After that I created some dark/light colour variation with acrylic paints. As you can see I haven’t done an awesome job blending those shades. That’s because I knew the weathering will smooth out the transitions to an acceptable level.
On the picture below you can see the difference between the part before and after the weathering. The photo shows perfectly how powerful the weathering really is – it gets you from a toy-like finish to a very realistic effect.
I used some popular techniques to weather the doors: a dark wash, oil rendering for rust and grime, and acrylics for scratches. I’ll show you the details on a separate SBS article.