Creating Dirty, Oily Ballast at a Fuelling Point

[Adrian]

This is a very quick series of videos on how to get that dirty, almost smooth, oily ballast typical of a filthy fuelling point. I experimented with fireplace ash, coal dust and baby powder to get the right consistency and found that a 3:1 mix of baby powder and coal dust did the trick. My wife thought I'd lost it when she found me in the sitting room scooping coal dust out of the bucket with a spoon!

Here's the end result: 



The playlist has 5  x 1 min videos - jus enough for a cuppa 

You can watch individual videos or the full playlist is below...

* Step 1: Add the baby powder / coal mix

* Step 2: Airbrush a base layer of grime

* Step 3: Spray on a heavier oily layer

* Step 4: Add oily patches

* Step 5: Add reflections

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