Ive used pastel crayons rub it on with the crayon its self or with you fingers than wipe excess off with rag then spray with flat spray works fantastic and is easy..
spray facade with flat finish, let dry then do a whitewash over the faceade using a mix of watered down gray/white wdlnd scenics flat finish, let dry, then carefully/lightly rub brick face randomly w/ q-tip and or artists blending stick. once you have desired effect spray again w/ flat finish.
I built the DPM freight depot kit a while ago. I painted all the brickwork with enamel as there were stones at the bottem and bricks for the rest of it. I used a light brown to cream colour and you can see the joints as the dark bricks don’t shadow them. Then I airbrushed the wholt thing, going heavier around the base, added some moss to the roof to hide where the paint got wrecked and it looks better than the photo on the box.
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February 5th, 2012 - 17:32
you did a good job.. alot of people wont give out tips.. keep the vids rolling
February 5th, 2012 - 18:12
Thanks for the tip!!
February 5th, 2012 - 18:12
Another great idea! Thank you!
February 5th, 2012 - 19:00
Ive used pastel crayons rub it on with the crayon its self or with you fingers than wipe excess off with rag then spray with flat spray works fantastic and is easy..
February 5th, 2012 - 19:41
spray facade with flat finish, let dry then do a whitewash over the faceade using a mix of watered down gray/white wdlnd scenics flat finish, let dry, then carefully/lightly rub brick face randomly w/ q-tip and or artists blending stick. once you have desired effect spray again w/ flat finish.
February 5th, 2012 - 20:38
@europeantrainman75 my layout update #3 has some at 0:15 but they’re blurry. I’ll try and get some better ones. i would just give up on them.
February 5th, 2012 - 21:12
You have any pics of that?
February 5th, 2012 - 21:59
I built the DPM freight depot kit a while ago. I painted all the brickwork with enamel as there were stones at the bottem and bricks for the rest of it. I used a light brown to cream colour and you can see the joints as the dark bricks don’t shadow them. Then I airbrushed the wholt thing, going heavier around the base, added some moss to the roof to hide where the paint got wrecked and it looks better than the photo on the box.
February 5th, 2012 - 22:29
Thank you very much!
February 5th, 2012 - 22:57
it looks pretty good to me