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Posted: Thu Aug 30th, 2007 07:19 pm |
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Dave D
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Everyone,
You are much too kind. 
How about I get a Railroad built and see where that goes huh?
But...you have my curiosity peeked now, as to just what it is all those MMR have had to go through, in order to have that little wall hanging...I will have to go have a look. :Hmm:
____________________ My father worked in profanity the way other artists might work in oils or clay. It was his true medium, a master.
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Posted: Fri Aug 31st, 2007 12:56 pm |
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Dave D
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Glad you are enjoying it so far.
Ken you should do one..great way to stay in the hobby while you go through all involved with finding a new place and doing the move.
Here is a shot with the castings on the upper area complete.

____________________ My father worked in profanity the way other artists might work in oils or clay. It was his true medium, a master.
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Posted: Fri Aug 31st, 2007 10:48 pm |
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Dave D
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Muffin man!!
How are ya Pat!
I have made my own...in fact thanks for reminding me...I have a rock outside I used in the landscaping, that has some fantastic detail on it. I noticed it last winter...I told myself to make one when it got warm and forgot all about it.:Doh:
The molds I use most are the Bragdon Enterprise Molds.
They range in price according to the size. 5.00 for the small ones to 50.00 for the huge ones. ( That's not as bad as it sounds as you can cut the big ones to get about 3 or 4 med or 5 or 6 smaller molds.) It depends on the mold you buy as to weather you would want to do that...some big molds like one that I bought for 48.00 have 4 or 5 different patterns in them...some don't.
The one in the pic is a medium size I bought at a local LHS.
I nagged them into stocking them.....now they can't keep them on the shelves.
The website for Bragdon is here...
http://www.bragdonent.com/smpic/item2.htm
I see they must be redoing the site as they used to have thumb nail photos and now you have to click the icon.
They are the best.
____________________ My father worked in profanity the way other artists might work in oils or clay. It was his true medium, a master.
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Okay,
I got the itch to color some rocks so here is what I did.
For the paints I make my own Flo stain.
I take the color I want and pour about 1/8" into the bottom of an empty Floquil jar.
Then I fill the rest with Diosol.
I am going to use Diosol for this for the last time here.
It is no longer produced and my supply is limited and I will use it for thinning paint for locos and rolling stock from here on out.
I have used regular paint thinners and they are fine for this..the only thing about those are, they are not formulated for Floquil paints, and they separate.
Thats bad for painting with the air brush, but for stains with castings, all you need to do is swish the brush in the bottle to re-mix now and then, and they work great...its what I used for the Engine House walls.
So here is what I did.
I will work in sections to get a variety of hues as that is how rock faces are..the tones vary in areas when seen from a distance. you will see how that plays out soon.
I selected this corner to work on.
The first stain for the base coat is made with Floquil Dust.
This I just swabbed on with a brush..3/8" wide or so.

Then I made another stain using Floquil rust.
This gets applied in a random manner...this helps get color variations within the separate areas...remember.....variation,variation, variation.
With the thin stains, as you apply washes, sometimes the washes overlap and that creates more...you got it...variations.

The last stain I made for this was with Floquil Oxide Red.
This is in New Mexico but on the Colorado border and the rocks have a Red tint there.
( Did you know Colorado is from Spanish, meaning ruddy or red?)
Now you do. 
This stain was also applied randomly...this is so much fun!
Do your best whacked out paint artist imitation while your at it..I chose Bob Ross..."we don't have mistakes...only happy accidents!" 

Then I used a thin Ink/alcohol wash made from Higgins Calligraphy ink and Isopropyl alcohol.... I use the 97% alcohol blend I find at the local drug store.
I used another empty Floquil jar and put 4 drops of the ink in and filled the rest with the alcohol. Calligraphy ink is very dense and dark...a little goes a long way.
This is about after 7 washes or so...also some added concentration on the cracks and such to highlight them.
It looks very light in this shot but it is not... I had my work lamp and the camera real close when I shot this so you could see the .....variations...of color.

Here is it as I start a second area for coloring, same progression of stain and colors, you can see the true shade of that first area now.

Here I stopped and took a picture, so you can see the difference in the shade from the first, to the second applications of color from left to right.

The second application complete.

On to the Oxide Red wash.
Variation,Variation,Variation.

And finally after the ink/alcohol washes.
Close....

And back a bit.

Ken lives there....did I get it right Ken ?:Hmm:
I am thinking I will do some more redish blotching in the second area.
____________________ My father worked in profanity the way other artists might work in oils or clay. It was his true medium, a master.
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