I think I'm done! See part 1 for how I got this point.
Discoveries
- Wet paint loosens glue. I learned quickly after dropping one of my fences that they are even more fragile after becoming wet with my various paints and washes. My solution was to add some wood-glue to nearly all of the joins.
- Dry brushing can be over-done.
- Black and brown ink washes are very deep and need to be dilute just a wee bit.
An ochre coat is my first layer of paint after allowing the black primer coat to dry. |
Here are a normal and gate fence section after applying a diluted brown ink wash. |
This is the result after applying dry-brushing with brown. |
At this point I decided to re-enforce all of my parts with some wood-glue because my washes and paints loosened the previous glue effort. |
I flocked the fence post bases with fine-grit sand and then painted them a neutral gray because I wasn't sure what color I wanted them to be. |
Here's the finished product. Notice that I added a staple for the gate door handle. It was painted first with silver and then it was dabbled with a medium brown. |
Nice rustic fences!
ReplyDeleteI tried to do something similar once but it didn't turn out so good.
@aggro84; thanks!
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