Update time ......
Have finally made a start on the painting of the brick work/woodwork.
As mentioned earlier on i was going to use a technique involving enamels and soft coloured pencils.But after applying the first base coat of enamel paint`s, it quickly became obvious that this was`nt going to work on laser cut wood because the mortar courses are too deeply cut.
So i`ve reverted to using paints and pigment powders for this building....
So this pic shows what was the base coat for soft pencil technique, (top pic) and then subsqently painted over with a couple of light coat`s of Humbrol #100, (red/brown-matt) then followed by a coat of Humbrol #70. (brick red-matt)
Once dry, i dry brush some matt black on in a random fashion,followed by a very diluted coat of matt black/thinners.(white spirit)
This last coat, is what gives the mortar course`s some definition (see pics`s below)
Unfortunatly i did`nt take any more pic`s as i progressed as the batteries ran out in the camera,but hopfully you`ll get the idea from the following pic`s and explanation!.
So after the thinned black coat was dry,i went back over the walls picking out bricks with three various browns.Humbrol #`s 70-100-186.
And at this time i also painted the window sill`s and lintel`s with some aged concerete,from Polly scale.This is a US brand of Acrylic paint,which was to hand,so i used it!.
Again, i then gave the whole structure another wash of dilluted matt black paint,but this time i wiped the majority of it off whilst it was still drying.
This has the effect of giving the building that slightly grubby aged look that seem`s to affect industrial type buildings.
Once all this had dried,i gave it a coat of Testors Dulcote to seal the surfaces.
And lastly, for a bit of variation,with my finger i`ve rubbed some grey/white pigment powder (light dust,from MIG) into the mortar course`s in no particular pattern.
This does create quite a bit of dust on the surface as your doing it,but with a wet finger it you can remove it leaving behind a nice random pattern.
This is also one reason for sealing the brick work first,because if it you used the powders then sealed it you`d lose most of the effect;and powder!,plus doing it after give`s the powder a nice key to grab on too.
And so to the woodwork.
Nothing fancy here,just a base coat of grey Halfords primer,followed by white ink for the recessed part of the window frames,and then followed by a coat of 'Reading' (railroad) green from Polly scale again.
All of which suitably abused with some P600 wet'n'dry paper,in dry form to give the woodwork that aged/faded look.
The door got the same treatment as above,but i also gave it a quick coat of diluted matt black too,just to bring out the panels slighty better.
Once it was dry,it seemed only right that a test fit was done....
There`s still a few thing`s to do, like weather the chimney pot and add a little more colour to the slates,which by the way were painted with Humbrol #31. (slate grey)
Then it`ll be detail work like guttering and such.
So for now...
Thanks for looking,
Brian.