Weathering with acrylic paint

12/10/2007 Weathering with acrylic paint
here are the steps I used to paint and weather some metal die cast machines for the roundhouse.

The machines are made of 'white metal' - some kind of alloy that is shiny silver in color.

First I painted them green and let that paint dry.

Then I diluted some black paint with water and covered them with this 'wash'

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