Mmm. Salty hairspray. . .

[kashirigi]

I thought I'd give the salt and hairspray weathering technique a try. By all accounts I head read, it was probably unsuitable for 15mm, but I like to prove things for myself.



I think it turned out reasonably well, if a bit excessive.

You can also weather without the salt, which I think looks a little better in 15mm scale, but I haven't put those pictures up yet.

If you want to read about the whole procedure, or see more pictures of the same model from different angles, now you can.

[joona]

Maybe you should try crushing the salt to even finer dust. It could make the effect a little less excessive. And I know it is extremely hard to do at this scale but but maybe try to stick mostly with edges of panels and anywhere where a normal car starts collecting rust. You might have to use a brush to apply the salt.

Looks good like this too though. It almost looks like there's some algae growing on the model

I'll be giving a go to AK interactive Worn Effects as a replacement for hair spray soon. I just received my ARC Fleet starter and they'll be my first victims.

[inrepose]

Did you wash the salt off? It looks like you have left it on with all the chunky bits? I think that it looks a little bit to far gone but very realistic.