Paintinig Styrofoam Mountain | O Gauge Railroading On Line Forum

frogvillejunctionrailroadOGR Forum Member

I have a styrofoam mountain/tunnel. The first coat of paint I put on was an acrylic brown paint, applied with a 3" foam brush. Now, I'm a little confused as to what I should do next. I think I should use acrylic gray paint to highlight rocky outcroppings, and at the top of the mountain. Then, I think I should either use some acrylic forest green for a grassy effect on the lower and middle parts of the mountain. After that, should I use some kind of finishing spray, or a spray cement so that I can sprinkle a kind of lichen and then affix bushes, shrubs and trees? I'm new to this and I'd appreciate some kindly advice.

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10/4/139:34 AM

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AvantiOGR Forum Member

Paul,

You want to use a combination of dilute acrylic washes and dry-brushing. A quick web search will reveal many good tutorials on this technique. Most of them assume that the mountain is plaster, but more-or-less the same techniques work on foam. Here are a few random examples:

How to paint rock faces

Please post photos of your results. We all learn from each other.

KundeOGR Forum Member

Since you have already painted your mountain, this method might work better for you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsQ-LU2sFLs

It's what I did here.

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AvantiOGR Forum Member

Originally Posted by Kunde:

Since you have already painted your mountain, this method might work better for you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsQ-LU2sFLs

Mark is right. That particular video is actually my favorite--I just lost track of it.

(Very nice work, Mark.)

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