Hey guys. Was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction to a thread that may already be on here. I have a tarmac base I made using tamiya diorama concrete texture paint. It turned out great, nice texture. But the colour is too monotone and "fake" looking. Is there a tutorial out there for painting and weathering concrete to make if look a little more real. Sorry no pics. I don't know how to post them.

Thanks
Dave

Dave, your post is a little confusing. IN one sentence, you're talking about painting tarmac. In another, you mention painting and weathering concrete.

Which one are you trying to do? Concrete or Tarmac? Both?

Here is a good tutorial for painting concrete.
http://www.smarttinc.com/blog/concrete-make-your-model-concrete-structure-look-right-tutorial



Steve

Dave & Steve,
I have another method I use to paint concrete. I use thin cardboard scrap-bookers call "chipboard". I cut it into rectangles to represent the sections of concrete between expansion joints. I glue them onto a pre-cut base. I then paint them flat back. After the black dries for a couple of hours, I use an airbrush to spray Neutral or Sea gray inside the rectangular sections, leaving enough oversrpay that it just leaves a shadow of the black along the cracks (known sometimes as the pre-shading method). If necessary, I use a slightly lighter shade of the same gray gray towards the inside of the rectangles. After it drys for 24-48 hours, I use 0000 steel wool or fine sandpaper to blend it in. If you need to paint lines or numbers in white or yellow, you can do that with an airbrush or freehand using very thin paint. Those can be blended into the "concrete" surface with the steel wool or sandpaper too to make them look more weathered.
Very Respectfully, Russ