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Hi guys,

for many years I've painted stonework on buildings just by spraying black, and then drybrushing in dark brown, mid brown and then bone.

However, I've recently seen some fantastic buildings made by Crescent Root studios. Sadly they're no longer in production, but his paint jobs on stonework are lovely. They probably are drybrushed, but I was just wondering if anyone had any idea how to achieve this kind of look:


http://crescent-root.com/product/15mm/15_2/15j2...

Any hints and tips would be gladly accepted. I've got a few stone buildings to paint up and want them to look better than my standard dry-brush job.

cheers

John

Try using washes combined with drybrushing.

Yup, I can see some faint greeny and brown hued weathering washes on there.
I add such washes once painted as they make it look older and more real.

I think anyway..

Thanks guys - are we talking GW washes or something else?

I just water down my paints and apply a few layers until happy.

I thin down valejo paints, doesn't matter if hardly any paint in mix as thin layers are better. GW washes are quite strong, thin them down as well. Try blues and greens as well then the browns, greys etc

Hi,

If youve gor texture then washes, drybrushes and weathering is the way to go (use dry pastels for weathering its easer and cheaper).

If no texture but have patience you can paint detail on it:

http://www.blog.co.uk/srv/media/media_popup_lar...

Tutorial on my blog here:

http://ww2games.blog.co.uk/2010/10/23/rural-sto...

Cheers, Craig

Tiny Terrain
http://www.ww2games.blog.co.uk

That looks very effective.

I did stone walls via this method. Very nice results.

http://www.modeldads.co.uk/Life-at-the-Front/wo...

Thanks chaps, using your various hints and tips I've come up with a formula that works nicely and looks good!

cheers

John

PS Ravenchild and Angelbarracks - always find your web pages very inspirational on the terrain building front.