Guy
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My next dio will be set in a Normandy village on the 6th june . Early morning, children are going to school and the village is slowly coming to life. The centre piece of the dio ( apart from the US paras) will be a Normandy butcher shop. I started painting the house and will explain how I do it
1.Paint the house in the base colours of your choice after putting on first a coat of primer on the ceramic parts ( I used Humbrol enamels for the base colours) I used light green for the facade ( a mixture of Humbrol matt white and green matt 105 and light grey matt 75) and light grey for the window frames ( matt 75)
The shop I painted in Burgondy red a mixture of red, dark brown and blue Humbrol enamel)
2.When the base paints are dry, I put a fine line of Van Dyck brown oil paint around the window frames and dots of white, cold and warm grey oil paints on the facade together with dots of the green Humbrol enamel I used to obtain the light green base colour.
3.With a flat brush blend all these colours together until you obtain the desired effect. If you are not satisfied with the result, you can start all over again, no problem. I also painted the cement joints between the bricks in light grey Humbrol enamel diluted with White Spirit. I used the same mixture to drybrush the bricks .
Will show a picture when the house is completely finished and when it is time to tackle the roof
guy
1.Paint the house in the base colours of your choice after putting on first a coat of primer on the ceramic parts ( I used Humbrol enamels for the base colours) I used light green for the facade ( a mixture of Humbrol matt white and green matt 105 and light grey matt 75) and light grey for the window frames ( matt 75)
The shop I painted in Burgondy red a mixture of red, dark brown and blue Humbrol enamel)
2.When the base paints are dry, I put a fine line of Van Dyck brown oil paint around the window frames and dots of white, cold and warm grey oil paints on the facade together with dots of the green Humbrol enamel I used to obtain the light green base colour.
3.With a flat brush blend all these colours together until you obtain the desired effect. If you are not satisfied with the result, you can start all over again, no problem. I also painted the cement joints between the bricks in light grey Humbrol enamel diluted with White Spirit. I used the same mixture to drybrush the bricks .
Will show a picture when the house is completely finished and when it is time to tackle the roof
guy
