free-hand wood

[daz2001]

hey guys im doing the wooden club handles on my ogre bulls right now and would like advice doing free-hand wood if anyone has suggestions, including GW paints, process etc. I\'m asking this because they aren\'t scuplted wood and look rather plain and wood like to paint them like wood (i might sculpt them as \'wooden\' in the future)

 

[Galante]

I don\'t know if THIS is what you\'re looking for, but I painted the axe handle with bestial brown and then some vertical lines with a mix of BB and Bubonic Brown or some other light brown, getting narrower and lighter each time on top of each other, until I reached pure Bubonic Brown.

/pimping is latest mini

 

[Einion]

Do you want them pale wood, like modern axe handles or something darker, as though they had been varnished or something like that?

Einion

 

[daz2001]

Originally posted by Einion
Do you want them pale wood, like modern axe handles or something darker, as though they had been varnished or something like that?

Einion

well as natural as possible so possibly a lighter wood - i want them to look like the ogres just hacked off a tree limb or something and used it as a club shaft.

 

[Einion]

Well for lighter woods a good basic technique I described in my last post here:
http://www.coolminiornot.com/forums/viewthread.php?tid=8961
If you\'re not glazing on top of the grain you have to be a little neater of course.

Also, you can paint quite convincing dings and scratches on wood by painting a dark line with a light line immediately under it, remembering to keep the angle the weapon will be held at in mind to get the light direction correct.

By the way if you want to simulate a bit of bark still adhering here and there I\'ve had good luck using a mix of acrylic paint with a bit of Polyfilla/spackle added for texture, this tends to dry a little lighter than it looks when wet so you might want to mix accordingly. Bark can be quite grey so simple mixes of black, white and a little brown work pretty well.

Einion

 

[Shawn R. L.]

You have to be delicate but one trick you can use is to paint one shade (either light or dark) as the base coat. Let it dry. Over paint it with the other contrasting color and then quickly-gently, while the overcoat is still wet, drag a toothpick to \'draw\' the lines.