Just started a new scene which, like my previous post incorporates a ruin....so I thought I'd explain in more detail I how do ruins and rubble.
I'll explain over a few posts (in case it starts getting a bit boring)
First I gave the white brick work a scrub with acrylic yellow (all paints used are acrylic) this will eventually 'bleed' through further washes to create a natural highlight to the bricks. Don't cover the whole...just scrub onto fairly large areas.
Next..take a medium red brown and wash thinly all over...don't worry about covering the yellow..just tone it down a bit.
The rubble in the picture is cat litter...cat litter passed through a sieve for finer rubble.bits of balsa wood and home made bricks.
I made these by rolling out modeling clay, then cut it into strips. When dry you can cut it into brick lengths...or even snap it to represent broken/damaged ones.
More in next post.

BASTONE 2

Next move is to wash the whole with a black brown wash...making sure you get into all the gaps and cracks. If you put areas on too thick..just run over it with a brush loaded with water.
Also paint the brick rubble in the same fashion. Don't worry about being too precise at this stage...just roughly wash over them.

Fantatsic SBS Steve, thanks for sharing your technique with us. I'm following with interest.

BASTONE 3

Next I painted all stone areas with a light grey..this will stand out a bit until washed and toned down
When dry, I washed the grey stone and ALL the rubble with the black brown..and at this stage the window frame was painted.
Next I toned down the frame and started to dry brush the rubble and stone with the same light grey...adding a bit of white for the lightest highlights on the stone.

This bits from Verlinden..via Historex...it's part of a bigger scene but I like to break them up to use on smaller scenes...plus they go further..!!!!

Looks very good to me.

BASTONE 4 last one

I dirtied the window with a brownish wash...which runs nicely into cracks scribed with a scalpel blade..... and put a few VERY light washes of yellow and then red brown on the rubble. A little black wash UNDER bricks etc to give a false shadow...and that's it. For an added effect you can put a sign/lights/bullet holes etc on/in the wall.
This really is a simple way of achieving a brick effect without too much effort and works on any scale. This particular one is 1/35 scale.
Don't try and be too precise...paint loosely and ENJOY it.
Hope this was of interest...and I didn't ramble on too much.
Just got to think of a figure to go on it now....!

Steve
Thanks for taking the time to post this SBS. Much appreciated. I have an 'Eastern Front' vignette planned for 2011 and I will definitely give your technique a go.
Cheers
Paul

Hi Steve , looks real to me mate , the washes give the whole thing such depth .
Sam

Excellent stuff Steve

Steve,

Thanks for the great SBS of a brick wall ruin. It was very informative and well done! Just what I needed for a future project.

Nick

Steve,

I like your subject, but I think only one thread is enough for one SBS, do not?


By the way congratulations!

Cheers,
Balázs

Cheers Gordy.....

Thanks for that Carl...much appreciated.

Thanks all for your kind comments.....
Steve

Really very useful information about this piece of restoration and destruction of a wall, but signs of an explosion.
Thanks Steve!!!

Alexandros

Thanks Steve for the sbs it is very helpful.
Chris

Great work Steve.
One remark: it is Bastogne and the English people speak it out as Bastone.

Marc