Weathering an Ak47

[Twisted Fate]

Re: Weathering an Ak47

for metal bodys my man try scotchbrite and some elbow grease ,
dont try to make it looked weathered just rub the body with the scothcbrite pad and let the pad pick what bits it weathers its self

pics of my m4 look on the raised bits and edges of the body kinda gone silvery

more pics on here post 232

[Yivo]

Re: Weathering an Ak47

I wouldnt go so far as using a sanding pad to achieve the weathered look to be honest, when I weathered an agm STG-44 I applied a small amount of nail varnish remover to the outside of a pair of marigolds then just handled the gun as I usually would ( removing the mag and replacing it, pulling the charging handle etc) this gave me an idea where the scratches etc should be, I then amplified the exposed areas a little with a kitchen scourer ( the metal sponge ones)

Then in the exposed plates I rubbed in some Phillips cold blue ( wear gloves! ) to darken the metal making it look both old and worn. Theres nothing worse than seeing a gun with picture perfect silver lines running up and down it
see attatched.

The key to weathering succes is not to do it all at once!



hope that helps!

[Yivo]

Re: Weathering an Ak47

woops forgot image!


hope that helps

[bladerider]

Re: Weathering an Ak47

Agree with the lads, just use it a lot to wear it in as it will be a bitch to get it looking like you havent attacked it with sandpaper or similar....plus it will be more fun than hours of sanding.

[Mike581]

Re: Weathering an Ak47

Not sure what make the receiver is but it's a grey paint over the metal which just isn't dark enough... So today it's getting sprayed up black and then rubbed with steel wool over the raised areas, hopefully il get the look I'm after! Luckily I've got a real steel ak47 (deact) to go off
I'll post up some pics when I'm done!

[Mike581]

Re: Weathering an Ak47

Pics of the Ak before spray job and weathering.....

[Mike581]

Re: Weathering an Ak47

And after, the finished product!

[B.E.N.]

Re: Weathering an Ak47

Looks good!

[Mike581]

Re: Weathering an Ak47

Looks good!

Cheers mate, I'm happy with it