Painting Buildings

[Klingsor]

Most textured paint seems quite coarse. The new stuff from Tamiya is the finest I can think of and I think it comes in white for snow and stipples but again is not the right texture for whitewashed plaster.

I have had some success with applying a coat of PVA, though varnish or paint should work almost as well, and pouring or literally throwing fine, dry play pit sand over it. This is the nicest, finest sand I have seen and comes in handy sized bags from the Early Learning Centre. This is coarser than stippling texture gel but much quicker and easier. I saw something the other day, a cooling tower I had tried to make from a waste paper bin, and on any other forum would that not sound mad, and it had the PVA and sand texture but made interesting by some flat strips where I had used masking tape to protect some areas.

This seems blindingly obvious but might we worth stating. I had intended to leave the brick bits untextured.

Lately I have been making mostly Dark Age to early medieval buildings for Saga, hence a lot of experience with towelling roofs, but before that were generic middle eastern ones which got the stippling or sand which was easier than plaster and dark age round houses which got either towelling or teddy bear fur roofs, the former being easier and better looking. I might use towelling for the Rouke's Drift buildings.

Would the shed and toilet roofs have been bare wood or tar paper? For the latter the model railway crowd recommend tissue paper, not the sort we use a lot of in winter but that for model aircraft or something called silk span. If anyone remembers the old civil service toilet paper, like very thin tracing paper, it might have worked. I bought some black crepe paper before Christmas to try on some wild west buildings but have dome nothing with it yet.

[mudcow304]

A candidate for publishing to the main site?

I'd second that!

[mudcow304]

This seems blindingly obvious but might we worth stating. I had intended to leave the brick bits untextured.

Definitly worth stating Sir! Any statement that avoids a chap stuffing up his scenery is definitly worth stating! Thank you.

[Klingsor]

That is one thing that has taken me a long time to learn. Always assume that everyone else is an idiot that wants you to look bad so it is worth leaving nothing to chance, one good example was getting 90% of the way somewhere and then asking the teacher in charge where they were going for the final fiddly bit; she had no idea and assumed I knew. Now I always ask and make sure I know where we are going even if they don't.
Great advice, I only wish I would follow it myself, along with sometimes doing nothing is the right thing to do.

Terrain making seems to be a series of flashes of inspiration (many of which are duds), stealing other peoples ideas, mangling instructions and trial and error.

[Vogless]

A candidate for publishing to the main site?

I'd second that!

Let's move it to a vote.

I!

[mudcow304]

I put my buildings together today. Very good build quality and rather good instructions. Unfortunately my set was missing the little sprue with the little bit of roof for the store. I'm sure that Warlord will sort me out but it was rather dissapointing.

That said, I'm really pleased with the look of the buildings. I've added textured paint to the outside for the plaster, I'll do the inside as well before I undercoat. Can't realy go any further than that without the bit of building. It's no bother though, I still have over 70 Zulus and another 14 Brits to paint as yet!

[Correus]

I put my buildings together today. Very good build quality and rather good instructions. Unfortunately my set was missing the little sprue with the little bit of roof for the store. I'm sure that Warlord will sort me out but it was rather dissapointing.

That said, I'm really pleased with the look of the buildings. I've added textured paint to the outside for the plaster, I'll do the inside as well before I undercoat. Can't realy go any further than that without the bit of building. It's no bother though, I still have over 70 Zulus and another 14 Brits to paint as yet!

Pictures pictures!!!! We like pictures!!!

[Parus Ater]

Yeah, pictures or it didn't happen!

[mudcow304]

True, true. I'll get some pics up tomorrow night. Definitly won't look as good as Klinsor's though!

[Klingsor]

I would not bet on that. Mine are hiding in a drawer, only the sheds from the accessory pack are assembled. I keep getting distracted by Skyrim.