How to Weather Gunpla for Beginners: Complete Step-by-Step by Tutorial Putra Shining

Welcome to Putaro Plastic Modeller! 

Ready to take your Gunpla builds from factory-fresh plastic to realistic, battle-hardened war machines? In this beginner-friendly tutorial, we break down the absolute easiest ways to start weathering your Gundam model kits without needing expensive airbrushes or complicated tools!

We walk you through every step of the process—from dry brushing and sponge chipping to applying realistic wash grime and rust streaks. Weathering is the ultimate way to tell a story with your build, and best of all, there are zero mistakes in weathering—only happy battle damage!

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Items that you need for this video:

1- Brushes

    Flat brush or dirty brush, cheap ones.

2- Palette & Cup for washing brushes

    You can use anything that you have at home.

     My Palette is a Muffin & Cupcake Pan.

3- Kitchen Towel / Tissue

    Kitchen towel is better is durable.

4- Acrylic Paints

    Any good art brand is good, BUT not the kindergarten type.

5- Metallic Markers 

    That can stick to glass or plastic.

6- Acrylic Markers 

    That can stick to glass or plastic.

7- Gunpla leftovers stickers & decals 

     Youca use any brands that you like.

8- Clear Top coat Spray 

     Gloss / Flat / Matte. Any brand designs for plastic surface.

Material in this video:

02:02 Revees Acrylic Paints

02:38 Brush Washer AT Tools (AT Angel Trend Trading)

14:11 Stedi Marker Pen 

17:30 Stedi Tweezers

16:29 Doloha Acrylic Marker

18:01 Samurai Spray Paint Top Coat Flat Clear

Check-out the full video here!