The other day I decided to weather a couple water columns that I've had. These are made by MTH and don't look too bad imho. I sprayed themail bases with a concrete color and the columns themselveswith a grimy black and then added some streaking/stains with a dark earth color as it just seems to capture the look I'm after pretty well. After it dried I went over areas with a wash I made up with some color pigment in a dark rust color and alcohol.....no not that kind. All in all I'm pretty happy with it, once I get these positioned on the layout I will go over them with some black and gray chalks to blend things in a bit more. I made a video of the process as well.
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Nice job! I have to do one myself.
Thank you!
Chris, nice job on these - I like how they came out.
I was not familiar with this style, so I looked them up and saw that they were issued in 1999 - must have missed them 1st time around.
I clearly could see 1 or 2 of these on my new layout.
Keep up the great work.
Wow! Nice work. Great video too. I'm inspired to get mine out and weather it.
Bob
Thank you guys, I really appreciate it!
Jim-yeah I have had these for quite a while now, these look the part and I'm very happy with them. I'm sure you would be very happy with them.
Bob- you should give it a whirl I'd love to see the final product! I have no doubt it would look fantastic.
They are really very good, Chris.
Great job Chris.. Thanks for taking the time to make a video of the process!!
Chris,
They turned out great. I have yet to master weathering after a number of attempts so I put it on the back burner. After seeing your work I am encouraged to try again.
Thanks,
Ed
Please do Ed, give it another try....and keep at it. I would love to see the results....I bet they'll be great! We are after all our own worst critic.
Thanks for the kind words everyone....they're really appreciated.
Nice job Chris
Looks good Chris, nice work.
Andy
Chris, very nice! Keep posting your work!
Thanks a lot everyone.
Very nice job and well done. I really like the one that you added the chain to the handle very realistic.
Well done. I need to do mine so thanks for the tutorial.
They look way better than out of the box Chris!
Those look great! I'll have to do something like that to mine. Thanks for the idea Chris.
Thanks again guys.
Nelsonw- Thanks, I prefer it with the chain as well...adds a bit more to it.
BOBBYD-Oh yeah much better, out of the box they are a glossy black and it just looks all wrong to me....