Distressed wood tutorial?

[archangel1]

Here's a link to several good downloadable pdf's on weathering and staining stripwood.  I think the railway modelling guys have developed techniques for just about everything!

http://www.rustystumps.com/HowToArticles.asp

[Captain Blood]

I find the trick is to give the grey weathered wood a bit of a greeny tinge - mix a bit of khaki into the blend. Old timber is rarely pure grey - it's normally got a bit of a hue from moss or algae...

[Malamute]

For my adobe buildings where the climate is hot and the wood sun bleached I use watered down burnt umber acrylic paint straight from the tube, drybrushed with bleached bone.

[kalebdaark]

Something that I've used to good effect is to actually paint the wood, as if it were to be painted in real life or white-washed.   Then, I will dry-brush a dark brown on top of the white painted surface.  Lightly on flat surfaces and more pronounced where edges meet or where wear would be excessive.

I know!  I know!   This violates the basic rule of dry-brushing where you're supposed to put lighter colors on top of darker ones, but if you have the texture there, then use it.   Painted wood will wear off at the surface and edges and leave the house paint between the fibers.   Structures that have this kind of wear look awful, and it would be especially handy for scenes near the water, where they typically paint wood to preserve it.   Looks really dirty and nasty. 

I used it for some of my Zombietown buildings.  Works well.