First time trying to paint a thoroughly weathered/rusty piece, and also first time trying to paint 3D printed terrain.
Printed with a 0.2mm layer height, it was surprisingly annoying to paint compared to regular cast HIPS pieces. Washes are completely useless, or at least behave very differently, due to capillary effect of the layer lines.
I think I went a little too heavy with the rust orange color so it lost some definition. It looks a little more defined IRL than the photo shows.
That looks great! Reminds me of the slums in the original Final Fantasy VII.
Here's another piece from the same artist (terrain4print). I tried using metallic silver as the base for most of the panels on this one, and the adding the rust and grime in top of that. I finished it with a dark tone wash on the silver panels because it was still a bit too shiny. Turned out pretty good i would say.
Did you prime it? I never had much trouble painting printed terrain
If you print in ABS or ASA you can use acetone to vapor smooth the print. Then you'll get a smooth finish. Its a balancing act between smoothing layer lines and losing print detail though.
Also those are admittedly more difficult plastics to print than something like PLA.
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