Ashes to Ashes, Rust to Rust

Having had a play around with rust effects in my last post, I decided to go mad and create some suitable terrain for Fallout and other post-apocalyptic games.

The base model is a diecast car I picked up whilst on holiday, mainly because it had the look of a car from the fifties and would be suitable for Fallout.

It's missing the circular design in the bonnet, which I think is meant to indicate it's nuclear fuel cell, but it's close enough for my purposes.

I did spend a good deal of time researching rust methods and thinking about how to go about base coating the car to cover the shiny blue paintwork.

Ultimately, after my experiment with the troll, I decided to just slap Typhus Corrosion straight onto the model, and if the paintwork or shiny bits showed through, that would be fine.

I may end up regretting this decision later, but this process was so quick that I'm not really worried about having to fix it up (or down, as the case may be).

I also threw Typhus Corrosion over the windows to make them grimy, swamped the inside with Garaghak's Sewer contrast paint to make it rotten and filthy, and ripped the tyres off.

After the base, I sponged on Mournfang Brown, Tausept Ochre and Ryza Rust again (going easy on the last one as it's really bright). I also added some sponging of Ratskin flesh to get a more muted orange in there.

I went over some of the chrome areas with touches of Chainmail rather than dry-brushing the whole model as I wanted only these bits to have any sort of gleam.

Finally I put some basing material and tufts in suitable places and did some streaks of Agrax Earth shade down the sides 

All in all, I'm really happy with the outcome. It's not pretty, but it's not meant to be, and this was quick and simple enough to be something I can do quickly when I get my hands on other suitable vehicles.

Acquired: -61
Painted: 367
Lead Mountain: 645