A company is making decals that look like long and short rust decals in streaks. Don't know if I will like this taking away our hand brush and airbrush skills. rambo1..
Any me info on what company?
The thing about mass produced details like this is a sameness once you use a few on the same surface. The randomness of airbrush, powders or dry brush is gone. I see this when I use some of the detailing tools in Photoshop. WIth the Clone Stamp tool, a similar detail gets repeated over an area where you want to hide something (or someone). Then I have to go over it again to break up the repeated pattern.
George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch
I'm going to assume you are referring to these folks ....
http://www.weatheringsolutions.com/
They also sell on ebay ....
http://www.ebay.com/sch/weatheringsolutions/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=
I got a bunch of samples from them when they first started. The artwork is taken from actual hand weathering. The decals are printed in extremely high resolution - you cannot see any visible half-tone dots with the naked eye.
There is enough variety in their sets you could easily keep everything different. They are a great starting point (rust streaks) but might look a bit odd on their own if they aren't blended with additional weathering.
All in all, a decent product to get your feet wet.
Mark.
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I'd guess that most of those who can't or won't do their own weathering also can't or won't do decaling.
Wayne
I have never been able to get the dinks,dents and scrapes right by hand so I tried decals along with weathering powders and acrylic paint.
Regards Jon.