Paved Road – Part 2

Here we are again!

We were with a primed but unpainted paved road, and now it is time to dip our fingers in the paint – seriously! I painted the road with a Sponge method that I invented and developed in these years.

First of all, you need some sponge. I suggest quite a fine one, I don’t like the sponge in the miniature blisters, it’s too light… a bit heavier and with a thinner pattern is really better. I suggest you find some scrap bedding sponge, because you will need a lot, since you have to change “brush” every 10 minutes!

I used some “Sky Blue Light” and “Carbon Black” from Pebeo, but any other similar colours are OK. Starting from a 1:2 ratio, I made some shading with the sponge until a 2:1 ratio – or even 3 :1, with a tip of white inside.

After some first layers I started using a ruler as a mask, for making some nice glowing effects (not realistic but cute)… remember: use it with moderation, if you don’t want a Uranium-radioactive road! 🙂

Now, after some more layers and a really slight white drybrush the road is done. It took less than an hour to be painted, but for bigger roads it will be even faster, since you don’t have to swap colour ratios every 5 minutes!

Hope you like.

Conclusions: Of course the sponge method is pretty flexible, you can use the sponge with a lot of wet colour on it or nearly dry, but just remember that IT IS NOT A BRUSH, no need for it for this.

For the MDF engraving part… nothing new there. I’m sure that all of you will find it easy and really fast to learn!

The Lazy One

Small Addon: Inspired by Vanel’s suggestion I tried to add some road lines. The technique I added is pretty simple, I just used some tape as mask, and then with a semi-dry and irregularly filled sponge I applied the white (or yellow) colour.

Quite messy, isn’t it? But when I removed the tape mask…. WOW!

Hope you will appreciate this too.

The Lazy One – Again.