Tutorial on easy, realistic woodpainting.
Hi all!
This is a technique many of you might know. I don't know how known this method is... Well, I got the technique from a fellow on the IPMS Norway forums, and I'm here to share what I can.
That is how it should look.
Here's what you need:
- Model to paint as wood
- A brush (I used an old one)
- A sand yellowish colour (Not a yellow one, but yellowish.. Duff, Dark yellow, etc.)
- Burnt Umber oilpaint
As for this tutorial, I just used a very simple piece of .25mm styrenesheet:
As I always do, I primed it. With automotive primer:
Then I painted it overall with Vallejo Modelcolour Duff. You can also go lighter, or darker on the yellow to alter the finished wood:
Then take your brush and Burnt Umber up. I used an old brush here, with it's bristels all split up. I find it slightly better to work with for this:
Then with absolutely no thinner or anything, apply the oil to the brush (not too much) and simply start streaking:
It is best to streak several times. Many times aswell. Over and over again, till you yourself think it looks good. This is what I ended up with:
You may also want to apply more oilpaint to make the wood look darker:
Or maybe you want a little special effects, simply by stopping halfway on the model, then going back and starting over again (Also note that this had dried overnight, so it's alot more matt than the previous ones):
And that's how simple it can be to paint wood.
Hope you enjoyed my tutorial here, hope it can be to any use, and questions, comments and more are welcome! ![Big Smile [:D]](/emoticons/icon_smile_big.gif)
-Lasse