C. C. Crow Stone Church - First Annual Raymo Build Challenge 2016

[S&S RR]

I like the coloring on the left better. I agree about the white, I can't imagine that looking right. Your rock cliff work looks great what are you using?

-Steve

DITTO
THe left scheme is better and is very close to reality like an old church in Quebec city

Eric Quebec city

Double Ditto.
I prefer the color on the left. The right side casting looks perfectly fine, but the brown/tan/sienna color of the wash gives it a "European" feel to me, if that makes any sense.


-Joe

Joe


Thanks for stopping by the thread and your input.  Tomorrow I'm going to try a few more things before I make a final decision on which way to go. Your comments on a "European" feel  are interesting.  I have taken pictures of hundreds of stone buildings in our travels to Europe and it has always amazed me how different the buildings look from one area to the next.


The stone/rock coloration on my layout is trying to match what I have photographed in the Pacific Northwest of the US. More browns than typically find in the East. 

[S&S RR]

Agree with everyone else - the left sample seems to be closer to the existing rock coloring.  And yeah, locals would use local rock for building in rural areas.

Bob


Thanks for your input and for stopping by the thread. So far we have ruled out white, which is good because I don't like it. As I said above, I'm going to try a few more and see if I can find something I like better.  Stay toned more color samples to look at.

[S&S RR]

I like the coloring on the left better. I agree about the white, I can't imagine that looking right. Your rock cliff work looks great what are you using?

-Steve

DITTO
THe left scheme is better and is very close to reality like an old church in Quebec city

Eric Quebec city

Eric


Thank you for your input and for watching the thread. To me the one on the right looks like you just picked up stones randomly from the area and has most of the colors in the surrounding stone - which will tend to make it work like camouflage so the building will not stand out.  I think right now that the final version will lean toward the one on the left with more of one color range.

[postalkarl]

Hi John:

I like the left one also.

Karl

[S&S RR]

To start out with tonight, I would really like to thank RAYMO for getting this challenge going. I hadn't posted on this thread for a couple of days and I had to go to page two of the Kit Building board to find it. That's a lot of build activity.

[Zephyrus52246]

I like the left wall as well. 


Jeff

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I like the left wall as well. 


Jeff

Thanks for stopping by the thread and for the input Jeff. I'm about to post a few pictures of some of my next steps in protecting the technique I want to use for the walls on this church.

[S&S RR]

So here is a picture with a few of the walls I've produced playing with different techniques. Over the years I have been coloring plaster castings with acrylic paints and have developed a technique that I like.  My challenge for this build was to take it to the next level with the use of pan pastels and chalks. We have already had some discussion about the results of my first trials. This is picture represents where I'm at tonight.

[S&S RR]

I took pictures of each step as I made these walls and since this is a build thread I will present them here.


In the picture above the two top walls were done with just acrylic paints.


The three lower castings were done with the same techniques but with two different base coats.  The one on the left, and bottom (with the hip roof) was done with a dark grey primer "rattle can"  followed by a light grey acrylic primer to start.  The one on the left was done starting with a white hydrocal casting with no primer or sealer.

[S&S RR]

I want the look of the darker stone for this build and like the coloring of the middle left casting the best. Through the next few posts, I will describe the technique in detail and why I like this one the best. We will also discuss a few tweaks to the technique that may give us better results.

[ak-milw]

Either of the two middle ones works for me.

[S&S RR]

Either of the two middle ones works for me.

Thanks for the input Andy - I will explain as I describe the technique why I like the one on the left a little better.

[S&S RR]

Step 1. The rattle can grey primer.

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Step 2: Add the acrylic grey primer over the darker primer.  Notice how the darker grey highlights show through.  This is a great base that I can always get back to if I get carried away with the chalks.

[S&S RR]

Step 3: Start with the Pan Pastels - dark neutral gray to start a few stones.





Here is where we start with the plain white hydrocal casting.