how to do this when I painted my Death Guard.

[@ArtisOpus]

You can always go in with the weathering techniques over whatever you've already done 😊

[@nicholassmith7984]

@@ArtisOpus I'll keep that in mind. Not that I'm completely unhappy with how the trim turned out on my Death Guard; this just looks a bit better.

[@hookahpookahmerterse]

I really enjoy your tutorials but I couldn’t understand what did you do different for the shiny leg even tho I scrolled back and forth for a couple of times :/ . Plus wish your shooting and lighting is a bit more professional , it’s hard to see your colors,results of techniques and beautiful work you do in your videos. Thanks for creating and contributing to the community !

[@Alf_Hairy-arse]

I'm confused and concerned..... why did you mix incubi darkness instead of huldra blue? Are you feeling ok?

[@ArtisOpus]

Honestly Chris, it was a plea for help... the idea of being allowed out of the house is just too much!

[@Alf_Hairy-arse]

@@ArtisOpus it's ok, just because you're allowed to go out, doesn't mean you have to. You can get your paints delivered. Have you heard of a company called Element games...?

[@re1v3r]

How much champagne do you need before I git gud? 😢

[@ArtisOpus]

None, just washes! :D

[@re1v3r]

@@ArtisOpus A champagne wash?! You're brilliant, mate!! ♥️♥️ Much love, happy Friday

[@ger5956]

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