I'm trying to find the best way to weather the wood on a scratchbuilt out post on the eastern front. I've tried washes of brown/green,but it looks unatural. I dont know what else to try. Thanks

MicoMark sells a product that chemically ages wood. I would give this a try.

HTH

Ziggy:

Many people start out the same way you have. I think we learn as children that grass is green, trees are brown, and the sky is blue. In reality, all these things vary greatly from place to place.

When you really analyze weathered wood, or old trees, you'll notice that they lean a lot more toward gray than they do toward brown. The colors are very subtle, and muted.

For your outpost I would first paint it a very dark color such as raw umber with maybe a touch of black in it for the deepest shadows. Then I would progressively drybrush lighter shades of warm gray. Perhaps you may know the difference, but just in case you don't gray can be either cool, neutral or warm. Cool grays tend to be on the blue side. You want to avoid those in this case. Warm grays lean more toward brown.

I think if you head in that direction, you'll be pleased with the results.

Hope this helps.

John

Hi~
Did you paint the planks slightly differenet colors?
Also drybrushing after you put a brown wash?
HTH~
Ron Hoover

ron,it wouls stand to reason that wood weathers at different speeds. Therfore different color variations would be in order..HTH,,rgds jim

John17 has got it right on the mark. I've done it this way and it works out fine.