It's been a minute - I had to do a pause for Spookmas. Now we're past it, I have been adding some weathering layers to the soft parts to get my whole kit to a more consistent level of wear.
So I cleared the table and did a Flat Mando Layout to see where I need to add wear, tear, and Space Grime.
Bumped up the brown and black wash in the girth stitching channels.
Added some extra grime on the back at the outside corners and bottom hem, in case I ever get my act together and build a jetpack.
The top edges front and back have lighter 'dried sweat salt' coloring drybrushed on.
Smeared some "grass stain" on knees, elbows, and a little bit on the set of my pants via light thumb smudges of undiluted Olive Green fabric paint and layers of the same thinned with water. I also experimented with brush blending the smudges with the wash, to see if it broke down sharp edges on spots. I think it did ok.
(rear pockets are concealed by butt plate, relax....)
(might re-do the closure to velcro instead of buttons)
And gloves. I used Brown, Tanned Leather, Ochre, and Russet in wash and drybrush layers to dirty them up good. I'm going to re-work the left glove and handplate a bit on the outside to add some scorchier black spots because that's where my flame thrower is.
I think the next step is to add some physical damage via abrasion, cuts and mending, and tumbling in the dryer with some tennis balls for an hour or two.
Tell me what you think vode, constructive feedback is always welcome.
