Hi All,

I'm going to be pruchasing some Eastern European village buidlings and seeking advice on what colours/techniques people use for painting timber. I use the Vallejo Model series, so any recommendations of their codes which would be appropriate for these type of dwellings would be much appreciated.

Also, for painting straw/thatched roofs, what have people found to be the best combinbations to use ?

As always, any suggestions or advice is gratefully recieved from contributors who have experience and/or greater expertise than I possess !

Tim

It should be remembered that thatch very quickly turns grey. I'd go with 70.993 then given washes, black preferably.

Perhaps you want to use a grey-brown, frosty, weather-beaten palette.

You can stick with a similar grey-brown palette for the whole of your timber/thatch EE buildings to create a bleak look – as the film-set designer has here:

There's a couple of Pendraken resin buildings I painted at the back of this picture.

For thatch I tend to shade up from dark brown to beige using increasingly lighter dry-brushing.

The Escenografia buildings are OK for treated wood but I'd go for greyer tones for untreated wooden buildings. Wood tends to be anything from very dark brown, through light brown and cream to shades of grey depending on what age/ type/ treatment of wood I'm aiming for.

I tend to agree with the others above. Easiest method for weathered wood is chocolate brown with a drybrushing of mid-grey. Weathered thatch can be done with a black undercoat and a mid-grey drybrush. Then overbrush the eaves and layers with a lighter grey drybrush.

Coat d'arms dark earth, sepia wash, grey highlights.

Go and look at a few wooden structures. There are usually some to be found.

 
Thanks everyone for all the suggestions and pictures. Really helpful. 

My various attempts here: http://kiwidave.pbworks.com/w/page/7780162/Scenery%20-%2010mm:

I can't remember what colours I used specifically, but I ended up going with the 'that looks about right' approach.

Thatch in the snow - excellent! Would be great for Leuthen.

http://www.areanine.net/russian-eastern-front.html

Worth a look at their Eastern Front painting guide and their ranges

Is that the set to Van Helsing?

Cottages in the Sudeten mountains and southern Silesia were often painted in bands of black and white; very characteristic of the area and actually quite pleasing to the eye.

http://czech-properties.cz/detail/sale/houses/cottage/kopidlno-pseves-/291233884

Quote from: Dour Puritan on 15 August 2014, 11:55:06 AM
Is that the set to Van Helsing?

I think so. 
Cheers - Phil