UA770 - Concrete

Concrete, the basic gray of concrete

Concrete does not have one color. A fresh slab is darker and cooler, once dry it lightens, after years outdoors it turns gray into a dusty tone and after rain it darkens again for a few hours. A modeler needs one reliable starting value from all that, on which the rest is then built, and it is exactly that which the shade Concrete from the Lifecolor acrylic range offers.

Where concrete appears in a scene

In dioramas with vehicles there is often more concrete than of anything else: the slabs and panels of parking aprons, retaining walls, bunkers and fortifications, piers and quay edges, beside which coiled ropes and stowed canvas lie. It is precisely this contrast between a hard gray area and soft textile that gives a scene depth. Horizontal panels moreover look different from vertical walls: the surfaces that are walked and driven on are always more worn and lighter.

How to turn a flat gray into concrete

• The concrete covers, pits and foundations of structures placed around a diorama.
• Lay the basic tone down and only then play the individual slabs out with a slightly different value; concrete is never the same over a whole area.
• Deal with expansion joints and the edges of panels with a darker tone, so that the area gains division.
• Light dusty deposits belong in the flat parts, dark traces of damp at the feet of walls and in the corners.
• Scuffed edges are always lighter on concrete than the area, because the aggregate is exposed.

Who it is for

For diorama makers, builders of airfield and military structures and modelers who work with bases. A water-based acrylic paint, brush and airbrush alike.

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