I'm wondering what different methods are used in applying dirt, mud and any foreign substraights to surface and what ppl use as dirt mud, ect...
Thanx, Ken

Kdenchck,
Lots of guys use different stuff and some guys will tell you to use Mig pigments and others will tell you to use pastels. I go simple and cheep. Crushed up Plaster of Paris add in the plastic shaving from cleaning the spruce parts off your kits, for texture, some cheep craft store acrylic paint, for desired color of mud, and some water, to determine mud thickness and wallah you have mud


Hope that helps

Hi Ken.
I recommend you get yourself one of the Mig Productions or AK Interactive DVDs. Small outlay yes ... but it will give your the steps you need to learn in a well presented way. Its hard to beat actually seeing the steps in progress ... much easier to learn from rather than trying to understand what lots of modellers do and why they do it. You´ll get lots of opinions and methods and end up confusing the whole thing.
You could see it as an investment .... so many good (and expensive) models get destroyed because the weathering steps get cocked up. Even if you´re happy enough today, you may regret it in the future.
In my opinion, weathering is the single hardest stage of a model. The price of a DVD is well worth it, and could help your skills leap forward.