Aging Ra

[wannab]

Ok now that I have the RP Staff of Ra piece, I'd like to give it a patina. Not overdone but take away the jewelry store look. What would you recommend to give at a aged look?


Doug

 

[Too Much Garlic]

Water colors matt pale green and purple heavily thinned washes and finish with a black wash even thinner than the rest.

 

[Kerr Avon]

Water colors matt pale green and purple heavily thinned washes and finish with a black wash even thinner than the rest.

Gold doesn't tarnish, so the only thing you want to simulate is dirt. Some light brown washes in crevices will help simulate that.

Oh wait, was it copper or bronze? I can't recall.

 

[TazVader]

It's a worthless bronze medallion

Regards
TAZ

 

[wannab]

So if it supposed to be bronze, what sort of colors should be used to make it look like aged bronze?

Doug

 

[George Glass]

Bring on the pix! Can we see it?



GG

 

[Jedifyfe]

Here are my 2 Acme Artifacts HP's. I aged one with acrylic paint and left the other shiny...

 

[elscotto]

So if it supposed to be bronze, what sort of colors should be used to make it look like aged bronze?

Doug

It'll depend on whether you want the patina type aged look or a dirty weathered look or a mix of the two. So what look are you going for?

 

[wannab]

Kind of a "dug up years ago and handled a lot since" kind of vibe is what I'd like to get.

Doug

 

[Too Much Garlic]

So if it supposed to be bronze, what sort of colors should be used to make it look like aged bronze?

Doug

Just told you above.

 

[wannab]

Just told you above.

Bronze is a mix of copper and tin so I figured a bit of green would come into play, but why the purple? I was thinking maybe dark browns and redish browns for the darker stuff? Do you have a pic of what you ended up with?

So when you say water colors you aren't saying acrylic (waterbased) are you? Seems like regular water colors would just wipe right off?

Doug

 

[wannab]

Here are my 2 Acme Artifacts HP's. I aged one with acrylic paint and left the other shiny...

What did you use color-wise to achieve this?

Doug

 

[Jedifyfe]

What did you use color-wise to achieve this?

Doug

I used a basic brown acrylic paint from the craft store. Brushed it on, waited a few minutes and wiped off the excess. Pretty simple.

Brad

 

[GeneralFROSTY]

I used a basic brown acrylic paint from the craft store. Brushed it on, waited a few minutes and wiped off the excess. Pretty simple.

Brad

That's the method I used to weather my Rocketeer helmet - it works really great!

 

[thegreatgalling]

Hey Brad, is it just my eyes or do I see a bit of silver along the "aged" one's sides? Did wiping the acrylic take some of the gold with it?

 

[Jedifyfe]

Hey Brad, is it just my eyes or do I see a bit of silver along the "aged" one's sides? Did wiping the acrylic take some of the gold with it?

Nope, it's just glare. The plating on this doesn't wipe off. Maybe it would chip off if scrubbed hard.

 

[KramStaar]

Nope, it's just glare. The plating on this doesn't wipe off. Maybe it would chip off if scrubbed hard.

That's a really fine job mate - just the right amount of ageing to please the eye in my opinion..

Cheers for sharing!

 

[elscotto]

Kind of a "dug up years ago and handled a lot since" kind of vibe is what I'd like to get.

Doug

Okay, that would probably have a mix of a patina and just overall grime. For the patina you'll want to stick with at least a little of the usual blueish-green, but you can also add in some darker grayish purple, some earthy reds or even browns.

The dirty/dug up recently look was already shown/described. Mostly you'll want to get the crevices to show a little more griminess to them and have a light wash that isn't really uniform to get rid of the overall "like new" shine and give it a more organic look.

 

[agent5]

Acrylic is permanent. I'd go with watercolors as well. When dry it will stick well enough and if you don't like it a wet rag will get rid of it all to start over again.