I fucking hate weathering, it's so time consuming, and it's so tiresome as I really don't know what the fuck I'm doing even after all these years and just kind of wing it when I do, especially a large ship like this. Shit takes forever and I'm not even sure what the final product is going to look like until I get a flat coat on.
>>8386207My process usually involves dry brushing before a gloss seal for weathering, then oils and washes, filters, etcl after the gloss has cured, then seal everything up with a flat or matte clear coat.
But the thing is you can always go back and do more weathering after the final clear coat. I prefer to dry brush before the gloss coat because you need there to be some sort of friction on the surface between the brush and the model for dry brushing to work properly. Other chipping effects I usually do before weathering too, whether it's just chipping with a sponge and some paint, or painting individual chipping, it should be done before a clear coat because you can modify the chips with washes, streaks and rust tones after you apply the clearcoat.
>>8386354>>8386370For rigging I usually work with a pair of tweezers and loop it around the attachment point and then tie it twice, then secure with super glue. You can also get some photo etch rigging attachment loops and stuff for the masts online that you can glue on and then loop the photo etch around, they also make photo etch pulleys that work for that as well.
I use Uschi as well as, you can get an entire spool that will literally last you your entire life for a reasonable price, try to get a black colored rigging wire too because you don't want to have to paint it. I don't really like EZ line because it's flat rather than rounded like Uschi / Infini models lycra rigging.
