painting rifle stocks advice
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kansas kid
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My comments may not be what you want, or expect, at
least, that is my impression from reading your note above.
I suggest you go to Google and punch in a weapon name
that has a wooden stock and the photos are in colour.
To me that would give you the painting information
you would want.
The other thing to keep in mind is that you do not
want to paint the kit stock weapon first. Get a piece of
styrene or resin that you can carve into a shape or something
like a weapon's stock and practice painting on that.
You know we do learn by doing!
Learn the lessons on something that doesn't count.
Yes, it takes more time. . . but a good model builder
does indeed develop patience and the discipline to
get it right, by practice. I hope this helps you. . .
altho I realize my reply isn't the answer that you were
probably looking for. The Miami Jayhawk
least, that is my impression from reading your note above.
I suggest you go to Google and punch in a weapon name
that has a wooden stock and the photos are in colour.
To me that would give you the painting information
you would want.
The other thing to keep in mind is that you do not
want to paint the kit stock weapon first. Get a piece of
styrene or resin that you can carve into a shape or something
like a weapon's stock and practice painting on that.
You know we do learn by doing!
Learn the lessons on something that doesn't count.
Yes, it takes more time. . . but a good model builder
does indeed develop patience and the discipline to
get it right, by practice. I hope this helps you. . .
altho I realize my reply isn't the answer that you were
probably looking for. The Miami Jayhawk
ChaosCossack
A Fixture
You can try:
Base the wood with Goldbrown 877.
Thin Smoke 939 with water... 1:1 and paint your grain pattern.
When dry, wash the hole stock with Smoke thinned with water... 3 or 4 water to 1 Smoke. The more coats of Smoke "wash" the darker your wood becomes.
You can wash some Smoke mixed with black (thinned of course) around the grip and forestock to show where hand oil darkened the wood further. You can also wash with very thin black where the wood meets the metal of the barrel and lock plate to give some definition.
This gives the effect of a stained and well oiled wooden stock... Kansas Kid is right though, try it a few times before you go at the actual piece.
Hope this helps
Colin
Base the wood with Goldbrown 877.
Thin Smoke 939 with water... 1:1 and paint your grain pattern.
When dry, wash the hole stock with Smoke thinned with water... 3 or 4 water to 1 Smoke. The more coats of Smoke "wash" the darker your wood becomes.
You can wash some Smoke mixed with black (thinned of course) around the grip and forestock to show where hand oil darkened the wood further. You can also wash with very thin black where the wood meets the metal of the barrel and lock plate to give some definition.
This gives the effect of a stained and well oiled wooden stock... Kansas Kid is right though, try it a few times before you go at the actual piece.
Hope this helps
Colin
Einion
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Collecting reference pics and working from them is great general advice, it's something that everyone should do at least when starting out.
Because I don't use VMC I can't be too specific with colour recommendations but a good generic approach to painting the wooden furniture on rifles is along the lines of Colin's recommendations.
I would undercoat in a lighter colour (something like the colour of bare wood - beige, sand, even a light flesh mix can work well), then suggest the grain with a highly thinned dark colour (work from reference photos ideally), then glaze in thin layers with a dark reddish-brown colour, building to the finished colour of the woodwork*. Working in Vallejos the last thing I'd recommend is giving the finished stock a thin gloss coating, as you can see in photos of the real thing rifle stocks usually had a sheen and could even be quite glossy at times.
*If you get to trying oils at some point they're great for this because that sort of colour is naturally transparent and reproduces a varnish/oil coating really nicely.
Einion
Because I don't use VMC I can't be too specific with colour recommendations but a good generic approach to painting the wooden furniture on rifles is along the lines of Colin's recommendations.
I would undercoat in a lighter colour (something like the colour of bare wood - beige, sand, even a light flesh mix can work well), then suggest the grain with a highly thinned dark colour (work from reference photos ideally), then glaze in thin layers with a dark reddish-brown colour, building to the finished colour of the woodwork*. Working in Vallejos the last thing I'd recommend is giving the finished stock a thin gloss coating, as you can see in photos of the real thing rifle stocks usually had a sheen and could even be quite glossy at times.
*If you get to trying oils at some point they're great for this because that sort of colour is naturally transparent and reproduces a varnish/oil coating really nicely.
Einion
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Dave - LastCav
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I use the same method as Colin - Vallejo Smoke works great!!! LC-TV just posted a a new video showing this technique near the end: http://shop.lastcavalry.com/lctv/
Vallejo woodgrain transparent over a yellow base.
Carl.
Carl.
Figurenfreund66
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What scale is the rifle for?
At 54 mm figures I find this painting covered, because you would not see this actually!
Hendryk
At 54 mm figures I find this painting covered, because you would not see this actually!
Hendryk
renegertje
Member
Read this article. i found it very handy and the results are stunning.
This is also veru useful fot rifle stocks. Whatever the size is.
http://www.modelersalliance.com/lis...letterman/49-simulating-various-kinds-of-wood
Greetz, René
This is also veru useful fot rifle stocks. Whatever the size is.
http://www.modelersalliance.com/lis...letterman/49-simulating-various-kinds-of-wood
Greetz, René
Good site René.
Carl.
Carl.
Einion
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Often this would be true Hendryk, but it does depend on the rifle. Some have a broader wave-like grain that you could see at 1/32 scale (as in the pic posted by Sturm Grenadier). But it is more common for the wood to look pretty uniform, particularly when it's covered by a very dark varnish or oil coating as on many military rifles.
Einion
