I've been slowly constructing the scenery on my rr, using cardboard strips, crumpled newspaper, and plaster soaked paper towels. It has some decent varriation in shape due to the crumpled paper underneath. My questions are, What color do most of you use to paint the white plaster before adding grund foam to it? i know it's subjective to location, I have BNSF/BN/SF stock, but I'm freelancing so it isn't really all that critical. Also, What type of paint do you use? Latex, Oil, or What. I will add ground foam with dilluted white glue after it. Thanks all. Shaummy
Here's how I just did mine: Paint the plaster with a color that is the color soil you want to have (I found a mis-mix color at the paint store real cheap) I use a latex paint so that the clean up is easier. While the paint is wet, sprinkle in your ground cover. Allow some bare spots or thin spots where the soil shows through. Let the paint dry, then come back and spray liberally with hair spray. Yes hair spray. I've recently started using it a lot . Its a good adhesive that is easy to apply uniformly. The paint from the bottom and hairspray from the top holds it well. Scot
Scot is correct, and its easy clean up with soap and water too. Also works great putting leaves on trees.
If you can't find a decient paint mis-match at the store, you can some times find good matches right on the shelf. Take a bottle of Pactra 'light earth' water soluble paint along to help you match the color. Don't go by the names, so much as the color. Sometimes you can even find a match on the bargan paint shelf. Now for rock outcroppings you'll want to use artists water color paints which come in smaller tubes but if used correctly will go pretty far. Use colors like raw & burnt umber & raw & burnt sienna. Also make up some india ink & alcohol solution about 1:4. Put this in a spray bottle and spray the outcroppings don't saturate them just put on until the plaster turns grey. Then take a cheap paint brush or disposable foam brush and start with the darkest color and brush it on, really thin it out so it will go farther. Then keep adding the lighter colors randomly, (you'll want seperate brushes for the different colors) stop when it looks good. After it dries real good you can go back in with the black wash and add shadows or take white acryilic paint and 'dry brush' it on the tops of individual rocks for highlights. 2slim
