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in this picture ( and in actuality), the shingles look like they have alot of brown in them. they don't have ANY brown in them. all the coloring so far has been two coats of silverwood, and some ochre chalk on the upper parts of the shingles washed in with alcohol.
i mixed up a batch of silverwood with 4 or 5 drops of bone paint to hopefully get a real nice greyish color, and i'll be hitting it with that once the roofs are done and the ridge cap on.
and there's always powders.....
They look good so do not over do it.
jeez... one step forward, two steps back.
i think i'll go back to swilling beer and playing guitar........
i finished shingling the front roof panel. note the 'flashing' for the valley on the angled side.
i'm leaving the top unshingled for now, so i can see how the front and rear match up.
i have no meetings this week, so i'll get the rear panel shingled this week if i have enough shingles.
fingers crossed......
Rick
i shoulda just bought the kit. it's only $169.95.
The shingles look great Kevin.
i thought of another idea too. just carve a piece of foam in the shape i want the sawdust pile, paint it shaffron, hit it with glue, and roll it in the sawdust.
i wanna learn about the fabric softener trick though.
two letters to the east and you're an earl....
That sawdust may be to fine so if you have some other put that down first wet it with some water then your mat medium when almost dry put the fine dust over it.