Seeking advice: paint colors for realistic brick?
Domnei
that do a good job of modeling brick? I'm adding some buildings to
my downtown that have brick walls so I want to make them look
as realistic as possible. I would like to make each one slightly
different, too, so suggestions on several different brick colors
(a reddish one, a brownish one, etc.) would be appreciated, too.
Thanks,
Mike Keith
john a dalton
...Mike...i use Polly-S (water-base) Boxcar Red...nice common
color...looks like weathered warehouse brick...use Black or White if
you need to lighten or darken the color...i do grout lines with a
common lead pencil and a straight edge...note that you don't need
grout lines all over, just in little areas..."chalking" bricks can be
done by a little white paint "splatter" (run a business card thru a
stiff bristle brush)...
...big john... :))
Ctyclsscs
One of my favorite colors for painting bricks is Polly S/Polly Scale Zinc
Chromate Primer.
Of course, as you said, you need a variety of color, but this is one of my
favorite.
Also, don't worry about even using colors that are quite red or pinkish,
because after weathering them they'll look very different.
You can even use the same color twice. Weather one with a grayish wash and the
other with a darker wash (like india ink) and you'll wind up with two totally
different colors.
Another neat idea that has been covered in the model magazines is to highlight
random
bricks on a structure using either colored pencils or permanent markers. This
method can turn a mediocre looking brick wall into
a very realistic looking one. This method has been used by the people at
Walthers on their structure kits. Take a look at their ad photos or the photos
in their catalog for reference.
Jim
Jason Davies
dom...@aol.comxyzxyz (Domnei) wrote:
> Can anyone recommend one or more good colors (say, Polly-S)
> that do a good job of modeling brick? I'm adding some buildings to
> my downtown that have brick walls so I want to make them look
> as realistic as possible. I would like to make each one slightly
> different, too, so suggestions on several different brick colors
> (a reddish one, a brownish one, etc.) would be appreciated, too.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike Keith
Buy several different brands of red primer. Followup with washes of black,
off white, and various greys.
--
Jason Davies
Master Gizmologist
Cream City Traction Club
HTTP://www.execpc.com/~jdavies/cct.html
Lester D. Shubin
> Mike, I use Polly-S Venetian Red.
Lester
>
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David J. Starr
building. It is a flat paint, and you don't need an air brush. It is a
convincing brick color. After spraying with primer, I powdered some
ordinary white school black board type chalk and worked the white powder
into the mortar lines of the brickwork. This gave me white mortar lines
in the red brick and looked pretty good. Then I gave the building a
coat of Testor's Dull-Coat to keep the chalk from rubbing off. The
dullcote mixes with the chalk and makes it MUCH less visible. For best
results either use a LOT of chalk, or, omit the dullcote.
David Starr
Walter Freedman
Davies) wrote (see below):
Also take a look at RMC Jan '99 p.62 on simulating mortar. The "brick
reds" are different in 2 of the color photos - so looks like you don't
need to be too picky.
>In article <19981206005137...@ng-cf1.aol.com>,
>dom...@aol.comxyzxyz (Domnei) wrote:
>
>> Can anyone recommend one or more good colors (say, Polly-S)
>> that do a good job of modeling brick? I'm adding some buildings to
>> my downtown that have brick walls so I want to make them look
>> as realistic as possible. I would like to make each one slightly
>> different, too, so suggestions on several different brick colors
>> (a reddish one, a brownish one, etc.) would be appreciated, too.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mike Keith
>
Robert Pearce
>Can anyone recommend one or more good colors (say, Polly-S)
>that do a good job of modeling brick? I'm adding some buildings to
>my downtown that have brick walls so I want to make them look
>as realistic as possible. I would like to make each one slightly
>different, too, so suggestions on several different brick colors
>(a reddish one, a brownish one, etc.) would be appreciated, too.
>
http://www.bdt-home.demon.co.uk/trains/brkwall.htm
The colours I use are all Humbrol ones - mostly 70 (brick red) plus
small amounts of white, black, brown, stone and others for picking out
individual bricks. The mortar is a mix of stone and white.
--
Rob Pearce
Chief Engineer of the Sump, Laisse and Huneausware Railway
Visit my web site at http://www.bdt-home.demon.co.uk/
Samorl
>>that do a good job of modeling brick? I'm adding some buildings to
>>my downtown that have brick walls so I want to make them look
>>as realistic as possible. I would like to make each one slightly
>>different, too, so suggestions on several different brick colors
>>(a reddish one, a brownish one, etc.) would be appreciated, too.
A couple of Polly S colors I like to use for red brick:
Metal Primer for a medium-red
Milwaukee Road Maroon for a really dark red.
These colors look even better after the building is weathered - I like to use
powdered chalks.
Scott Morlock
sam...@aol.com
Gregory Nelson
The color really doesn't matter. The weathering is what makes realistic-
looking brick walls. I use grey and white washes, other use chalks. The
key is getting that random color variation from brick to brick that exists
in real life.
Also, using a tiny brush and painting a few individual bricks a different,
but not drastically different, color really adds to the realism.
Greg Nelson
nel...@winternet.com
Booker1067
to make sure there will be no reaction to the chemicals in the paint with the
plastic used to form the structure. As for mortar a wash of gray with an
8-to-1 mix then wiped away with a cloth, or try window glaze putty, rub on and
then wipe the excess away with a damp cloth