Woodgrain

[Isis]

I cannot get woodgrain right.
It always ends up looking dirty and blurred, like a rough blending job.

Is there anybody who can help me with a brief explanation of a good woodgrain technique?

Your help is much appreciated!

Cheers, Isis

 

[AlexDaKid]

There are many ways to do wood grain. Basically though you have to be really steady with the brush and make sure the grain is light/dark enough to appear on the model instead of looking blurry. My personal favourite technique is to start with scorched brown and then and a reasonable amount of vomit brown to that for the painted on grain.

 

[the_kid]

wood grain i have painted alot of. alex just explained it perfectly, light to dark but with a good solid color that doesnt fade. theres a technique i use to paint flesh called the stripped effect. its were you start with a brown bade coat and put on a dark flesh in thick lines over the flesh areas, and then you make smaller lines of lighter flesh over that to highlight. this is exactly the same in this case, except smaller lines and larger gaps between lines.
half circles and squgglly lines also look alot better on the model for the wood grain effect.

hope i helped

 

[Isis]

Thank you very much for your ideas - the mini I am working on at the moment has the woodgrain sculpted into it, so it will be nice and easy for me to start with.

Any recommendations on what colours to use (apart from the scorched brown - vomit brown, as I have used scorched brown on other, larger parts of the model and want a bit more variation)
I use mostly Vallejo with some GW.

How do i post a pic in here? Just for an idea of what the mini looks like so far...


Cheers, Isis

 

[warhammerholic]

a lighter alternative would be to apply bestial brown (on scorched brown) and draw thin lines with bubonic brown.

i also think squiggled lines look better.
... but if the woodgrain is sculpted, drybrushing would be a better idea.

good luck.

 

[KatieG]

For scuplted woodgrain, I find that painting + inks gives a nice effect for little time/effort expended. I use RP Leather and wash with brown ink and thats it (except for some dullcoat after to get rid of that ink shinyness). I\'m not sure what the closest equivalent would from GW, probably bubonic brown or snakebite leather. I think Vomit brown and Leprous brown are too orange, but they might work also, the ink would dull our the orange a bit. Anyways, hope this helps!
--Katie G.

 

[Astonia]

I normally use GW colors, and for wood I basecoat with graveyard earth. I then ink with chestnut or brown ink, and sometimes also with black. Then I drybrush lightly with graveyard earth, and ta daaa! Instant wood!

 

[frenchkid]

Have a look a the nurgle troll article by allan he does a really nice wood there. I think the thing if you don\'t want to use drybrish is to strat with the lightest color and then darken with inks to get a ncie result. Good luck !!