01-08-2013, 02:44 PM
Where ever possible, I like to find a sample of the same age cement that I want to model, and, starting with ( Yeah I'm going there ) Floquil "Aged Concrete", add colors to come as close as I can to my "sample".
The sidewalks, and my front stoop, are a light "aged"tan. My neighbors stoop, which was just torn out and re-poured, is a very light gray.
The color itself is not as much the issue, as the variations of color that's dependent on the date of the pour. You just have to keep those "variations" believable. Not too many, not too few, for the era, and the area you're representing.
Yeah, this is the long-winded version of the "model what you see" theory.
The sidewalks, and my front stoop, are a light "aged"tan. My neighbors stoop, which was just torn out and re-poured, is a very light gray.
The color itself is not as much the issue, as the variations of color that's dependent on the date of the pour. You just have to keep those "variations" believable. Not too many, not too few, for the era, and the area you're representing.
Yeah, this is the long-winded version of the "model what you see" theory.
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The greatest place to live life, is on the sharp leading edge of a learning curve.
Lead me not into temptation.....I can find it myself!