7mm Layouts and Dioramas by Stephen Fay, including Pontycwm, Newton Mills and St Stephens Bank

Compton castle

Western Thunderer
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Day one on the wall is complete, I’ve been building up layers through out the day,
At Coryton Cove the top courses of blocks are sand stone whilst the lower are harder Dartmoor granite, Im also replicating this using various shades of reds, browns and terracotta’s. The lower half is varying shades of grey.
This will be sealed in the morning with clear varnish so more layers can be built up. In the end it will be sealed and flattened with a generous coat of Dullcote.
Now as with the method I use for painting bricks it can look rather crap as you go along but keep at it.
 

Dan Randall

Western Thunderer
I find with stonework that you have to overdo the colouring and variation and then knock it all back with a light wash of yuck.

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Hi Chris

That is exactly the sort of colouration I'm trying to achieve on some concrete structures I'm working on at the moment - how did you achieve it please? (With apologies to Steve for the thread hijack).

Regards

Dan
 

Compton castle

Western Thunderer
The Ivy is from the Mininatur Range, the latest bushes are from Model Scene F571 the darker green bushes are from the Polak Range they are wild bushes summer green.
 
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