"Now when we are weathering the gunpla, keep in mind how you wanna tell this little guys story, maybe he used to be a lumber jack, or just wanted to live in the peace of the forest, ok now grab your dry brush and we are gonna paint some happy little bullet holes"
I kinda like the idea of taking a sniper mobile suit, and using battle damage and weathering to turn it into the god of a town as well as their occasional artillery Piece.
"Subtletly" is the best advice you give on this video. Saw a guy on here do weathering on a HGBF Red Berret, the armor looked like it was made out of the bottom of a 50yo dumpster D:
This has to be the most straight forward and accessible weathering tutorial I have for beginners like me. I was not even considering weathering until now. Very much appreciated!
Can’t stress enough that this guide was really useful to me as the titular “absolute beginner. I used it on my red comet alongside some other techniques for battle damage, and got a result I’m really satisfied with.
This is easily my favorite tutorial on basic weathering. It's easy to follow and hits all the important parts while showing how it looks on a well-done model. Awesome work, looking forward to more awesome content. Fushido out
Honestly, the longer you use a brush for weathering, the better. As it gets crusty and the bristles start pointing in all directions, it'll help the outcome look more random and realistic. I got some cheap ones i was intending to use for cleaning my airbrush till they got old then start using them for weathering, but they're such crap the bristles are coming off in a form of dandruff all over the place.
@@DanielLopez-fg9zc Oh nice! I never did Gunpla as a kid but did a ton of Zoids. This will be my first attempt at doing anything other than just building them though
This is an amazing tutorial for me because I just got my first model (Flash Messer) and I want to go all out on this beautiful hobby. Thank you for this video ❤
Thank you for helping me out with this. Either it is a painted kit or not, I'm getting used to the sponge + drybryshing and I love how it looks. Also as you mention there's lots of people out there who weather so so much that the model kit becomes horrible to my taste. I like them mainly clean, but with a few "battle scratches" and this is probably the best example I found.
Thanks for this man. I’m so afraid of messing up a paint job that I only like a little weather effects and you’d be surprised how five mins of work can add depth and character to a build. Thank you so much.
Very nice work! I've been building model kits since I was a kid in the 70s back in the Aurora days. I discovered a lot of these techniques by mistake while experimenting. Now I build a lot of the Bandai Kits . They really are a pleasure to work with compared to the old Glue and pray kits. I still like the Tamiyas. The Japanese manufacturing is on another level
Cheers man. I've been trying to pre weather my kits before spraying but not having much luck. This seems so easy. I'm going to go through a few of my older kits again. Thanks alot.
Assuming mobile suit is anything like modern tank armor, you really want to keep weathering subtle. You can hit an Abrams with .50 cal all day and not chip the paint.
Haha wow its good that you made this video because I really could use that tip about subtlety and lack of restraint. I got way too crazy with my kits when I dry brushed them. Cavemen indeed were dry brushing. 'weather good dry brush wall fire!'
Would it be better to matte top coat and then dry brush silver? I feel like it would give the 'scratching' effects more pop because "bare metal" is usually pretty shiny, and applying a matte top coat on top of silver paint dulls that effect.
It's to shiny if you do that, in reel life if you scratch you car paint, you doesn't have a super sunny shiney light grey under. if you flat top coat metal paint, you can always see it's shiny (less than if you dont top coat) and it's real life proof. 😃
This is a great tutorial, a shame I didn’t find it sooner. I was trying to make a Mega scale RX-78-2 look like it was rusty, and at the time I only had a Tamiya weathering master kit, and I only used that to completely cover the kit...
learning how to weather because some details are too shallow for me to panel cleanly, imma just weather the whole kit and hide those imperfect panel lines
How about if I wanted to make the light parts (ie white, yellow) look weathered? What color should I use? Thanks and great simple tutorial btw! Really helpful for begginers like me.
@@BoundByGundams thanks very much for the prompt response! I'll start practicing doing weathered builds. Wish me luck and thanks again for this easy to follow guide!
Loving the tutorials man thank you for everything you do! Would it be ok to add the decals before doing the weathering? And do you have a tutorial for damage ? Thank you!
Super helpful, straight to the point, very informative, and easy to follow! I haven't started painting/weathering my kits yet but plan on doing so pretty soon. I have a couple of questions if you don't mind helping me out (and hopefully others as well)... 1. Will there be any difference in result from top-coating the assembled build (torso + arms + legs) or top-coating separately before assembling? 2. Does top-coating (with matte coat in this video) have much (if any) effects on articulation? Again, thank you for this (and other) awesome tutorials!
Hey Jesse Clary! Awesome tutorial! Question, did you pre coat your kit before doing the weathering with glossy and then top coat with matte finishing after paint? Or did you just weathered the kit and top coated. I'm learning how to paint kits and a bit confuse on how to start my process. Thanks!
Thank you! Any suggestions on what colour paint would you use on off white gunpla? Silver and black make sense on a coloured gunpla as it imitates paint scratched away. But what about off white painted body?
Awesome video quick and easy to understand. Quick question why do you use enamel and acrylic paint and not both of the same type like both enamel and enamel
Question here - Do you typically dry brush or sponge first? You obviously sponge first, but I've seen other videos dry brushing first. I'm just curious if it matters or if its based on preference. Amazing and straight forward video, thank you!
@@BoundByGundams For parts like blue, light blue, gold and yellow would you still weather with black? I guess a simpler way to ask this is do you only weather using silver on black parts?
Wonderful tutorial.. wouldn't the more natural weathering be the full suit? Because thats how the wear and tear would happen. Not piece by piece. The whole suit is being weathered... lol other than confusing me on that statement I loved this tutorial. Definitely beginner friendly. WONDERFUL TUTORIAL
This kit was painted, was it given a clear coat after being painted. If it was did you add a matte coat on top of the clear coat after it was weathered.
Awesome tips, I'm getting back into model kits after so many years so these videos are great for me! Quick question though, when you apply your top coating at the end, did you take the build apart and spray/airbrush like you did with primer and colour, or do you keep it whole and apply the top coat to the entire thing?
@@BoundByGundams Awesome, thank you :) I'm currently mucking around with HG kits and building up the courage to attempt a custom paint, your tutorials are going to be a huge help when I decide to take the plunge :)
"Now when we are weathering the gunpla, keep in mind how you wanna tell this little guys story, maybe he used to be a lumber jack, or just wanted to live in the peace of the forest, ok now grab your dry brush and we are gonna paint some happy little bullet holes"
I kinda like the idea of taking a sniper mobile suit, and using battle damage and weathering to turn it into the god of a town as well as their occasional artillery Piece.
Happy little bullet holes lmao
For me, I kinda make up stories about mine being mechs tasked to collect scrap and junk from recent battles or fights.
Don't forget the Gundarium White.
💀
this tutorial is like the Bob Ross of gunpla weathering
I was actually going to say that to you read my mind
Agreed. Pretty straightforward and the narration is calm and subtle. Very nice.
lmao yeah, the way he talks reminds me of bob ross too
That exactly what I would have said
"Subtletly" is the best advice you give on this video. Saw a guy on here do weathering on a HGBF Red Berret, the armor looked like it was made out of the bottom of a 50yo dumpster D:
does it smell like one too?
Could have been just for demonstration purposes
@@sealkaijugang8868 the road to hell is paved with good intentions. That poor Red Barret :(
This has to be the most straight forward and accessible weathering tutorial I have for beginners like me. I was not even considering weathering until now. Very much appreciated!
Can’t stress enough that this guide was really useful to me as the titular “absolute beginner. I used it on my red comet alongside some other techniques for battle damage, and got a result I’m really satisfied with.
This is easily my favorite tutorial on basic weathering. It's easy to follow and hits all the important parts while showing how it looks on a well-done model. Awesome work, looking forward to more awesome content.
Fushido out
The final matte coat made a huge difference! Thank you for the video.
Honestly, the longer you use a brush for weathering, the better. As it gets crusty and the bristles start pointing in all directions, it'll help the outcome look more random and realistic. I got some cheap ones i was intending to use for cleaning my airbrush till they got old then start using them for weathering, but they're such crap the bristles are coming off in a form of dandruff all over the place.
nice idea
Yeah lol I have lots of dead brushes to use. Thanks!
So simple yet so effective. Totally gonna start using this technique
Thanks man, this was some Bob Ross shit. I'm super new to Gunpla and I plan to weather at least one of my models. This is huge.
Just bought my first gunpla kit. Excited to get started!
What grade?
@@DanielLopez-fg9zc High Grade. I bought the C5 Zaku and the red char zaku II
I just got back into it I did a few HG as a kid did my first RG last month, got the Exia, working on aile strike now
@@DanielLopez-fg9zc Oh nice! I never did Gunpla as a kid but did a ton of Zoids. This will be my first attempt at doing anything other than just building them though
As an absolute beginner- I thank you for putting in the effort to make such an informative and helpful video. Can’t wait to try this for myself.
Fave thing about watching build videos, is all the comments of people asking question clearly covered in said video 😂
alternatively u can use brown paint instead of black paint when sponging to create a rusting effect.
Thx with this tutorial, now i can improve more
Pro video. Great job! I'm currently on the weathering stage for my wine red and burnt orange Hi-Mock.
This is an amazing tutorial for me because I just got my first model (Flash Messer) and I want to go all out on this beautiful hobby. Thank you for this video ❤
Thank you for helping me out with this. Either it is a painted kit or not, I'm getting used to the sponge + drybryshing and I love how it looks. Also as you mention there's lots of people out there who weather so so much that the model kit becomes horrible to my taste. I like them mainly clean, but with a few "battle scratches" and this is probably the best example I found.
Perfect weathering tutorial! Thank you
Thanks for this man. I’m so afraid of messing up a paint job that I only like a little weather effects and you’d be surprised how five mins of work can add depth and character to a build. Thank you so much.
Very nice work! I've been building model kits since I was a kid in the 70s back in the Aurora days. I discovered a lot of these techniques by mistake while experimenting. Now I build a lot of the Bandai Kits . They really are a pleasure to work with compared to the old Glue and pray kits. I still like the Tamiyas. The Japanese manufacturing is on another level
This was very helpful, I overdid the weathering on my first attempt, watched this video for clues, and did much better on the second attempt!
Looks convincing. Like a well used Hot Wheel. Pretty cool.
Looks great, though I'm usually a fan of rounding it off with a dirt/grime layer of black, brown and gray.
Lemme call my boy spongebob to help
Keep it up man i finally found the best and easiest to understand video for gunpla modding
Wow. Nice tutorial. With such little work it looked so different.
Hey brotha, thanks!
Cheers man. I've been trying to pre weather my kits before spraying but not having much luck. This seems so easy. I'm going to go through a few of my older kits again. Thanks alot.
Great tutorial! Going to try it this weekend.
Assuming mobile suit is anything like modern tank armor, you really want to keep weathering subtle. You can hit an Abrams with .50 cal all day and not chip the paint.
this helped me so much and will definitely improve my gunpla!
Wow, that is very straightforward. You make it look very simple. Im gonna try this!! Thanks very much for the video!!
I'm gonna try this on my MG Barbatos. Thank you for the tutorial. This helps a lot for beginners like me.
Thanks. This is just what I needed and see where my mistake was. I wanted a subtle method and this is great.
This is so simple and straight forward, very helpful
We gotta cook jesse
Dry brush is basic n good for all type model 👍🏻
Looks easy enough. Next time I build an HG kit I'll try it out.
Getting my tieren next weekend. Gunna try this
Great tutorial
As a beginner.. I just you thank you Jesse.. This is very useful
Thanks man, imma try this out tonight
Looks great
Only just started watching but I gotta say Im loving the red schwalbe graze!
Haha wow its good that you made this video because I really could use that tip about subtlety and lack of restraint. I got way too crazy with my kits when I dry brushed them.
Cavemen indeed were dry brushing. 'weather good dry brush wall fire!'
Would it be better to matte top coat and then dry brush silver? I feel like it would give the 'scratching' effects more pop because "bare metal" is usually pretty shiny, and applying a matte top coat on top of silver paint dulls that effect.
It's to shiny if you do that, in reel life if you scratch you car paint, you doesn't have a super sunny shiney light grey under. if you flat top coat metal paint, you can always see it's shiny (less than if you dont top coat) and it's real life proof. 😃
really nice step-by-step tutorial
brilliant, thank you
your coloring and weathering reminds me of the sentry from team fortress 2.
Subtlety and story. AWESOME
Simple, direct and awesome. Thank you
imercive video dude, audio is so clear!! gd explanations too. keep it up!
Again very well done and very comprehensive work my dude!
This is a great tutorial, a shame I didn’t find it sooner. I was trying to make a Mega scale RX-78-2 look like it was rusty, and at the time I only had a Tamiya weathering master kit, and I only used that to completely cover the kit...
This video is awesome and useful for me. Thank you for the useful info
thanks for these tutorials builds more confadence in wat i want to do (:
Awesome tutorial, thanks man !!!
Very cool
You’re awesome man thanks.
This vid feels like i want to weather my kit ..im not satisfied now by just building ..huhuh after i watched this vid..thanx man ..
Thanks man! Awesome tutorial
so gloss coat, weather, then matte coat?
learning how to weather because some details are too shallow for me to panel cleanly, imma just weather the whole kit and hide those imperfect panel lines
How about if I wanted to make the light parts (ie white, yellow) look weathered? What color should I use? Thanks and great simple tutorial btw! Really helpful for begginers like me.
Black. Brown works well for yellow as well
@@BoundByGundams thanks very much for the prompt response! I'll start practicing doing weathered builds. Wish me luck and thanks again for this easy to follow guide!
Looks good. I may do this to my MPP10
For a white model (matsanuga white wolf), after I sponge the black down, should I dry brush with silver or a more copper/gold darker color?
Loving the tutorials man thank you for everything you do! Would it be ok to add the decals before doing the weathering? And do you have a tutorial for damage ? Thank you!
Yes you can add the decals before weathering! And I do have a series on damage. You can find it on my channel.
JESSE
JESSE WE NEED TO PAINT THE GUNDAM JESSE
Amazing video. Thank you
thanks for the video!
Great tutorial ... thank you
Super helpful, straight to the point, very informative, and easy to follow!
I haven't started painting/weathering my kits yet but plan on doing so pretty soon. I have a couple of questions if you don't mind helping me out (and hopefully others as well)...
1. Will there be any difference in result from top-coating the assembled build (torso + arms + legs) or top-coating separately before assembling?
2. Does top-coating (with matte coat in this video) have much (if any) effects on articulation?
Again, thank you for this (and other) awesome tutorials!
Jesse Clary I did not expect a reply this quick! Thank you for the answers!
You said not to use silver for whites and yellows, what color would you use?
Hey Jesse Clary! Awesome tutorial! Question, did you pre coat your kit before doing the weathering with glossy and then top coat with matte finishing after paint? Or did you just weathered the kit and top coated. I'm learning how to paint kits and a bit confuse on how to start my process. Thanks!
Sweet, Thanks! I'm going to look for the other tutorial. Many Thanks!
Thank you! Any suggestions on what colour paint would you use on off white gunpla? Silver and black make sense on a coloured gunpla as it imitates paint scratched away. But what about off white painted body?
Awesome thanks for sharing
So should i shading first or straight to weathering
Can't wait for the next video :)
Thank you my friend's i just wanna make diorama within my first ever gumpla and thank you for the tutorial
Supersecret weathering unlocked
My kids weather my gunpla all the time.
Awesome video quick and easy to understand. Quick question why do you use enamel and acrylic paint and not both of the same type like both enamel and enamel
So, black dry-brushing on lighter colors. And what color would you sponge on?
Did you find out yet? I wanna know too
Awesome video just subscribed.
Question here - Do you typically dry brush or sponge first? You obviously sponge first, but I've seen other videos dry brushing first. I'm just curious if it matters or if its based on preference. Amazing and straight forward video, thank you!
It’s pretty much just preference.
@@BoundByGundams Thanks again and I appreciate the prompt reply :) Keep up the great work 😄
@@BoundByGundams For parts like blue, light blue, gold and yellow would you still weather with black? I guess a simpler way to ask this is do you only weather using silver on black parts?
Wonderful tutorial.. wouldn't the more natural weathering be the full suit? Because thats how the wear and tear would happen. Not piece by piece. The whole suit is being weathered... lol other than confusing me on that statement I loved this tutorial. Definitely beginner friendly. WONDERFUL TUTORIAL
This kit was painted, was it given a clear coat after being painted. If it was did you add a matte coat on top of the clear coat after it was weathered.
To summarize, I need basically are black enamel, silver acrylic, brush, and sponge, matte top coat?
Awesome tips, I'm getting back into model kits after so many years so these videos are great for me! Quick question though, when you apply your top coating at the end, did you take the build apart and spray/airbrush like you did with primer and colour, or do you keep it whole and apply the top coat to the entire thing?
Whole thing
@@BoundByGundams Awesome, thank you :) I'm currently mucking around with HG kits and building up the courage to attempt a custom paint, your tutorials are going to be a huge help when I decide to take the plunge :)
Do you recommend weathering before or after applying decals??
After
Dope dude.
This is awesome bro. I am a casual builder and this makes my kits look better and realistic. Have u tried doing shading using pastels?
Really helpfull video !
Thank you
I taught you died in January 16??!!?!!!!??
Would a gray work better for lighter colors like white and tan
Excelent
Hey, I was wondering what Gundam kit you used in this tutorial? It's a really cool one and I'd like to pick one up for myself. thank you
I think it's the HG Mcgillis Graze
@@rahulsrinivas497 thank you!
Broo finally i figure it ou thx a lot🙌🙌
I'll be doing this on an unpainted kit. Will the paint stick to it?
What model did you use on this one? It looks dope tho
Do u have a color guide for what is right for different colors of armour? New to the hobby and want to weather rx-78