Painting a Wood Effect

[Luxor Moonprince]

Hi There!

I\'m trying desperately to get a decent wood effect on my Orc Warmachines. I\'ve tried quite a few different washes and brown mixes and I can\'t seem to get a decent wood effect.

I\'m wondering if anyone has any tips of which GW paints to use and colour of washes etc needed.

I\'m looking for a dark oak effect but a lighter wood would also be appreciated.

Many Thanks in Advance

Bigboss Lux

 

[Sand Rat]

Wood Effects

First, a couple of questions - do you want the wood to look new, used or abused? I have found that Sheppard Pains (ok, so I\'m not sure about the spelling and can\'t check it cause I\'m at work) books on how to paint military models or on how to build dioramas - they give good basic info on how to make plastic or metal look like wood. Of course if you really want to go for that wood look, you could replace the parts that are supposed to be wood with thin poplar or balsa structures and stain them accordingly.

 

[Luxor Moonprince]

Well Orc warmachines usually have used, or slightly abused type wood.

They occassionally have some new strips cut from the nearest tree. I\'m mainly painting GW warmachines (Rock Lobber, Doom Diver, Spear Chukka, Chariots etc).

So basically I\'m looking for a standard GW used wood. Just wondering if anyone has any tips?

 

[Traulen]

Hi,
You might be interested in this link:
http://home.pacbell.net/lnlcoolj/Hot_Lead/advance/texturing_wood.htm
Hope this helps...

 

[Dragonsreach]

Painting wood;
If it\'s been cut a long time wood goes grey due to the effects of sun bleaching. Use Fortress Grey as the base coat, a thin wash of Codex grey/Chaos Black [4-1 ratio] (and I mean thin), as a shadow rehighlight with Fortress and use Ghostly Grey as edge highlight only.

Polished wood differs with the type of wood, English oak will turn black in contact with iron due the Tannin within the wood. This can be demonstrated with thin edgelining with black paint or inks around the metal.
Oak itself is a lightish brown when polished well. (Think thinned Bestial Brown, Chestnut ink or Flesh wash well thinned as the shade). Re-highlight with Bestal Brown.
Mahogany is a reddish brown (thinned Dark Flesh with Dark Flesh/Vermin Fur mix highlights again with chestnut or flesh wash as a shade.)
Pine is a Yellow/Brown mix and you need to experiment with Vomit Brown/Bleached Bone mixes to achieve the result you want.

Try your local library for woodworking books, or online for wood suppliers, looking for sample pages. Or watch \'New Yankee Workshop\' for some colour inspiration.

Hope this helps.