Started playing around with one of my new arrivals - Downtown Deco Trackside Tavern. I really like Norm's work with these kits - so I borrowed his base approach of blasting with rust-oleum red primer. I wanted to try to blend in a little more color to the brick - and will vary brick color from building to building on my layout to get a bit more realistic look .
Bricks have a number of different colors in them. After primer, I used paper towels and applied Rust-oleum Camo brown, Rust-Oleum Camo Black, and my new favorite Rust-Oleum Dark Walnut. I then used basic white acrylic for morter - brushed on with a sponge brush and quickly wiped away. I then washed the whole thing with a Burnt Umber wash - also wiped away. I then applied Folk Art Asphaltum which really makes the bricks POP. 2-3 more Burnt Umber washes and a little more smudge work with the Dark Walnut.
The Stone work and Concrete are Camo Brown, Covered with Camo Tan. Stones were coated with white which i wiped most off with anpaper towel. Did this a few times which turned them a grey-tan mix. I then painted black on the stones - wiping away with a paper towel - which was what I just completed at time of photos. That's what created the definition between Stones.
The Concrete received several coats of the Burnt Umber wash, followed by rubbing with a paper towel coated in Rust-Oleum Dark Walnut spray. I rubbed a bit of white on the concrete wall - not sure I like that.
I painted before assembly as i did with the previous two kits. I'll have to clean up the seems. I like the general look so far.
