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No.6 · 08-01-2006

I am currently working on a 1/32 Sopwith Camel kit by Academy
Things have been going well so far and I have been enjoying the build/paint however I would like to achieve a wood grain effect around the cockpit area.
I have been thinking of a couple of ways to achieve this, one involving painting the desired area a light color of brown then giving it a wash of a darker brown and perhaps using a coloring in pencil to draw on a grain. This is just a thought though.

I was wondering if anybody might know tried and tested way of achieving convincing wood grain effect?
I have never had to paint a wood effect on a figure!
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated; I feel the model has come to a bit of a halt at the moment.

08-01-2006	#1 (permalink)
No.6 Scale Model Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Edinburgh Visit No.6's Gallery Posts: 45 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	painting a wood effect? I am currently working on a 1/32 Sopwith Camel kit by Academy Things have been going well so far and I have been enjoying the build/paint however I would like to achieve a wood grain effect around the cockpit area. I have been thinking of a couple of ways to achieve this, one involving painting the desired area a light color of brown then giving it a wash of a darker brown and perhaps using a coloring in pencil to draw on a grain. This is just a thought though. I was wondering if anybody might know tried and tested way of achieving convincing wood grain effect? I have never had to paint a wood effect on a figure! Any ideas would be greatly appreciated; I feel the model has come to a bit of a halt at the moment. __________________