Painting sandstone?

[Dewbakuk]

Right, I need to get my cave/mine setup finished for BLAM. It's all built and primed but I need to get the rock painted. I'm probably going to be using my airbrush but does anyone have a suggestion as for colours to make a nice sandstone look?

[snitcythedog]

Pastel pinks, browns, and khaki.

Just be sure to get the strata in there.  Hope that helps.
Snitchy sends.

[OSHIROmodels]

If there is water there (which in a cave I would certainly imagine so) the sandstone is very prone to serious weathering and can sometimes almost turn black.

If the cave is in a vegetated area then you can also get a lot of growth coming out of the strata.

It would also need to be matt, without any shine whatsoever and getting a pitted look would also help.

Google image is your friend 

cheers

James

[Andym]

Right, I need to get my cave/mine setup finished for BLAM. It's all built and primed but I need to get the rock painted. I'm probably going to be using my airbrush but does anyone have a suggestion as for colours to make a nice sandstone look?

Do we need to bring our paints/brushes down to BLAM to help?

[Malamute]

Do we need to bring our paints/brushes down to BLAM to help?

Its not unknown for Dewbakuk to be still painting his terrain as the game is being set up on the day...

[Mason]

Dont know if this will help, but I used these colours to colour my church pieces;

For buildings of this size I use a huge cheap stiff-bristled brush.
I guess a standard large brush would do, but as this brush cost next to nothing and it is pretty tough I have persisted with it

First, everything is painted in Burnt Umber acrylic craft paint. Again, this is because it is cheap. It would cost a fortune to coat something of this size in Vallejo or GW paints.

The stone areas have been progressively drybrushed with the following stages;

1.Burnt Umber craft paint and GW Tau Sept Ochre 1:1
2.Tau Sept Ochre.
3.Tau Sept Ochre and GW Iyanden Darksun 1:1
4. Iyanden Darksun.
5, Iyanden Darksun and Vallejo Foundation White 1:1
6. Final drybrush of Foundation White.

The main thing is to make the layers as gradual as possible. The first layer of drybrushing is done quite heavily to brighten up the model to achieve a lighter effect, but after this initial drybrush try to keep it gradual and be patient. It may seem tedious but I find it is worth it.
This takes a long time, but I usually do these stages while watching TV to avoid going stir-crazy!
(The other, smaller sections of the church that I have were done with less layers and it shows! They appear much lighter, and not as good IMO).

Once the drybrushing is complete I then added various GW washes for weathering.












I work in a sandsone building and used that for inspiration.

You could always replace the GW paints for cheaper acrylics of a similar colour for large pieces. I have done since finishing the church!

Hope this helps!

[Hammers]

Dont know if this will help, but I used these colours to colour my church pieces;

For buildings of this size I use a huge cheap stiff-bristled brush.
I guess a standard large brush would do, but as this brush cost next to nothing and it is pretty tough I have persisted with it

First, everything is painted in Burnt Umber acrylic craft paint. Again, this is because it is cheap. It would cost a fortune to coat something of this size in Vallejo or GW paints.

The stone areas have been progressively drybrushed with the following stages;

1.Burnt Umber craft paint and GW Tau Sept Ochre 1:1
2.Tau Sept Ochre.
3.Tau Sept Ochre and GW Iyanden Darksun 1:1
4. Iyanden Darksun.
5, Iyanden Darksun and Vallejo Foundation White 1:1
6. Final drybrush of Foundation White.

That ruin is the dogs bollocks! No offence to you, Mason, but does anyone have a translation table which makes those GW names understandable to an upright Christian citizen of stable income? You know, Raw Sienna, Napels yellow..., that sort of thing?

[Mason]

That ruin is the dogs bollocks! No offence to you, Mason, but does anyone have a translation table which makes those GW names understandable to an upright Christian citizen of stable income? You know, Raw Sienna, Napels yellow..., that sort of thing?

Hammers; Thanks!
Translation information; I stopped using the GW paints as the do cost a fortune. I started using Windsor and Newton's Galleria range for the rest of my scenery and the effect was almost the same.
If you check out my Krappefortt Mordheim thread you can see what I used.
Page 3 contains the Docks, which were the first time that I used strictly cheap Acrylic from a discount store and W+N paints.
I used the same recipe for the rest of the sandstone in the town thereafter.
(Many thanks to Argonor for steering me to the W+N range!)

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=30667.0


One of the Dock sections using this recipe;



I would highly recomend them for quality, coverage and cost!

[Dewbakuk]

Do we need to bring our paints/brushes down to BLAM to help?

Yep! The board will be done, no promises on figures

Thanks for the pics guys, but yeah, I did spend some time on Google before asking. I was more after colours people have used and techniques. Probably should have been more precise in my question

Mason, that ruin looks great! I'll have a read of your recipes.

[Galland]

Here is my little try to achieve some sandstone effect, or something like it at least...
A bit like Masons ruins, they served as inspiration. I wanted a slightly more creme or beige colour, and added (after some washing) Deneb Stone by Games Workshop, its a really great paint, one of their foundation range.