Isambard Kingdom Brunel Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 I have read somewhere about a guy who advocates using coloured pencils to add colour or weather plasticard buildings. I have just tried and it is incredible so much easier than dry brushing. Where can i find out more details? I have tried googling but cannot find anything Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free At Last Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 (edited) I'm sure the chap you are referring to is Ken Ball, you may have seen him on a demo stand at the Wigan exhibition. I think I have an advice sheet of his somewhere, I will try and dig it out. Edited October 27, 2017 by Free At Last 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROY@34F Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 I have read somewhere about a guy who advocates using coloured pencils to add colour or weather plasticard buildings. I have just tried and it is incredible so much easier than dry brushing. Where can i find out more details? I have tried googling but cannot find anything Hi IKB, What I have done,which looks good to me, is paint your plasticard bricks with an enamel mortar colour. I thin it a bit so that it flows well into the brickwork. Leave overnight to dry well and then with some wet "wet & dry" paper rub the sheet flat , carefully so as not to flatten down too much and obliterate the mortar course. Then of course wipe dry with kitchen roll. This procedure makes the bricks flat and therefore a lot more realistic. Then carefully crayon lightly to your chosen colour. I got the idea many years ago from an old gentleman at a EM Society show, and he recommended pastel crayons, but ordinary water colour crayons work ok I reckon. It's a good idea to give a quick waft of matt varnish spray to seal the crayon when happy with it. I treat the plasticard brick sheets before cutting it up; a lot easier I think. Hope this helps. Regards, Roy. . 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LBRJ Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 Back in the day the pencil of choice was the Karismacolor range by Berol - Berol stopped making them though, and I never found a suitable replacement at the time. I would assume you can still find them on Ebay or similar but what they cost I do not know. Faber-Castell do the Polychromos range which is alleged to be similar but I have not (yet!) seen on to comment on 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free At Last Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 Ken Ball fact sheet sent by P.M. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted October 27, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2017 http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/14557-picking-out-brick-colours/ This thread might be of interest. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isambard Kingdom Brunel Posted October 27, 2017 Author Share Posted October 27, 2017 Will take a photo of what i achieved last night. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isambard Kingdom Brunel Posted October 27, 2017 Author Share Posted October 27, 2017 Sadly I don't seem to be able to post photos from phone Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithHC Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 Back in the day the pencil of choice was the Karismacolor range by Berol - Berol stopped making them though, and I never found a suitable replacement at the time. I would assume you can still find them on Ebay or similar but what they cost I do not know. Faber-Castell do the Polychromos range which is alleged to be similar but I have not (yet!) seen on to comment on Interestingly I was in a certain Swedish Emporium(I**A) the other day buying some crayons for our Granddaughter. When I opened them I discovered that they are water soluble. Might be worth a try. Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davefromacrossthepond Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 I use Prismacolor pencils doing brick and for weathering. I use both the soft core and Verithin (hard leads). Not sure if Prismacolor is available in UK. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon A Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 I have seen water colour pencils demonstrated / used for brick work instead of paints on buildings. Gordon A Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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