roanoke
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Post by roanoke on Apr 8, 2013 12:32:07 GMT -5
I've watched a great many of DM Scotty's vids, and they are helpful in the extreme. One thing I was looking for (and forgive me if this has been done already) is painting a wood texture.
I'm thinking of something like a wood plank floor or table top. Any ideas, or if this is in a video some where, please let me know!
Thanks~ Nick
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Post by juvenihilist on Apr 8, 2013 13:34:21 GMT -5
Well, for old, dried wood this works pretty good - score the balsa, or wood with a knife to simulate cracks and stuff, then basepaint with grey. Then dab some watered white color on the piece and quickly tap the piece with a piece of paper to dry up the paint. That should leave random patches on the piece, making it look old and worn. *Edit* The pic aint the best, but I guess you get the general idea. Attachments:
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Post by gamemasterkenn on Apr 8, 2013 14:08:47 GMT -5
I've watched a great many of DM Scotty's vids, and they are helpful in the extreme. One thing I was looking for (and forgive me if this has been done already) is painting a wood texture. I'm thinking of something like a wood plank floor or table top. Any ideas, or if this is in a video some where, please let me know! Thanks~ Nick One of the things that I've found useful is if you're using thicker cardboard and wetter paint (watered down burnt umber after your base black) the corrugation starts showing through so if you line it up the way planks should run and then dry brush over it with lighter brown paints it looks pretty much like wooden flooring. Take a look in the Gallery section at my Caravel ship and see if that's what you're looking for. As far as a tabletop goes... I've found that the mixed bag of wooden rectangles that you can get at Hobby Lobby work pretty well for table tops and they have a wood grain (since they ARE wood, albeit cheap stuff). In my GMKenn Goes Shopping video here on the site I show a couple tables that I put together in only a couple minutes with those and some hot glue and I specifically remark how much I like the way it shows the wood grain after painting.
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roanoke
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Post by roanoke on Apr 9, 2013 11:29:19 GMT -5
Many thanks! These are all great ideas. I also found Scotty painting a wood texture in the boat vid.
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justsix
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Post by justsix on Apr 10, 2013 14:23:27 GMT -5
I've been building a lot for my next adventure, and I'm using a lot of balsa and coffee stirrers. I've found a pretty effective (and fast) way to get them looking pretty decent. I take some Raw Umber craft paint and water it down to a stain-like consistency, and then slop it on the piece. Then I wipe off the paint with a paper towel, just like you would if you were staining wood. It brings out the grain pretty well, and I like the effect. Once dry, I'll drybrush it with some Yellow Ochre to bring out the edges -- this works really well if you first knock up the edges of the wooden planks with an xacto knife, and gouge out some knot holes (before staining, of course). Now when it comes to making tree bark, I found an excellent way to quickly make some rotting bark texture. Here's the link to the model railroad site where I found it: www.pacificcoastairlinerr.com/bark/The Spectralock grout powder is very cheap at any home improvement store, and the whole process gives a very nice texture -- like bark ready to fall off an gnarled old tree or log...
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slurpy
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Post by slurpy on Apr 10, 2013 19:06:09 GMT -5
Spectralock Part C is just colored sand. While play sand is probably coarser, I bet art sand would give you the same effect at about 1/10th the cost.
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justsix
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Post by justsix on Apr 11, 2013 9:56:29 GMT -5
Didn't know that -- thanks for the tip!
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