How to be an Armoured Farmer, building Hobart's Funnies in Glorious 15mm (and maybe 28mm if they arrive in time!)
base coating the wooden bits
As the Fascines and the log carpet are made predominately from wood (Never, get away!) I base coasted them in Chocolate brown, it took three good coats to get the coverage I wanted. The thinning down ratio was the same as for the Russian Uniform colour.
Great results on the fascines and log carpets, @brucelea – Indeed, when I’m painting on wood (especially soft, easy “hobby” woods like pine or balsa), the fiber soaks up a lot of paint and I need a lot of coats to get good coverage as well. I’ve tried sealing the paint first and it winds up looking like shiny cheap plastic. So I think lots of paint is just the way to go. 😀
It certainly is Jim, I used cocktail sticks, which are quite dense grain wise but it still took three coats before I was happy with the look of them.