UA754 - Dirty Hemp

Dirty Hemp for used hemp

A new tarpaulin hardly ever occurs on a diorama. A sack of mortar is marked by lime, a rope on scaffolding has dust from the plaster on it and a canvas sheet by a wall has caught everything that ran down it. The acrylic shade Dirty Hemp is named after precisely this dirtied phase of hemp fabric.

Dirt is not applied evenly

The same rule holds here as with facades. A dirtied area is not equally dirty all over, or it would not be dirt but a color. On fabric the grime holds in the folds, on the bottoms of sacks, on the edges that have been rubbed and in the places where the textile lay on the ground. The shade is therefore led only into these parts and some of the original color is left showing through. The resulting discord between the cleaner and the dirtier places is exactly what makes a scene believable. Just as with a facade, it pays to proceed in coats and to raise the richness until the area starts to look well-worn.

Where you will use the shade

• The lower parts of sacks and tarpaulins that are in contact with the ground.
• Ropes and lashings on which dust from the masonry has settled.
• The transition between textile and terrain, so that objects do not look laid onto a scene.
• Work aprons, wagon covers and sheets that are meant to have years of service.
• Unifying textile with the color of the surrounding plaster and mortar.

Who the color is for

For builders of dioramas who are after a lived-in, used scene, and for modelers who build a construction site, a market or a farmyard around buildings. It will also serve as a subdued brown-gray tone for wood and dusty surfaces.