04-05-2021, 02:14 PM
I colored the rockwork over the past two days.
I used the Woodland scenics earth color kit and followed their online instructions on diluting the tints and applying them. What you see is their burnt umber and stone gray which was later given a stain of black to bring the shadows out. I worked from a couple photos of a local abandoned RR line.
I was a little concerned whether WS tints would work on comercial grade Hydrocal but they stained just as easily as plaster. Next I'll start working on the color and ground cover of the rest of the mountain.
While I was using the hydrocal I made a few extra castings of surface rocks and outcroppings that I'll use in other places as I go along. I also cast a couple retaining walls.
I like the timber retaining wall casting. I've been casting a couple of them at a time so I can later cut them up to use them in future areas.
The one place I do plan to use them soon is the section between the town of Meadows and the stamp mill. I think the three should do it. I'll stain the rocks between the timbers like the rockwork I just completed and then stain the timbers with a stronger solution of raw umber.
I used the Woodland scenics earth color kit and followed their online instructions on diluting the tints and applying them. What you see is their burnt umber and stone gray which was later given a stain of black to bring the shadows out. I worked from a couple photos of a local abandoned RR line.
I was a little concerned whether WS tints would work on comercial grade Hydrocal but they stained just as easily as plaster. Next I'll start working on the color and ground cover of the rest of the mountain.
While I was using the hydrocal I made a few extra castings of surface rocks and outcroppings that I'll use in other places as I go along. I also cast a couple retaining walls.
I like the timber retaining wall casting. I've been casting a couple of them at a time so I can later cut them up to use them in future areas.
The one place I do plan to use them soon is the section between the town of Meadows and the stamp mill. I think the three should do it. I'll stain the rocks between the timbers like the rockwork I just completed and then stain the timbers with a stronger solution of raw umber.