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The purpose of this guide is to help you get
comfortable weathering locomotives, rollingstock, and other objects. It is
assumed that you have a basic understanding on how to use your paint program
in creating layers.
Although fairly basic in nature, the techniques described here can make a
dramatic effect in turning a plain-Jane model into something you can be proud
of.
For this tutorial, we'll use our older GP9
locomotive. Although this guide was drawn around our v1.0 GP9 templates, the procedures and examples can be used for
any texture applied to any object. As with all our guides, this painting guide
is a work in progress. |
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| The beginning |
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Here's a simple, yet effective, way of adding a "weathered" look to your locos...
1) Add four layers to your image. Name them "Grime", "Rust", "Dirt", and "Dust."
2) Save the image back to a PSP (Paint Shop Pro) or a PSD (Photoshop) file.
This will retain the layers created for this tutorial. |
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| Grime |
RGB: 0.0.0 |
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1) Set the airbrush tool to a width between 150 and 200.
2) Spray black over the "Grime" layer so you can just see through it and make it "spotty" (uneven) - the more the better.
3) Hide the "Grime" layer. |
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| Rust |
RGB: 136.57.4 |
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1) Spray a red-brown color over the "Rust" layer so
you can just see through it.
2) Hide the "Rust" layer. |
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| Dirt |
RGB: 126.113.38 |
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1) Spray a yellow-brown color over the "Dirt" layer
so you can just see through it.
2) Hide the "Dirt" layer. |
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| Dust |
RGB: 192.192.192 |
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1) Spray a light-gray color over the "Dust" layer so
you can just see through it.
2) Unhide all layers. |
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| Finishing the paintwork |
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1) Set the properties for each of the new layers between 10 and
30 percent transparency, adjusting each layer to achieve the desired effect.
The percentages for "Grime", "Rust", "Dirt", and
"Dust" shown here are 30, 25, 25, 10 respectively, but you can
adjust to suit your likes and needs.
2) Save a copy of the image back to a BMP or TGA in preparation for conversion
to ACE.
3) Convert the saved BMP or TGA file to ACE format using Scott
Miller's AceIt utility. Use Shape
File Viewer to view your work, and you're done! |
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