BURGUNDY STONE

BURGUNDY STONE - aggregate in a wine-red tone

Loose aggregate from the stone range of Amazing Art. The designation BURGUNDY points to a wine-red tone; the range covers the red side of the spectrum with further shades as well, but the exact tone and the raw material are not specified by the manufacturer. Red aggregate is useful in modeling practice where an area is meant to look like brick rubble, weathered sandstone, iron-rich earth or a red crushed-stone surface. As the main area of a whole diorama such a saturated color looks forced, which is why it is usually mixed with neutral aggregate.

Use

• brick rubble and chippings in wrecked buildings
• red industrial areas and crushed-stone roads
• rock outcrops and iron-rich embankments
• an admixture to gray aggregate for a livelier surface

Who it is for

For modelers who are building a scene with wrecked buildings or with red soil and do not want to take the color all the way with a brush. The aggregate's own color survives even where the surface is later dusted with pigments, and unlike repainted gray gravel no other shade shows through in the scuffed places. With brick rubble that saves work with a dry brush and a whole painting step.

Application: lay it out dry, level it and drip thinned PVA glue through it. Red aggregate may darken after it has been dripped through, so try it first on a spare piece of base and only then decide on the proportion with neutral aggregate. Do not breathe the stirred-up dust in while pouring and do not leave the loose material within reach of small children.