Painted a bridge! Well Two Bridges!!!

[Dragon Forge Design]

Heres a bridge I just painted for ebay..Probably wont put it up to be voted on because well I know its not anything special and will get 6\'s and thats not the point.. so I thought Id show it here and explain how I did it quickly.

First it was cleaned and assembled and primered flat black.

Next I took a dark grey and drybrushed the whole bridge and then slowly added white t the mix to lighten. I used cheap craft store paint for this so I can\'t tell you an exact color as the label is worn off.

Keep lightening the color mix with white till you get a highlight you like.

Next I took vandyke brown water color tube paint and created a wash and washed the whole bridge. Once dry I took a damp rag and whiped the whole thing down to remove the water color paint from the top surface and leave it in the cracks and creavaces to give it that dirty look. Once dry I re highlighted with some white and clear coated 3 coats of a dull matt finish.

Pretty simple..whole thing took less than a couple hours total.

Here are some pictures.

Let me know what you think. Its listed in the trading post area for sale.

 

[Shawn R. L.]

Horray!! I sculpted that bridge!!

 

[tzor]

Definitely COOL!

 

[Dragon Forge Design]

Thanks guys,

Shawn I thought you did that one. Did you do the bone bridge too? Im painting that one right now and hope to list it tonight.

I have a pile of ForgeWorld stuff that Im going to be painting here over the next couple months to try and pay for another trip to GD UK. Its great stuff and easy to paint.

 

[Shawn R. L.]

Yes, I did the bone bridge too. HOLY SMOKES was that one a lot of work. I did\'nt care for the design but had to submit to \'the powers that be\' - the boss man.

 

[Dragon Forge Design]

Here is the second bridge. This Time it is the Bridge of Skulls made by Armorcast

Painted similar to the first bridge, but this time it was painted with bone white and then washed with Vandyke brown water color and when dry I used a damp sponge to remove water color off the highlights off the bone. Quick and simple really. Then drybrushed with some white.

Then sealed with multiple coats of sealer for protection.

Any questions feel free to ask.

 

[DaN]

Two?
That\'s:

A bridge too far!!! lol

 

[Dragon Forge Design]

Originally posted by DaN
Two?
That\'s:

A bridge too far!!! lol

And thats my favorite movie.. but actually I have 3-4 more yet but I think Ill do some building next.

 

[Gilvan Blight]

Really nice effect, great \'out of the box\' thinking using watercolours for washes. Turned out really well.

With the watercolour though, is there any risk of it coming off? Is it only the sealer keeping it on there?

 

[Dragon Forge Design]

Originally posted by Gilvan Blight
Really nice effect, great \'out of the box\' thinking using watercolours for washes. Turned out really well.

With the watercolour though, is there any risk of it coming off? Is it only the sealer keeping it on there?

The first coat of sealer I give it is so heavy it sort of melts the water color in place. Ive never had it rub off.

 

[Gilvan Blight]

Thanks for the info, and even more so for sharing the technique. I will have to try it out next time I am doing scenery projects, or perhaps even undead or something else with few colours.

 

[Dragon Forge Design]

Your welcome, You can get the same effect with oils and actually its even better.

For skellies paint them with your acrylic bone color as normal and let tjem dry 24 hours then thin down a oil color you like like a sepia or burnt sienna with mineral spirits and wash them with it and let dry..takes maybe 20 min at most. then take a clean brush diped in spirits and reverse drybrush..you will lift color off the high lights and leave the brown in the cracks.. In a evening you could do 20-60 simpel skellies that way.

Oils would be really perminant when dryed.

 

[Yetie]

Love the bone bridge its great, the feel of it is spot on