Small Scale Military Headquarters

Saw the topic below on aircraft metal painting and was wondering if anyone has a link to something on painting to look/texture to look like steel or iron for dios and ground pieces e.g. building, bunkers etc.

I'm looking to make a few new scratch built pieces and would love to move away from stone and cement and onto iron, steel etc, but can't seem to get the paint and texture just right and I can't seem to find any good sources.

also to any of those who may have wondered where I went to, I have still been around, checking in every few days, just not posting. With the first wave of marines I became depressed in their quality, then the marine reissues came out and so i'm back.

thanks for any help

-mike-

not sure if it helps but violentfix posted on his website about joe diomaking that radiator paint is perfect for giving a plastic toy a metal look

http://www.violentfix.com/cobra/dio-cre ... rfield.htm

I paint my metal in a silver color then applie a wash of rust color over it and if I really want it to look old and rusted I dip the brush in rust and then dip it in baking powder to give it that old rusty texture.

Depends on how you want your iron or metal to appear...new or old? Iron is bestsimulated with "Hot Rod Primer" which is a dark grey color. The dry brush a darker grey around edges and raise detail. That gives it the new iron patina. Now for old and rusted, I start out the same way, then add Sienna which is a red brown color. I thin the Sienna aloy and let it puddle slightly around lower edges and the raised details. Let it dry and hit it with lighter brown dry brushed on. For crusty rusted metal, before the Sienna add very small amounts of baking soda around where the rust would have eaten through the metal...then add the Sienna and dry brush lighter brown on top. A little time and effort will go a long way.

sounds interesting, by chance... where do I find hot rod primer?

-mike-

It's a color of both enamel and acrylic paints. I've seen (and used) Pactra, Polly S, and Model Masters before. I believe Model Master is about the easiest to find.

I assume that this is just a paint... what will give me the texture of iron? not rust, but the iron itself... you know how it can have the stimpled surface... it can be subtle, but it tends to not be smooth if you run your hand over it.

any ideas?

Model Master Metalizer paints. They have aluminum plate, burnt metal, titanium, brass, gun metal, steel, magnesium, exhaust, and jet exhaust. mabey some more. Airbrush, after 10 min. buff. You can't tell the difference. Is is metal? or is it plastic? Well it's both because the paint pigment is micro particles of the metal. Or you can use S n J powder.