05-09-2005, 07:12 PM
You don\'t need to take the rivets out, you can weather them just fine while still on the mask! I do this to all the rivets I use, and it works great. Take a medium grit sandpaper, 120 or so, and rip off just a tiny piece, little bigger then the rivet head. Put the sand paper over the rivet, and twist it around with your thumb, rub it back and forth, and side to side. Do that to all 3 until you have a pretty random looking scratch pattern. Next, take a little Raw umber acrylic paint, or straight black if you prefer, and using a small bit of sponge, dab the paint on the rivet till it\'s pretty well covered, then take a bit of cloth and dab over the paint, taking most of it off. What you\'ll end up with is paint mostly in the scratches and grooves, making it look pretty authentically worn.