Andrew's resurrected 1/72 Armourfast Farmhouse....

[adt70hk]

Andrew,to my eternal shame I completely missed your mention of roughing up the walls. The effect is excellent.

Very well done that man!

Thanks and no need to feel any shame.... Let's face it there is a lot of waffle in the above posts.

ATB.

Andrew

 

[adt70hk]

Good evening all

So I spent a thoroughly enjoyable hour on Sunday evening doing some of the tiles. I started very carefully but the first colour was closer to the base coat than I thought, so stepped up to something with more contrast and took it from there.

I also started with very thin coats, so as to not risk overwhelming it with one colour that would then stick out like a sore thumb - especially as lighter shades can sometimes 'pop' a bit too much at this scale.

An unexpected benefit of this approach was that it allows the base coat to come through a bit, as a sort of pre-shade. It also means I can add two or three more layers of each paint to help with the tonal variation of each colour I have on the mixing palette - effectively creating two or three variations of each colour - and doubling or trebling the number of colours in use without opening a lot of paints. It also helps to stop it looking too 'toy' like.

I had to stop for dinner but that was probably not a bad thing as it forced me to stop and take stock of where I'd got to.

I'm going to do a few more tiles from the initial colour palette below, before moving onto some lighter colours now I have the hang of it - I reckon I've done no more than a quarter so far and probably less

Below are two pictures from each side - one close up and one from a more normal viewing distance of about 3 feet, although it looks farther away than that.

Please be honest with your comments!

ATB

Andrew

PS it's all a bit browner/darker in real life....

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The initial colour palette...




After one hour.....

 

[BattleshipBob]

Thats excellent Andrew!!

 

[Tim Marlow]

Liking that Andrew, colours look spot on.

 

[Jim R]

Hi Andrew
Colours look fine to me.
Jim

 

[adt70hk]

Thats excellent Andrew!!

Liking that Andrew, colours look spot on.

Hi Andrew
Colours look fine to me.
Jim

Thanks gents, it's not a bad start even if I do say so myself!

Let's hope it continues!

ATB

Andrew

 

[adt70hk]

Thanks again all for the support

So I had a bit more of a play with a brighter colour last night.

At first glance I thought it stuck out too much but then it occurred to me that I've been using pretty muted colours so far and so that as I add other lighter/brighter colours, it will look less obvious. That said, if it is too bright I can always tone it down a bit.

As before it's a bit darker/browner in real life

ACW please!

Andrew

 

[Steve Jones]

Brilliant work Andy. Very impressive

 

[adt70hk]

Brilliant work Andy. Very impressive

Thanks Steve. It's not looking too shabby even if I say so myself!

ATB.

Andrew

 

[Jim R]

Hi Andrew
Most definitely not shabby.
Jim

 

[GerryW]

Looking good, take it that you'll be giving it a matt finish?

 

[adt70hk]

Hi Andrew
Most definitely not shabby.
Jim

Thanks Jim. I really am very pleased with how it's gone since it's my first go at this sort of thing.

Looking good, take it that you'll be giving it a matt finish?

Gerry

Thanks for stopping by.

Indeed it will be getting a coat of Matt varnish. That slight sheen you can see was created Tamiya NATO Brown base coat. No idea why it did that.

It would be getting a Matt varnish coat anyway, even if it wasn't doing that, to protect it for our wargaming.

ATB.

Andrew

 

[adt70hk]

Good morning all

So I'm calling the roof done for the time being, until I paint the house and so can put it in a proper context. I can always make some adjustments later.

I had a bit of painting good fortune earlier this week. The brighter tile, painted a 'clay' colour still looked too bright at this scale so I gave it a thin coat of Vallejo 70.875 Beige Brown and was left with a nice faded terracotta looking colour - exactly was I was looking for....

So last night I painted a fair few tiles solidly in the clay colour and a dark yellow called 'antique gold' (non-metallic). The clay then got one or two coats of the Vallejo Beige Brown depending on the effect I was looking for. The antique gold got a thin coat or two of Humbrol enamel H113 rust. A few tiles then got a coat of the beige brown.

I have no idea how many tiles I've painted in the past week but bearing in mind some got as many as four coats, it was a lot.....

All in all as a first attempt I'm really very pleased with the effect and it was a surprisingly therapeutic process....nothing technical or difficult and the time went surprisingly quickly.

The phone camera still can't pick the colours correctly, so I'll try grabbing some better shots at the weekend.

ACW as usual.

Andrew

PS Apologies for the sheen on the Tamiya paint. No idea why it did that.....

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The two bright colours unwashed........







The final effect....

 

[Jim R]

That has worked a treat Andrew. Very worn and aged looking.
Jim

 

[spanner570]

Great result Andrew.

Excellent painting coupled with endless patience!

 

[Tim Marlow]

Looks good Andrew. There is a nice depth to the colour variation.

 

[adt70hk]

That has worked a treat Andrew. Very worn and aged looking.
Jim

Great result Andrew.

Excellent painting coupled with endless patience!

Looks good Andrew. There is a nice depth to the colour variation.

Thanks guys. Maybe a bit darker overall than I was originally thinking but really pleased with how it turned out.

ATB.

Andrew

 

[GerryW]

They're looking great, good that the experiments worked - I'd be worried about mixing the different paints!

 

[minitnkr]

A level seldom attained. Great work.

 

[adt70hk]

A level seldom attained. Great work.

Thank you Paul. Your are too kind.

ATB

Andrew