Hello, Just keeping everyone posted on my progress. I have finished drybrushing the outside of the barn, i painted and rusted the hinges, Made the latches on the doors, finished the crosses(for lack of the proper term) atop the roof, lightened the thatch just a touch and installed the window all the way down to the caulking lol. Anyway, any and all comments are welcome.I would appreciate any suggestions as I have been looking at this "barn" to much lately. So please fire away. Hopefully its on to the inside and I can add all the goodies there. Cheers Kevin

I almost forget there are three pics in my gallery and here is one of them.

thanks again Kevin

I have to say that it coming out very nice. The thatch roof is very convincing. You are diong a fantastic job on this Dio. Keep the photos coming.

Nice! That looks great! I have one idea to add that extra touch of a used and weathered building. Water "damage" Note the places where rain water and such is likely to streak and discolor the roof and walls more intensely than the rest. The outer edges of the roof, the area along the loft extension, etc...

You re doing a very nice job. i like the colour of wood elements and the build allover . the details are very nice , and the thatching looks at least real .. very nice keep it coming my friend

its looking great kev,

one thing i would suggest is add some moss growth to the roof, if you look at tpictures of any thatched roof, they have moss growing on them, maybe just airbrush some green onto the roof in a few places?

cheers

joe

Thanks for the comments guys. Questions here. How would I go about making the water marks? Once again this is all new to me, and I dont understand how I would go about doing that. And also the mossy color would that be like a dk green-black color? Once again thanks to everyone for there advice. Cheers Kevin

Looks really good! I cant wait to see the final product.

There is a series of articles by MIG on the miising link sight that explains how to make rain marks and other types of weathering. I think that would be an excellent place to start. I personaly think your Barn is excellent now!!! GREAT work.
capnjock

Fabulous! Things have worked out well, I take it?

The barn! The stone wall! Beautiful

Looking forward to seeing this dio completed. Excellent work!

Hi, I posted a reply to you on how I get to MIG's articles. I hope they help. Again, Great work(on the wall also)
capnjock

Hey Jackhammer!

When I put washes on the model shown below I used washes starting with the lightest and thinnest and moving darker toward the locations of highest contact. In the final dio, all this detail is covered up by snow, so it turned out just to be practice. The washes were whites and grays primarily. Just look around at the roofs you used as examples and you'll see where the rainwater has discolored some areas more than others.

Thanks for the comments guys I'm glad everyone is liking the dio so far I'll give the water damage a try and see what I can come up with. Cheers Kevin