Some finishes are not wear and tear at all. Copper going green, a bronze statue blackening in the hollows, soot baked around an exhaust, a thruster glowing, a blade painted to look like polished steel without a drop of metallic pigment in it — these need products made for one specific visual result rather than general-purpose dirt.
That is what this section collects: patinas, luminous and fluorescent colours, corrosion sets and non-metallic metal palettes. They are used late in a build, usually over a sealed base, and almost always on a small area where they can carry the whole piece.
Water-soluble solutions in verdigris, turquoise oxide, black soot and dirt tones. They are brushed or stippled into recesses and left to dry with a genuinely crystalline, powdery finish — the look of chemical corrosion rather than of green paint. Copper roofs, bronze fittings, ship propellers and ancient armour are the obvious uses.
Glow colours in green, orange, yellow, red and pink, used over a dedicated white base that makes them read at full strength. Science-fiction thrusters, energy weapons, instrument markings and warning panels are what they are for; they need a bright undercoat or the colour sinks and disappears.
Boxed selections built around one phenomenon — rust and corrosion, winter grime, railway weathering — so the tones within a set are already related. Useful when you want a believable progression from fresh metal to deep rust without mixing it yourself.
Matt colour sets that imitate steel, gold and silver purely through light and shade. They are the standard approach on figures and display pieces, because a painted highlight stays where you put it while real metallic flake catches the light unpredictably.
Effect products are strong, which means restraint decides the result. Patina belongs in recesses and along drainage paths, not spread evenly over a surface. Soot concentrates at the mouth of an exhaust and fades within a short distance. Seal the work with a coat from varnishes and clear coats once it is dry, especially the powdery patinas, which rub off easily.
The full map of effect types is in weathering products.
