Author Topic: 1/32 WNW AMC DH.9 (Read 19900 times)

RAGIII · « **Reply #60 on:** March 11, 2019, 10:44:26 PM »

Very well done grain!
RAGIII

Ryan · « **Reply #61 on:** March 11, 2019, 11:22:17 PM »

Quote from: Kalt on March 11, 2019, 10:28:19 PM

Beautiful, simply beautiful!

Did you use oils for the grain?

Claudio

Hey Claudio and RAG, thanks.

This is not done with oils, I painted with Vajello acrylics. 1/8" chisel or angled brush was used to paint.

Ryan

Gisbod · « **Reply #62 on:** March 12, 2019, 04:34:12 AM »

Nice Ryan,

And a little bit different

Guy

Ryan · « **Reply #63 on:** March 12, 2019, 04:50:12 AM »

Thanks for checking in Guy, yes I did not want to work with oils on this one.

Ryan

Alexis · « **Reply #64 on:** March 12, 2019, 11:23:12 AM »

Really nice wood effect Ryan

I use Vallejo paints for my wood graining .

Terri

Ryan · « **Reply #65 on:** March 12, 2019, 09:58:26 PM »

Thanks Terri, i'm enjoying learning this technique.

Ryan

Gilly · « **Reply #66 on:** March 13, 2019, 11:52:13 PM »

I love the wood graining Ryan and yet another useful tip taken onboard regarding your paint Jigs, just made some following your examples from a load of packing that was destined for recycling

Ryan · « **Reply #67 on:** March 14, 2019, 12:19:51 AM »

Thanks Gilly I'm glad you were able to pick up a trick or two.

The wood grain is growing on me, I took another shot in standard light (and sized the pic to close to normal size) and am liking it more and more.

DH9 by The 3rd Placer, on Flickr

I need to refine the patterns on future parts and it should work out great. (Easy to find reference as I work for a cabinet shop)

Ryan

kensar · « **Reply #68 on:** March 14, 2019, 02:05:38 AM »

Great work on that wood grain, Ryan. It looks very good!
Don't take this the wrong way, but I think the pattern can be improved. In the very first picture of it, on the left side, the pattern is too random. You may have done more work on it later because it looks different in later pictures. The right side looks better, with more of the dark areas connected.
I, too, will have to try this technique sometime. Thanks for sharing it.

Ryan · « **Reply #69 on:** March 14, 2019, 02:28:46 AM »

Your absolutely right Ken, I used most of the interior to play around with the technique.

Very little of it will be seen (I'm not opening the engine bay), however the upper portions that are visible I think are passable.

Thanks for commenting, I still have the bottom tray to grain out and will try and improve the look on that part.

Ryan

PS in the first shot I had not applied the orangeish clear coat yet, once i did it made the finer brush strokes appear starker and more connected.

kensar · « **Reply #70 on:** March 14, 2019, 06:12:36 AM »

I'm certain you're near the top of the learning curve.

Ryan · « **Reply #71 on:** March 14, 2019, 06:21:25 AM »

If applied wood grain by brush was a foreign language, I could ask where the bathroom was...but regular conversations would baffle me. (for now

)

Ryan

Ryan · « **Reply #72 on:** March 17, 2019, 09:11:26 AM »

Not really happy with the hand graining I stripped the fuse and tried a new oil technique, I am much happier with this result and am moving forward. BTW its normal for me to strip parts until I'm happy with them!

Here are the new fuse parts with some others I finished, note there is no stain coat or washes yet.

DH9 by The 3rd Placer, on Flickr

DH9 by The 3rd Placer, on Flickr

Thanks
Ryan

aliluke · « **Reply #73 on:** March 17, 2019, 05:27:19 PM »

Good on you Ryan! I was actually afraid to say that your previous wood graining was much too over scaled for me. So I kept my mouth shut.

What you have now done looks just fantastic and masterful. I prefer little or virtually no wood grain to appear because when you scale down there never would be any grain except for a faint appearance.

I, for one, would be interested in your new technique because you have got it just right to my eye.

Cheers
Alistair

Ryan · « **Reply #74 on:** March 17, 2019, 10:19:24 PM »

Hi Alistair,

Yes the painted effect just did not sit well with me and I started over. One may ask why not practice on junk kits first, but i'm not the smartest sanding stick in the drawer.

I agree with your position on the grain, they should be seen and not heard.

While researching full size wood grain artists techniques, I came across the one seen in my pics. Basically what is done is you grain and wipe as usual using a brush in my case. The final step is to lightly go back over the grain and flatten it or stipple it into a finer grain. It really is magical and removes the goey appearence of the dragged brush. Try it out.

Ryan