layout base paint

[Anonymous]

i got the foam down quite nicely and plan to put on base coat of latex in the morning . what im wondering now goes something like this:

Big Boy 4005

QUOTE:
You might do better using the acrylics to tint regular latex paint, then thin that for spraying. The latex paint has the right stuff for sticking and drying. I suspect that regular water based hobby paints are pretty similar to this in composition.

i have some acrylic latex that are part quarts im wanting to mix and use up if they make a suitable color if not ill tint them. one is a semigloss but some talc will cure that. to darken them i was going to add some black acrylic base tint to get the dark earthy tone. BUT

to get to my question finally. when you see land from above its always different colors and not solid but different squares. im thinking about streaking the colors so all the layout iis not just dark brown. but shades of greens greens and light and dark browns and tans.

is this just john trying to hard and overthinking stuff or is this something you all have seen sectioned painted and then of course landscaped much later after track is laid .

ii think i understand BigBoy was talking about shooting it with airbrush but the same tinting techniques should work right? im rolling mine


oh and something i heard today. get all your cheapie mixed wrong paint while you can because there is new machine that removes pigment from base and they will be no more when they all start to recycle. wally already has them in place i found out and lowes is getting on the program this week here. the paint drone told me .

[egmurphy]

Others may have done differently, but I just painted my base all one color, sort of a light tan. I was more concerned with masking the blue color than I was in replicating a realistic earth shading. By the time I put ground foam ground cover on top, which does have a lot of color variation, the original paint only shows through where the ground cover is thin.

ymmv

Regards

Ed

[dgwinup]

As Ed has pointed out, just paint the foam one good ground color. You get variations in color when you put down your ground cover scenery, ground foam, grasses,etc.

Darrell, quiet...for now

[selector]

Ed's got it, John. You want a tint of tan and a bit of gray that is very, very light in colour. What you might see mixing it outdoors, at a hardware store, or elsewhere may not (probably will not) be as earthy looking once you get it plastered all over your foam.

So, if you have enough of it, do your best guess, paint one coat, and see how it looks under your lighting when it is dried. Good enough? Way to dark? I'm betting that you may lean towards the latter. No, sweat, you have more paint, right? Add some white, mix really well, and re-do.

Don't forget to add the ground foam grasses, at least two (2) shades, in a light sprinkling right after you paint an area. The paint will help to bind the ground foam. When it all dries, spray it all with a dilute white glue and water mixture with two drops of dish detergent added. Let dry, and start laying track.

[Tom Bryant_MR]

John,

QUOTE: ...the paint drone told me...

Love your humor.

[Anonymous]

very very few customer service oriented people in any supply houses or anywhere for that matter and it irks me. little do these drones realize there is a semi blind guy that would love to have their job if he could

usually when i do find someone that is helpful they will either be new or ex mill . thats the only ones that try. im like this when you cant or wont try to do a good job its time for you butt to leave.

we as american consumers have come to expect so much less and thats the one train i wont ride

[nbrodar]

I paint everything a basic tan, and vary the final colors with ground foam.

Nick

[Anonymous]

well first coat is down and drying . it came out sort of light beige so im thinking ill darken it more. even though lighter colors help me see things better.

i did find by sanding the foam with fine grit sandpaper and knocking the shine off has helped dull it out. well that and some talc in the mix. making do surely can be a pain but so far in the support cabinents benchwork woodscrews plywood foam and paint i have the grand total of 13.80

btw thanks tom for the good word