Bayern, Germany
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Posted: Friday, July 04, 2014 - 05:12 PM UTC
Hi,
I'm currently
building a Sturer Emil that has REALLY nice interior details. One of these is the wooden fighting compartment floor.
I was wondering if any of you might care to share his/her technique to achieve a realistic, weathered, treaded on look to this?
The way I plan to start out is mainly following the steps below:
- a light wood as the base color
- hairspray in preparation for chipping
- panzer gray
- do the chipping only leaving the gray in the corners and unused areas
- some dry brushing with another (WHICH!?) color in the heavily used areas
Is there a better way to achieve this?
Many thanks in advance!
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Posted: Friday, July 04, 2014 - 06:46 PM UTC
Just my two cents, I'd do a darker wood basecoat and then drybrush with a lighter color or a lighter shade of that wood color. As far as actual colors go, yellow ochre, khaki, something tan, or also a light gray. Wood seems to really gray with a lot of use and exposure to the elements.
I usually do wood effects in this order:
Black base coat or primer coat
Darkest shade of wood (dark brown)
Lightened shade of wood (medium brown)
Yellow ochre, tan, whichever you choose drybrush
Hope that helps, Hellbent
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Bayern, Germany
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Posted: Saturday, July 05, 2014 - 04:24 AM UTC
Thanks, Hellbent! Makes sense...
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Bayern, Germany
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Posted: Thursday, July 17, 2014 - 04:06 AM UTC
This is how it looks right now. In the end it probably looks more like mud then used wood...
I might add some more pigments to the central part and probably apply a sienna oil wash when everything is done.
Any thoughts? Thanks a lot!
Cristian
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SgtRam
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Posted: Thursday, July 17, 2014 - 05:22 AM UTC
I have recently seen an article (which I can't find right now) where you print a wood pattern on a blank white decal sheet, then apply it to the area. After sealing it, you can then do a hair spray method of chipping over it. It look very good.
Bayern, Germany
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Posted: Thursday, July 17, 2014 - 06:17 AM UTC
That sounds like an uncommon technique... so you've got my attention, sir!
Please post a reference in case you come across it again sometimes. Thanks!
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