Paint your figures all flat black first, this way if you miss a spot or two it will look like shadowing.  Then start with the lighter colors and end with the darker colors for the clothing and skin.  Always use flat colored paints.

 This is Micro trains Line SD40-2 Santa Fe model which I customized with working ditch lights.

Is so awesome!! Not exactly prototypical, but Milwaukee Road none the less! So glad someone made this!!

Hopper Weathering Clinic II
By Bill Mock
December 2009

So here's how those BN Hoppers turned out after the surface rust dried. Not bad. I'll [ ... ]