after looking at some of the buildings with a more critical eye I have decided the brick buildings need a little something to make them look right. So since its about 110* here, I am inside , so I got some paint out and went to work on a little aging process
here is a comparison between the untouched section on the right and the washed section on the left. Its better, but I am not sure if I need to work some more on blending of if once its outside it will be good to go
there is the whole building after a couple of hours of messing around.
Now to start to figure out how to make signs for the different businesses.
I took this building and spent a couple of hours last weekend with an Exacto knife and a LOT of blue tape to repaint the brick, then today some more washing to make the colors muted and help the brick stand out
I should have taken a picture while it was all taped up but that tape after a while wants to let go so I had to get it out to the paint booth, ( garbage can )
then forgot to take a picture of it before adding the white and wiping the excess off .
I think the part I left the natural color needs something done to it, the more I look the more I don’t like the yellowish look to what was probably supposed to be tan so this may not be finished yet, if I paint it , it will be with a brush, I don’t think I want to do a whole day of taping again!