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Title: Painting stone?
Post by: General Roos on 15 June 2011, 11:42:18 AM

I have just stripped a statue plinth and some tiles for my Innsmouth table after a horrible painting attempt with a sponge. Does anyone have any tips or suggestions how to paint realistic stone? 

Title: Re: Painting stone?
Post by: Christian on 15 June 2011, 12:11:04 PM

A couple of questions first:

Is the surface smooth or textured?

What colour would you like it to be?

General advice would be to start with a dark colour, and progress to lighter tones with either a drybrush method, or dabbing at with the different colours.

Title: Re: Painting stone?
Post by: General Roos on 15 June 2011, 12:15:13 PM

Christian - thanks.

It´s a textures surface. I want it to be light grey!

Title: Re: Painting stone?
Post by: Centaur_Seducer on 15 June 2011, 12:31:49 PM

I'd say that you start with a medium grey basecoat and then drybrush it heavily so its light.
However, this usually looks extremely daft and childish, so you better do some heavy washing/glazing in various colours just to add some depth and variation to the plinth :) Green, red, purple, brown, ochre, black. Its up to you.

Title: Re: Painting stone?
Post by: Nimrod on 15 June 2011, 01:04:58 PM

For easy rocks maybe this tutorial will help you:  http://www.necrotales.com/necroTutorials/tut_base_rock01.php

Title: Re: Painting stone?
Post by: General Roos on 15 June 2011, 01:20:32 PM

Thanks guys!  :)

Great tutorial Nimrod.

Title: Re: Painting stone?
Post by: Christian on 15 June 2011, 01:21:56 PM

Well, if it is already textured I would start with some light grey as your base coat.

Then, water down some black gesso (acrylic craft undercoat stuff) and do a coat of that.

Some succesive coats will deepen then details (like what Silversixx said).

While it's drying I would gently dry brush some of the lighter grey onto the edges. Once this is dry I would go over it again.

I guess the temptation is do it in a couple of coats but if that's not working for you, the steps above could give you a different result.

That's how I painted the thing pictured here:
(http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg142/Intergalactic_photos/Gallery/th_CloseUp1.jpg) (http://s247.photobucket.com/albums/gg142/Intergalactic_photos/Gallery/?action=view&current=CloseUp1.jpg)

Title: Re: Painting stone?
Post by: Wirelizard on 16 June 2011, 12:52:52 AM

For grey stone, start with a black undercoat, then successive layers of grey drybrushing, getting lighter/paler with each drybrush. I've also used brown/tan/yellowish drybrush layers for a good sandstone look, although I don't have any good photos of those pieces.

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2789/4381057840_2cc067fa48.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wirelizard/4381057840/)
Stone Wall Painting Tutorial (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wirelizard/4381057840/) by WireLizard (http://www.flickr.com/people/wirelizard/), on Flickr

(a bit more detail in the writeup over on The Warbard (http://www.warbard.ca/2011/01/17/repainting-commercial-walls/))