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Painting a simple 15mm house
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Tools: Hobby knife (X-acto) or wood cutting tool |
Paints: Acrylic hobby paints (Americana and Games Workshop) Glass and Tile Medium(Folk Art) |
To give the house some texture and act as stucco or plaster, I painted on a mix of white glue, water and fine sand. I also added a short 10mm wall to create a garden. |
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Next, I added some wood details to the door and windows. I used hobby match sticks to outline the door and added window sills. You can use thin balsa wood too, since match sticks do not cover the whole foam opening. I just cut into the foam deep and glued in the matchstick to act as an illusion. |
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Next, I painted the house a yellowish cream or sand color. I mixed a 1:1 ratio of acrylic paint and Glass and Tile medium. The Glass and Tile medium, "G&T" for short, acts as a primer and can be mixed with any color to create an immediate basecoat. I undercoated the roof with a wash mix of black ink, water, and G&T medium. The G&T also helps to remove the gloss from the index card shingles, or any glossy surface like foamboard, glass, tile, plastic, etc. |
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An unexpected result of the acrylic paint was it started to crack as it dried. It added to the effect of plaster or stucco to the walls. I painted a coat of Terracotta to the roof. I brushed down to try to leave a bit of the black ink under the shingles to give the effect of depth. |
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Next, I painted a few details. I painted the wood trim a medium grey. The garden was undercoated with brown to simulate dirt under the flock to be added later. The roof and walls were lightly drybrushed with white to pick out the grain of the stucco and edges of the roof tiles. The internal floor and walls were just painted white mixed with some G&T medium. |
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The last step was to add some foliage. I mixed water and white glue, about 1:1, then brushed the house and garden in a pattern of growing vines, overgrown brush and grass. It also helped with covering up some of the imperfections during the building process. I later sealed the model with a coat of G&T and water. You can also use any matte spray or varnish, too. Now it's ready to go on the battlefield! |
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