How to paint a realistic wood?

[ToMaZ]

Hi,

I'm currently painting my Warmachine Widowmakers and for the gun I wanted to create a wood effect beside the metallics. Now I've no idea how to paint it realistic enough. I've tried and it looks more like brown highlighted with stripes than it resembles wood

Does anyone has any good tutorials or tips for it? It's not really about the colours, but more the technique to make it look like wood

tnx

[Demi_morgana]

good question ToMaZ
I'd also like to know this...

[Lai]

Click to see full-sized image

i found also a guide to paint faux wood https://www.zinsser.com/FauxDetails.asp?ProjectID=29

i hope this will be of some help

[Demi_morgana]

Lai, You should post whole photo of Your mini - not just close-up of the "wooden" part...

[Lai]

to be true, the "mini" is not mine
is a picture of faux wood i found on the net

[messiah_182]

I would start with snakebite leather for the base color. The darker parts with snakebite+bestial brown and for the highlights snakebite+bleached bone.

[ToMaZ]

Ok, I'll try that

And Lai, thanx for the link, but I think it would be quite hard to try that technique on the mini I'm painting... Allthough it would be nice to use it on my bedroom door :)

[Darkson]

Paint wood grain with a bone color over black than wash with brown ink. Tada thats all you need to do . The brown will darken the wood grain/lines and will turn the black a nice rich walnut color.

https://www.darksondesigns.com/images/Img67.jpg

https://www.darksondesigns.com/images/Img118.jpg

https://www.darksondesigns.com/images/Img110.jpg

Cheers
Robert

[mahon]

I sometimes use Vallejo transparent paints: Woodgrain and Natural Wood.