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  • Member since
    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 9, 2004 12:19 AM
Hello Graf Spee,

For deck wood on my tall ships, I like Testors Model Masters Enamel wood #1735 and the Model Masters acrylic wood #4674. Paint each deck board one of the two and let dry then wash with flat acrylic black. The model masters wood enamel and acrylic are a slightly different color of wood and really give the deck that "basketball court look"

For the hull wood, I use Model Masters wood 1735 and then wash with Games Workshop Flesh wash dilluted with water. I do it in coats until I feel it looks dark enough. I don't like it very dark BTW.

The colors I have described is for the older 16 to early 17 century gallions such as the Golden Hinde and Mayflower.

For wood, the main advice from me is use matte or flat paints and washed only for the deck wood and the wood sides can be washed in a gloss since this area of the ship is oiled regularly.

For your ship kit, I would paint and wash in matte/flat paints.

Use at least 3 different shades of wood while painting the deck. Use one color for the door, another for the door trim, then use another for the side wood walls...etc This gives it a multi-dimensional look. Wash it all in flat brown and black.

Hope this helps,
Lon
  • Member since
    November 2005
making plastic look like wood
Posted by Anonymous on Monday, March 8, 2004 11:48 PM
Hello everybody,
Recently started modeling again after more than 30 years.
I'm currently buildig the Glorieux a 1;150 model by Heller.
I was wondering how you guys painted the light and dark wood parts.
I've painted the light parts Humbrol 63 sand but a varnish over it and gave it a wash with burnt sienna.
Result was not bad but not good also.
It had an unnatural gloss.
After 2 weeks of drying i tried to give it a coat of matt varnish,but some of the oil paint came back off.I have to restore the deck(anybody has any idea how)
The dark parts look just awful.
I painted them naural wood-122 by Humbrol.
You could say a lot about it, but not that it looks like wood.

Oh;
After browsing through these forums i must consider myself an absolute beginner .
Thanks
Bob
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