These replicas look great, I like your weathering. Have you thought about the gestures that those marks indicate though? If you use sandpaper etc it just looks like it has been weathered with sandpaper. I put my V2 in a bag of tools and some screws etc and shook it around. It had the random scratching and absence of a human hand that looks more authentic.
Also leave it out in the garden for a little while, just sitting out. If you use some pigments in the cracks (tamiya weathering kits are good for this) and it rains you are in for a treat - sticky dust in the right places. I think about weathering too much :lol.
Just dragging stuff across a table looks good as well, as does rubbing stuff with normal paper (not sandpaper). Newspaper especially, you get some black ink that looks like general grime left behind - but don't rub too hard or you will get directionality again (the appearance that it has been rubbed with sandpaper).
I have a real graflex saber with some genuine photographer miles on it if you want some pics of how the graflex finish weathers. Please don't touch it with sandpaper :lol
Between the grips on the saber in maz's box scene there looks to be some pigment, the stuff above is good. "Oil stain" or "mud" colours look about right.
edit: you can also achieve a brass patina for real by removing the brass components and doing this with some vinegar or ammonia fumes:
The vapor darkens the brass, don't actually dip the parts into the chemicals or it will be obvious you faked it with fluids. Let the vapor do the work
(picture from this site here: http://www.thetimebum.com/2014/07/guest-blogger-patina-science.html)
If the brass has a lacquer coating over it, you will have to remove it first.
If you can't remove those little pins, soak your fingers in vinegar and let them dry off, then twist your fingers around the pins. Enough acidity to darken unprotected brass without getting liquid marks.
Also leave it out in the garden for a little while, just sitting out. If you use some pigments in the cracks (tamiya weathering kits are good for this) and it rains you are in for a treat - sticky dust in the right places. I think about weathering too much :lol.
Just dragging stuff across a table looks good as well, as does rubbing stuff with normal paper (not sandpaper). Newspaper especially, you get some black ink that looks like general grime left behind - but don't rub too hard or you will get directionality again (the appearance that it has been rubbed with sandpaper).
I have a real graflex saber with some genuine photographer miles on it if you want some pics of how the graflex finish weathers. Please don't touch it with sandpaper :lol
Between the grips on the saber in maz's box scene there looks to be some pigment, the stuff above is good. "Oil stain" or "mud" colours look about right.
edit: you can also achieve a brass patina for real by removing the brass components and doing this with some vinegar or ammonia fumes:
The vapor darkens the brass, don't actually dip the parts into the chemicals or it will be obvious you faked it with fluids. Let the vapor do the work
(picture from this site here: http://www.thetimebum.com/2014/07/guest-blogger-patina-science.html)
If the brass has a lacquer coating over it, you will have to remove it first.
If you can't remove those little pins, soak your fingers in vinegar and let them dry off, then twist your fingers around the pins. Enough acidity to darken unprotected brass without getting liquid marks.
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