How to make textured paint for foamboard buildings and ruins

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  • Опубликовано: 17 сен 2024
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    In this quick build tutorial, I show you how to make textured paint and tips for applying it to your foamboard wargaming buildings and ruins. .
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  • @flamywolfie
    @flamywolfie Год назад

    Thank you so much 🙏 This video is going to save my school project.

  • @zwicky93
    @zwicky93 9 лет назад +16

    Chinchilla sand is great for this, really fine and you can get a big bag from a pet store for about £4 and its absorbent so takes paint and mixes very well
    Love your vids btw

    • @TheTerrainTutor
      @TheTerrainTutor  9 лет назад +3

      zwicky93 Oh, that's a new one, thanks for the heads up mate and thanks!

    • @zwicky93
      @zwicky93 9 лет назад +2

      TheTerrainTutor You can also use it mixed with a little filler and wood glue or PVA for basing, I've found sprinkling some larger grade sand on to it afterwards works better than mixing it in, you can really play around with it and it's as cheap as chips compared to the pots of textured basing on sale

  • @michaelstarr2747
    @michaelstarr2747 2 года назад +1

    Mel! I've great news! This cropped up on my recommended list. The algorithm is blessing you! Haha

  • @mathewhalstead2914
    @mathewhalstead2914 9 лет назад +4

    Thank you so much for these vids!
    I appreciate all the little bits of advice and your self-talk always cracks me up.
    These videos have definitely leveled up my craft game.

  • @Nixx2709
    @Nixx2709 8 лет назад +1

    Hi. I have to say you are inspiring. Now, it's up to me to gather some materials and give it a go! Cheers from Canada!

  • @shannongill189
    @shannongill189 9 лет назад +3

    I've found a mixture of courseness in your media mixed with the glue makes a better textured base for painting.

  • @southaussielad2496
    @southaussielad2496 5 лет назад

    You're bloody amazing man!!

  • @IDICBeer
    @IDICBeer 10 лет назад

    Great vid mate

  • @williamstanley3367
    @williamstanley3367 9 лет назад

    Great video. Keep them coming. William

  • @DerMartexus
    @DerMartexus 10 лет назад

    Yes, that's the way I do it, too. Good job! :)

  • @gaustadtpanzer3606
    @gaustadtpanzer3606 7 лет назад +2

    For textured paint, can I use some of the sand down here in Florida? It ranges from coarse to fine. My house was built on some old swamp land. Got to love the innovations of developers! Anywho, the dirt around my house is more like silt. I have thought about getting some PVA, mixing it with this "silt" and paint and apply it to my military models for some desert sand or perhaps as mud as well. Would you suggest this?

  • @wappynutterandy5387
    @wappynutterandy5387 10 лет назад +1

    Excellent as always... Well done buddy, Happy Modelling.. :O)

  • @baelliott79
    @baelliott79 9 лет назад +2

    my only question is; how strong is the second floor? Will it hold a Space Marine Dreadnaught at least?

    • @dakotajones9922
      @dakotajones9922 8 лет назад

      i know this is a super old comments but it should. its reinforced by the columns and the glue.

  • @barretmusselman9977
    @barretmusselman9977 10 лет назад

    Great video as always.
    If you don't mind I have a few questions on the paint. First, is there a kind of house paint thats better to use on terrain? Not a brand but a kind, like outdoor or oil based, latex maybe or is there Acrylic? Sorry if you covered this in another video, I don't know alot about paint outside model. I would like to be able to use house paint for terrain as it seems much more cost effective when compared to even arts and crafts paints. You can get the testers cheap but also alot of places have the cans that they mixed for a customer but wasn't the shade they wanted so sometimes you can get them cheap. Also, here I have seen that there is paint with texture in it already is that good or is it overly expensive for not a the best effect? Thank you for all the help and tips

    • @TheTerrainTutor
      @TheTerrainTutor  10 лет назад +1

      I use standard emulsion in tester pots, some people prefer latex paint but I find basic emulsion better to work with. Textured paint isn't worth the hassle, just mix your own up like I did in the video. Hope that helps mate.

  • @dlear85
    @dlear85 3 года назад

    Picked up 1 pound acrylic black im hoping its good enough for this

  • @mercury1076
    @mercury1076 5 лет назад

    Mel, could you use Sandtex paint for this? Or is it too gritty?

  • @sambotminis
    @sambotminis 7 лет назад +1

    Hi, thanks foro you tutorials! just a question: ir I texturize the walls with watered down PVA as you say...do I have yo use the texturize paint (your grey paint step) also, ir just a spray could work as a first layer? thanks!!

  • @Brazouck
    @Brazouck 8 лет назад +1

    I don't know how "grit" is calle din french, does fine sand does it ? Nice videos man !

  • @lordunkhter3836
    @lordunkhter3836 10 лет назад

    great vid :)

  • @jackpenn2956
    @jackpenn2956 10 лет назад

    Really useful. Thanks dude.
    Any thoughts on making stone walls for bolt action? I was thinking of chunks of cork stacked up?

    • @TheTerrainTutor
      @TheTerrainTutor  10 лет назад

      Jack Penn No worries matey, cork works well, as does small stones or carved polystyrene.

  • @Toxxxic_
    @Toxxxic_ 7 лет назад +1

    how can you strength this? i imagine that its very susceptible to breaking and denting.

  • @MrMumble__
    @MrMumble__ 10 лет назад

    Hi Mel, thanks for a great series of videos!
    I'm just getting started with using foamboard and heard through friends that the spray primers we use for miniatures will tend to melt the foam, but nothing has been said in regards to what can be safely used to basecoat foamboard creations.
    Any chance you could shed some light on this for me?
    Regards
    Antony

    • @TheTerrainTutor
      @TheTerrainTutor  10 лет назад +1

      MDH Nightwing The only issue is the exposed foam edges, if you seal them with filler (spackle) or seal them with watered down pva, it'll be fine mate. Hope that helps.

    • @MrMumble__
      @MrMumble__ 10 лет назад

      Thank you Mel! That's exactly what I needed to know, thank you

  • @10ofclubsgaming62
    @10ofclubsgaming62 9 лет назад

    What's that brown paint you use and where can I buy it? Thanks, great vid!

    • @TheTerrainTutor
      @TheTerrainTutor  9 лет назад +1

      10 Of Clubs Gaming It's an emulsion tester pot from Wilkos called 'coffee' mate. hope that helps :-)

    • @10ofclubsgaming62
      @10ofclubsgaming62 9 лет назад

      TheTerrainTutor thanks

  • @alheeley
    @alheeley 6 лет назад +1

    Kitty litter and vermiculite chips work well

  • @matrix626
    @matrix626 10 лет назад

    If you add more sand would it look more like stucco?

    • @TheTerrainTutor
      @TheTerrainTutor  10 лет назад

      What's stucco?

    • @matrix626
      @matrix626 10 лет назад

      TheTerrainTutor
      How to describe stucco.... like that really rough look on a Spanish home, maybe.. stuccoaz.com/Stucco_Arizona/Stucco_Textures/data/images/stucco_texture_finesandfloat.jpg

  • @GregBoneHuff
    @GregBoneHuff 10 лет назад

    great tutorial mate, did you get my inbox by the way?

    • @TheTerrainTutor
      @TheTerrainTutor  10 лет назад

      Cheers matey, yes I did, i'll get it sorted this week along with Nick's mate

  • @Purpll3D
    @Purpll3D 6 лет назад +2

    600th Like
    Yay, lol.

  • @wrath2612
    @wrath2612 10 лет назад +2

    Just paint the walls green then!!!! :-P

  • @wrath2612
    @wrath2612 10 лет назад

    Sorry if my comment was nondescript, it was in reference to you looking forward to doing green scenery. ( as in paint your buildings green ) :-P
    Sorry again :-\

    • @TheTerrainTutor
      @TheTerrainTutor  10 лет назад

      Ah got ya, yeah, we need to get back to green mate :o)

  • @Stormcloud10
    @Stormcloud10 8 лет назад +1

    Thank you for this great tutorials. I tried a ruin myself and till painting it, it works very fine. But after painting, the paper from the foamboard "waves". It ... sorry for my bad english ... leaves the foam. I tried to take a picture.
    drive.google.com/open?id=0B8Iq0B2XvreVTDNZZDhXTlJFeU0
    What was the mistake? Is there a possibility to rescue the building? I used pva from ponal and colors from the local hardware store. I mixed black and white together.

    • @TheTerrainTutor
      @TheTerrainTutor  8 лет назад

      Looks like the fb got over saturated. You could rewet, and then peal it off and just paint the bare foam but it looks like you got a batch of dodgy fb mate

    • @Stormcloud10
      @Stormcloud10 8 лет назад +1

      +TheTerrainTutor Ups. Thank you for the quick response. I'll try to use less paint the next time.

    • @Walthanar
      @Walthanar 7 лет назад +1

      it actually looks great, like a piece of steel sheet cover got warped by the heat of some explosion! Just paint it rusty and imho it will be badass af

  • @smolle8906
    @smolle8906 6 лет назад +1

    i bought home depot texture paint to paint mu foamboard scenery
    looks like this ibb.co/dNAj6J
    I'm happy with the results i only did one layer tho you can apply multiple layers to create heavyer effect

  • @Stormx2233
    @Stormx2233 10 лет назад

    giggity giggity, ;)