How to Model Aged Wood on Styrene

Following on from the last couple of weeks, we’re looking at how to model aged wood if you are starting with a styrene sheet rather than a piece of wood. It’s a very different method because if you are starting with smooth styrene, the grain needs to be added first. If you are using a kit with moulded wood texture then you skip the earlier stages and go straight to the painting.

Step 1: Add grain and wood details to the sheet styrene

Step 2: Prime with basic grey car primer such as Halfords or model primer such as Tamiya.

Step 3: Paint wood colours using acrylic paints

Step 4: Add a wash to bring out the texture

Step 5: Clean up the wash with white spirit or enamel thinners

The Real World

Materials

Styrene Sheet
X-acto knife
X-acto saw blade
Sandpaper – medium grit
Ponce wheel – used for adding nail holes
Halfords or Tamiya primer – must be grey – any spray can primer will do
Mixture of grey acrylic paints – I used the AK interactive Old & Weathered Wood series which include a number of acrylic paints in either warm or cooler greys
Dark enamel wash – I used Mig but Ammo or AK interactive make similar products
White spirit or enamel thinners