g’day all , I’ve just got the conquistadores 16th cen ship .,from zvezda., and I would like to give it a real wooden finish., can anyone please direct me to a site ’ or alternatively give me some tip’s on how to achieve this please . thank’s guy’s
I have a buddy who actually uses wood stains on plastic ship models of wood vessels. I have tried the method and find it quite difficult, but I assume if I stayed at it and practiced a lot I’d get the hand of it. What I do is use two “wood” colors, like two shades of brown. After a base color of one of them, I then put down a second very thin coat with a brush, almost a drybrushed coat (which means an almost but not quite dry brush). I usually use matt colors, and then apply either a dull or a gloss coat depending on the look I want. In that period, a lot of ships used oils, like fish oil, as a preservative to unpainted woods, which resulted in a gloss or semi- gloss coat. Semi-gloss clearcoats are possible with an airbrush by applying a thin or dry coat of gloss or a very wet matt clear.
Also, clear polyurethanes are available with a semi-gloss sheen.
thank’s don ., can I ask what you mean by a dry coat with an air brush ., I’ve not heard that term befor… steve.,
dry means thin. As you build up paint, it will begin to pick up a gloss (even for flat paints), and the surface looks wetter and wetter. If you want a really flat finish the last coat must go on very thin/dry.
I achieve wood effects by first painting on an acrylic wood color, then paint on an oil wash of Burnt Umber, or whatever color you’re tying for.
Steve
thank’s , don and steve.,