rifles

If you paint with the "Flesh Wash", you can actually see the yallow grain in the wood. Just remember to paint with dark yellow first

Regards,

-Kai-

id say to put down a light brown somewhere around burnt sienna and then drybrush a darker brown over it....cuz i seriously doubt that you would be able to see the yellow of the grain...... i only use acryllics! better clean up and u can buy huge bottles for pennies...(not literally)

I have a pretty good solution, just paint it Tamiya Dark Yellow, and use Citadell "Flesh Wash", and then it look like wood, with the wooden effect.

I don't use acrylics myself but I usually start with a dark base color and then using a fine tip brush I streak on 2 good colors for grain contrast then lightly stroke the wood grain with a fairly stout brush dipped in thinner blotted a little . It softens the grain. I think it does make a difference when doing natural or finished wood parts of military equipment, gives it a more real feeling!!

Sorry, can't help with the wood grain itself.
To be honest I actually doubt that it would be really visible in that scale.

IMO, too often a modeler tries to reproduce things that would not be visible in scale.