Clean shed - Un-weathered
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Clean - Un-weathered.
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Put a small amount of liquid into a separate jar and add the same amount of water. This dilutes it 1 of liquid to 1 of water. I mainly use Mud Brown for walls and roofs.
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Brush the diluted Mud Brown freely over the model. I used Mud Brown on this side of the model, but I also tried Sand Brown on the other (hidden) side and it also worked really well, giving a lighter shade, not so dark.
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Apply all over the model, making sure that the liquid seeps into the brick joints.
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Apply over the windows. You may want to use a lighter colour for this, such a Light Grey.
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Brush the diluted Mud Brown freely over the roof.
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Here I am brushing down the roof, the way water would run off. This is to make the dark stain marks seen on old slate roofs.
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Now I am wiping the damp kitchen roll down the roof, the way water would run off. This smudges the dry weathering liquid. I used a slightly wetter tissue for this.
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Apply some Moss Green to the chimney to highlight certain areas.
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Allow the weathering liquid to fully dry, which takes about 30 minutes in warm conditions. If it's cold or damp, it may take an hour or more. Wipe off some of the dry liquid using a slightly damp kitchen roll tissue, leaving the rest trapped in the stone joints. Make sure the face of the kitchen roll flat, then use a twisting motion. If the kitchen roll is to wet too much dye will be removed. What’s nice about this model is the individual stones have fine textured surfaces and the liquid was also getting trapped in the texture.
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This is the dry weathering liquid on the face of the kitchen roll just after wiping the model. You can see how the face of the kitchen roll is quite flat.
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Dry weathering liquid has been wiped off the right hand side of the model, here you can see it as being a lighter shade. I still have not wiped the dye from the left of the model and here it is seen as being a darker shade.
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Carry on smudging and wiping off the dry weathering liquid.
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I am leaving some patches of weathering liquid on the model so that some areas look dirtier than others.
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This is the model after smudging and wiping. You can see the darker patches where the weathering liquid has been left on.
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Another view.
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Using a fine brush, paint weathering liquid onto individual stones. I used Soot Black, Moss Green and Mud Brown near the ground and on the corners of the building. I then smudged the stones lightly when the weathering liquid had dried.
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Paint Moss Green around rainwater pipes.
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Paint Moss Green around rainwater pipes.
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Paint Moss Green around windows.
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I also painted a little Moss Green under the windows because this is often a damp area where moss might gather. I smudges these areas with a damp kitchen roll, just to make them blend in and look less like paint.
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This is the finished model from above. I am quite pleased how the roof worked out, it looks like water stains.
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This is a detail of around one of the windows. You can see where I painted individual stones.
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This is the finished model. I choose not to varnish it, but to leave it as it is. If you would like to use varnish, make sure that it has a fine spray so that it does not wet the Modelmates liquid.
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Weathered Shed
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