hi all, for my new wirble wind dio, i am going to have a small man made person bridge, all i want to know is what realistic wood colour do i paint it, and how do i wash and weather it?
thanx all

Hey,
If you are using wood as the building material (balsa or bass) you can use household wood stain and that will give you the best imitation.
If not, a base coat of dark yellow with a touch of dark brown for a light under coat. Then a top coat of a mix of dark brown, touch of black, touch of buff, touch of thinner. I wouldn't mix it 100%, maybe 80% to give it some varigation (streakiness).
One thing I do with my wood is to add a number of varying shades of washes once I get the top coat on. I do prefer to go the stain route.

hey slodder, thnx, i have lots of wood stain products, will do that.

matt

I like to weather it with pastels, they "stick' well to balsa wood

My personal favorite for weathering balsa and other wood is Tamiyia's smoke. You can paint the wood the color you want and then hit it with the smoke color. Mostly I use it with out painting the wood first. It gives the wood a look that it has been exposed to the elements for a while. I cut it with alcohol and then keep applying it until I get the desired effect.

thnx guys for input, this really helps, i think i am going to go with the wood stain and the weathering with the pastels, thnx

matt

I've used the stains from Micro-Mark for wood and they work well.

Sealhead (Kansas Sunflower)

I like to age my wood by doing a "dry brush" of DecoArt Barnwood Gray... it tones down the brown of fresh wood, and give a nice worn look to any wood.