Weapon Repaints

Hey Folks,

I've been keeping busy sprucing up and repairing some older weapons I've had kicking around.
I've been applying a wood grain method gratuitously and I've been loving the results.



First I scratch and gouge up the wood areas with a blade, then use a beige coat, then add some red and orange.
Then I add a brown wash.

I repaint the metal with a wrought iron acrylic I have, and then a wash of diluted black ink all-over.
Sometimes I'll add some graphite (From a 4B Pencil) to certain bits.
Then it gets a coat of floor polish, brushed on, and then mod podge to seal.




Also added a scope to this one.



Remade the sling for this one with some hockey tape.




I just finished these two the other day.

I've also done an MG42, DP28, plus some MP40's.
I'm just finishing up some M79's and an FG42 today.

The repaints are lovely and add both interest and realism to the weapons. Well done. And nice to have you back posting. Make yourself at home and look around.

GubernatorFan wrote:The repaints are lovely and add both interest and realism to the weapons. Well done. And nice to have you back posting. Make yourself at home and look around.

Thanks a lot!

1:1 life has been hectic as heck lately but things are finally starting to swing around, so hopefully you'll be seeing a lot more of me

The wood texture looks fantastic! Well done!

csyeung wrote:The wood texture looks fantastic! Well done!

Thanks very much

Very creative method, and beautiful results! These finished pieces look excellent. Thank you so much for sharing your technique!

great repaints, i really like them. i wish i had a better sense of color for i cant seem to hit a metal tone for the life of me;)

Tjolnir wrote:great repaints, i really like them. i wish i had a better sense of color for i cant seem to hit a metal tone for the life of me;)

Not to de-rail PickleMunkey's thread, but for darker metals I have had success using Vallejo Gloss Black primer as a base and then dry brushing Vallejo Dark Aluminium over it:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Acrylicos-Vallejo-Gloss-Black-Primer/dp/B013WXHOGE/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=vallejo+gloss+black&qid=1603489497&sr=8-1

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Acrylicos-Vallejo-Aluminium-Metal-Color/dp/B012AD3VX2/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=vallejo+dark+aluminium&qid=1603489421&sr=8-1

Very effective use of color layering. Nicely done.

Those repaints are really pretty.

Thanks a lot for checking these out, folks!

thanks for the advice, gonna give it a try once i'm back from my 1/12 tmnt endeavor

Tjolnir wrote:thanks for the advice, gonna give it a try once i'm back from my 1/12 tmnt endeavor

Lookin' forward to seeing it!

Beautiful job sir, thanks for sharing!

These are really nicely done. Bravo.

many thanks for the step-by-step. I've used powdered graphite
in a tube (messy), a soft pencil makes so much more sense.
excellent results!