UA743 - Dirt Road

The ground at the foot of a wall can let down even a carefully painted facade, which is why the acrylic shade Dirt Road from Lifecolor has a firm place in diorama architecture.

Manufacturer Lifecolor
Product EAN1591100784191

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2.76 €
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Dirt Road as the ground around a building

An unpaved track is a shade that belongs on a diorama before the last brick starts to be dealt with. Dirt Road is an acrylic paint named after a dusty field track, and in a scene with buildings it fills two roles at once: it colors the terrain and at the same time supplies the dust with which the whole building is then tied to the ground.

Where a model and reality part company

The most common mistake of diorama architecture is a sharp boundary between a wall and the terrain. In reality nothing of the kind exists. At the foot of a wall blown dust holds, rainwater splashes from the ground onto the base course to a height of about half a meter, and the color of the track gradually fades away upward. When this transition is missing on a model, a building looks as if it were built on a board and not in a landscape. That is exactly why an earthy shade is used in a scene not only down low but is carried a good way up onto the masonry as well.

Recommended procedure

  • Undercolor the terrain over the whole area, and only then deal with textures and wheel marks.
  • Leave the middle of a rutted track lighter and lead the ruts and the edges darker.
  • Carry the same shade with a dry brush onto the lower part of the wall and onto the base course.
  • Underlay puddles and ruts after rain with a darker coat of the same earthy tone.
  • Carry the dusty hem onto the chassis of vehicles and the footwear of figures too; it unifies the scene.

Who it is for

For builders of dioramas, vignettes and model railroad layouts where a building stands in open country or at the edge of a village. It will serve outside terrain too, as a general dust tone for vehicles and architecture, and it gets along well with all the brick and mortar shades.

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FAQ

For both. Besides the track itself it is used as a dust tone for the lower part of masonry, for base courses and for the places rain splashes onto from the ground.

Apply the shade with a dry brush from the bottom upward and let it weaken. A sharp boundary between the terrain and a wall is what most often gives away that it is a model.

Yes. When you suggest dust on the chassis and undersides of vehicles with the same tone, the vehicles and the building will act as part of one scene.

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