I'm an accomplished model railroader that takes the occasional foray into armor modeling. I'm new to the various armor forums. One line of weathering products that everyone seems to rave about and use are MIG pigments. I've never heard of these before. Can someone give me an idea of what these are and how they're used? Are they a kind of paint, chalk, etc.? I'm skilled in the various forms of weathering (washes, airbrushing, chalks . . . ) How do these MIG pigments fit into the picture?

Thanks in advance.

Erik

This article should provide a good overview of how their used:
http://missing-lynx.com/rare_world/rw05.htm

It's written by Mig himself and has been a good reference for my personal use of them.

- Frank

Frank,

Thanks for the link. That's just what I wanted to know.

Erik

Overall i do find that using Mig pigments is just a more convenient way of weathering your kit compared to chalk not to mention a little more expensive as well.

Your skills in modelling railroad should be very much transferable to armor modelling.