Basic Painting Guide: Simple Wood

As I was starting this Frostgrave Barbarian anyway, I thought I'd do a simple tutorial on painting wood. Probably better described as small-area wood, as the effect may not look quite and good on larger areas(?)



The Paints ...

  • Beasty Brown - Vallejo Game Color
  • Yellow Ochre - Vallejo Model Color
  • Bone White - Vallejo Game Color
  • Dark Tone (wash) - Army Painter

The undercoated figure ...

Step One
Base colour of Beasty Brown.



Step Two
Wash of Dark Tone.



 Step Three
Returning to Beasty Brown, paint strokes, inline with the woodgrain texture.



 Step Four
Adding a dash of Yellow Ochre to the Beasty Brown, paint quick strokes as previously, but not trailing as far.
Don't have the paint too thick, but keep the mixture fairly loose. You can do this a couple of time, to build-up colour. Let the previous coat dry first though; water will make the layer look brighter initially.



 Step Five
Add a dash of Bone White to the Beasty Brown/Yellow Ochre Mix, and pretty-much repeat the previous step, but (once again) not going as far. This will highlight the lines, making them standout more and enhance the woodgrain effect.



 Step Six
You can (in this case) run around the edges of the shield and the center, with some Dark Tone, which softly darken the edges.

NB.
I do intend to update this eventually, with better photographs - these ones turned out a little dark.
Note-to-self: will do better!

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