Hi,
I've finished painting some 1/35th resin figures, applied the decals & given them a coat of varnish.
What do I do next?
How do I now go about weathering them & making them look dirty?
I am depicting them in Vietnam & have some of that Mig Pigment Vietnam earth. Should I use this & how do I apply it to the figure?
What else should I do?
Thanks for your help.

Joe.

You weather them the same as you do vehicles. Use washes for shadows and dry brushing for mud and dirt, etc.

For the MiG Vietnam earth pigment, apply turpentine or spirits to the areas you want to dirty up (typically knees and lower areas of the trousers) and apply pigment directly to it.
In Iraq we intentionally muddied up our uniforms for one particular mission buy wetting them and them scrubbing them with mud made from the local dust. If you ever want to try it with a modern figure the effect worked quite well while it lasted.

I use Mig Pigments and washes

Along with the other techniques,I use "Positional washes" What I mean is that when a standing figure is given a wash, most of it will flow down the figure. If you want more emphasis and the illusion of deep relief, lay the figure on it's back, or front, etc, when applying the wash, so it stays and dries where it is applied. Another technique is applying a thick, pasty stain, say, a Black-Green oil paint mix, over an acrylic German Field Grey uniform. Letting the paste semi-dry, you then hand-rub with a cloth, or q-tip the paste away from the high areas, letting it remain in the recesses and folds. Gradual highlighting with the base color follows.