How to make a rust effect

Making a rust effect when painting miniatures is simple and satisfying. The reason is easy to understand: it is realized in a short time and the visual rendering of the result is realistic and satisfying. But how to make a rust effect? In this article we will see just how to achieve this effect, but also how to create a slime effect that is not the application of the usual Nurgle’s Rot. I am currently using these two techniques to paint the Death Guard army that I am also realizing thanks to Hachette’s Warhammer Conquest.

How to make a rust effect

Let’s start immediately with Typhus Corrosion, a citadel technical color that will allow us to have a rougher and more grainy surface. Also apply more than one layer on the area you want to make as rusty. In the following video, at the end of this article, I am using an Ax of a Death Guard marine for this.

Being Typhus Corrosion a technical color, it will apply a grainy texture to the surface. So be careful to stay within the limits of what you intend to make rusty. While drying, I colored the “fangs” and the rag on the handle of this weapon with Rakarth Flesh. This way you can also better understand what I’m doing.

At this point with the Gun Metal of The Army Painter, I brushed with the drybrush technique the whole part made a little while ago with Typhus corrosion. In this way, the color grain will be more evident. I then diluted Lava Orange, also from The Army Painter, until I obtained a very liquid color, almost a wash, which I always applied to the area of ​​our interest. Typhus corrosion has a dark brown color, the orange wash will make rust more evident.

We just have to apply with a silver color, in this case Claymore Blade by The Army Painter, using a drybrush, to bring out every protrusion, as if the iron beat has been freed from rust.

As a final touch, I gave a hand of wash, Citadel’s Agrax Earthshade, to the outermost parts of the weapon and the fangs.

How to paint a slime

In the second part of this tutorial, as you can also see from the video, we will create a slime effect. As a base color, I applied Necrotic Flesh or Plague Skin, the name depends on which set of The Army Painter colors you purchased.

At this point, I gave a wash base with Citadel’s Biel-Tan Green. Together these two colors really create a nice slime effect. I much prefer this to Nurgle’s Rot, another Citadel technical color, often used to color these parts of the miniatures belonging to the Death Guard.

To give depth and color diversity, I colored the most exposed part of the slime with a hint of acid green from the Vallejo. I then finished everything by covering the slime with a layer of glossy varnish.

To better understand these steps, you can always refer to the video that you find below. Don’t forget to subscribe to my YouTube channel!