Putting the 09 gauge project to one side for a bit, it is back to My Last Great Project 00 gauge layout. Having constructed the bare bones of the scenic sub-bases towards the end of last year, it was time to make some progress and stop looking at, what look like large icebergs which given the recent weather was probably quite fitting, and get some colour on them. This what they looked like - large icebergs!
The starting point was to be to get some colour on the rock faces. A light brown was the required colour. Now I could have raided the WMD Stores model paint supplies but given the amount of paint required it made more economical sense to raid a tin of white emulsion from my decorating chores and then mix in some Burnt Umber acrylic paint to get the required shade. A handy empty jar made a good container/mixing pot.
That's the colour that I got too. Paint always dries lighter then it looks when wet.
Just to test out my mix I chose the smallest sub-base first - always best to test before going too far!
You can see the painted two thirds against the remaining third of the plaster finish in the photo below. The paint also seals the plaster for further painting, which there will be to get to the desired finish.
And to get to that desired finish a dilute mix of the Burnt Umber paint was made up in a smaller jar at a ration of about one part paint to five of water. I didn't actually used bottled water, it just happened that the bottle was empty and handy to fill up with tap water. I'm not made of money which appears to be Mrs. Woody's belief!
Starting off with a soft brush, the paint was quite literally just dribbled onto the rock faces and being dilute, the pigment found its way into the crevices giving a nice shadow effect.
The rest of the sub-base was treated to the same process. It took a few applications of paint to get the required tone but it is beginning to look a lot less like an iceberg!
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