I'd been dithering (how unlike me!) over how to paint the wood, and had done two rather labour intensive (multiple layers and washes) test pieces which I was fairly pleased with, but knew would be mind-numbing for a whole building or town:
So when I was out yesterday picking up some Master's Brush Cleaner (very highly recommended for bringing even nasty old splayed brushes back to life, btw) from the art shop in town, I also picked up two pots of craft paint (Chocolate and Coffee - I guess I was getting peckish!):
Some heavy drybrushing (more like wetbrushing, really) later, and taadaa! A finished building:
The Thorncreek Patrol, ever vigilant...
Quick and dirty pictures, as usual, but it keeps the impetus of blogging going and boosts my feeling of accomplishment if I post straight away I finish something. All the usual excuses about flash washing out layers, funny business from Photoshop when auto-levelling the contrast, but I'm pretty chuffed with how this turned out. The best bit is, the most time-consuming part of painting it was the couple of layers of blue on the windows!
Hope you like it,
Rab
Good spot with Anita's Acrylics
ReplyDeleteYou get a lot more for your pot
They certainly are good for large areas and with their range of colours are a useful sub-in for the more expensive paints on miniatures
I'm sorry I missed this earlier; great work on the building. I like the look of it a lot. Dean
ReplyDeleteThanks Dean - I'm keeping a close eye on your Sharp Practice painting. As soon as I get a playable amount of LotOW scenery together, that will be my next project (I have three boxes of plastic Victrix/Perry stashed under my desk!).
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