Hi,

I just received the SUPERB Kankali brickwork set and really need some help painting it. The set came with some instructions but would like some more detail from those who have used these sets in the past.

Here are some pics of this amazing product





The set comes bare and it's a dark grey color. If these pics show a brownish hue is just because of the lighting.

Any help here will be appreciated,

Rob

I would try airbrushing with the color that you want for the base. Then I would dry brush with a lighter color. I would use a lot of pastels for dirt for in between the bricks.

Looks like a nice base. Have not used that but how about:

Airbrush / rattle can very dark grey / med black.
Brush on Burnt Sienna (spell?) to bricks.
Oil wash Burnt Umber.
Dry brush lightened Burnt Sienna (or sim. color).
Drybrush light Sand.

Just an idea...

Get into it and post some pic's - you'll get more feedback.

Good Luck
NEO

Or just do what Mr. Anderson said.

Clearly his way is the right way. I just felt bad because nobody responded and it looks like nice brick work. I know you want to do that right.

Thanks guys, much appreciated.

Now, the set if made from latext and I am afraid that If I use oil paints it might get ruin. Maybe a coat of future on top of it might do the trick, I don't know.

I'll try and see how it turns out and will post some pics as Mr. Anderson suggested.

Thanks again,

Rob

I've used a Bunch of Kancali stuff - GREAT GREAT (oh yea Great) stuff. Easy, flexible, well molded.

Painting. I have used Hobby Paints Acrylics (Apple Barrel $.75 tube stuff from AC Moore/Walmart) as a base, then I go back over it with oils to tone different bricks, I use tons of oil paint/terpentine as a wash medium. Never had a problem

Ditto Slodder on paint mediums. No worries there.Have used a great deal of their products and they can't be beat.
Cheers!

Hi Rob,
Love the Kancali stuff as well, sooo easy to use! Here's something you may want to consider trying:
I glue my road sections down to the base, using either contact cement or poly wood glue, like Gorilla Glue.
Once dry, I then pour on tile grout powder all over the road, then trowel it in to fill in the cracks. Tile grout comes in a ton of earth tones. When I have removed the excees dry powder, I lightly spray the whole thing with water to get it damp, then add white glue/water mix to it all. It dries hard as concrete, and usually it looks so good afterwards I won't paint it, just do a little dry brushing here and there...here's a pic of what I'm talking about...this is Kancali's fanned cobble road..



all I did here was simply drybrush over the grey colour of the road after grouting...

This looks great. Where do you guys order your Kancali stuff from?

Barry, check out the Kancali site: www.kancali.com
They're out of Washington State, they have a fair assortment of products and are reasonably priced, highly recommended!

Kelly

Check thier Civilian Rail Road side too. The roads they have over there are great for 1/72 and 1/48 scale building.

Scott, do you airbrush the Apple Barrel paints on the set or do you hand brush? what colors of these things do you use?


Kelly, thank you for the idea. It sounds great. Grout, I've never thought of that.

Thanks again all,

Rob

Hi - I use brushes with the hobby paints. They are too thick to use via an AB. I will mix and match with whites, blacks and browns in the main color to vary it. Then wash with various oils washes - browns, reds, blacks.
The colors I pick are all 'by eye' and I usually get a couple close to the base color that I am looking for and then mix in whites or darks to vary it.

Here is a feature I wrote that shows off three pieces from kancali Gotcha'Covered.

WOW!! Thanks, Scott! Your article and review of Kankali's fan cobble stone is exactly what I needed. BTW, absolutely impressive dio!

Rob

The Kincali latex products clearly state not to use solvents, and having used them several times, would listen to this advise.
Even after priming and spraying several coats of tamiya acrylics, turps lifted the whole lot. Humbrol thinner is a lot milder and has worked, but would not recommend anything stronger than this. Even laying this on too heavy can cut through the acrylic. The latex seems to suck it in!

This is the base, Im talking about ... after the second painting.


Two previous attempts, using humbrol thinners




I really wouldn´t recommend spraying with an aerosol, but painting on those thicker art paints may work, or even as kelly Zak sauggested, a coat of thinned white glue! Thats what I did after the paint originally lifted on the first pic above.