Once the tiles were placed, it was time to lay in some color. I have not painted anything in miniature for quit some time now, so this is being a real challenge for me!
My first attempt at the tiles came out way to red, and dark.... more like bricks, which is fine, other than the fact I was not painting bricks. I had to repaint. No other option.
So, after adjusting my paint mix, I finally ended up with a terracotta color; not brick red! Its a much better look if you ask me. I am sure you didn't ask, but hey, this is my blog so I say so. :)
Now that I have the roof sorted out, it was time to start painting the walls. I first started by pre-shading several of the stones using solid black and a dark gray. This will help with color variation once I start to spray in the base color.
Of coarse, my airbrush took a dump after I barely got started spraying. It is an old piece of crap Aztek I bought used several years ago. But it still leaves me without an AB..... So, time to pull out the brushes to finish this coat up. It is a very thin coat, so I am not worried about it leaving brush marks.
.............. And I already miss my airbrush. I need to get a new one as soon as I can. Painting by brush cannot go on any longer. Boy I miss the airbrush.
This is were the project sits for now, back to work in the morning and wont be at the bench until my days off next week.
-- Happy modeling!
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