Woodland Scenics Undercoat Substitute

What do you mean Rock undercoat? Adding rocks and ground covers will be after the construction of the mountain and Depending on the technique used. George

I mean the product woodland scenics sells to paint your rocks.It looks like some kind of paint.

for just coloring over the white in the plaster mesh I use one of martha stewarts home depot colors in latex. for the actual rocks though you wanna use a wash, not full dose paint.


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The paint your talking about is a pigment that is mixed with water and then sprayed on the finished plaster. It comes in a slate gray , earth brown color and some others colors. It looks very natural and realistic especially when the colors are used to together on rock castings.

Often our mountains are a combination of different plasters, Sculptamold, etc.

 

These different materials absorb washes of color differently. That is why I always recommend brushing on a coat of ordinary flat latex house paint (cheapest available) to prime all the surfaces. That way, the entire mountain will take the color evenly.

 

You can use white paint if you want all of the color to be provided by your washes. Or, like I do, start with a basic gray or tan priming coat, depending on what you want for the dominant color in your rock work. Then go from there by adding additional washes of color.

 

Jim