What are some good common items that can be used to create mud on a vehicle. I've recently built RoG's Dingo and would like to weather it w/a little bit of mud
Ch

I use Vallejo's Plastic Putty and an old stiff brush
to apply it with. By working with the brush while
the putty dries you get an uneven mud/earthlike
texture. I do this before I paint the vehicle and
once it has it's basecoat I airbrush different
brown shades over the areas that I applied the
putty. A few washes on top will make it look like
mud and dirt...

regards

Sven-Åke

a friend of mine uses little bits of milliput for clumps of mud and then dry brushes various shades of brown for dry or wet mud.
HTH Charles

I make a mixture of ground florists foam, rail roedd grass a water based earth tone paint and white glue. I some times add bits of the longer rail road grass to represent plant stalks pulled onto the suspension. I thin this with water depending on how thick I want it. It can be a clumpy wash or major mud coating. The white glue helps it stick. It can be dry brushed or given a gloss coat depending on how fresh you want it.

This comes pretty close to the muck I remember washing and scraping and prying out of my tracks and suspension. The grass stalks would act as straw in mud brick once it dryed making it a real b*tch to get out.

Tom

A mix of plaster of paris, acrylic paint for colour some bristles from a brush cut up in different lenghts and water and mix. Dab on with an old brush or grab an old toothbrush, fill the bristles with your mix then run your finger over them letting the flick the muck onto your model...Then you get this affect



Dave

What shades of paint do you use?
Ch