Ranger Crackle Paints

[Chuck Doan]

More real world:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/0olong/26136844/

http://images43.fotki.com/v504/filec7B0/04e7a/7/777399/2992336/1123288976_7eaaa0916a_b.jpg

[Mr Potato Head]

We finally had some sun today, cloud or snow covered as it was? Here's the best shot I could get and it was cold outside. I used one application of Payne's Grey over the "Picket fence and the "peeling paint"  the green color is a very light or thin application and the white is a perfect full application. I do not like the green color and plan to find another, also I found out there is a clear crackle color, and I wonder what that will do?
Gil

[finescalerr]

The white turned out very, very well. I'm glad you finally quit whining and went outside and suffered for us. You probably didn't even have to wear a sweatshirt. -- Russ

[Mr Potato Head]

No I had on a sweat shirt and hot potatoes in my pocket to keep my hands warm!
Yes I like the white!  That Payne's grey works great!  There are other colors out there that I want to try?
Gil
In exile in Boise Idaho

[Malachi Constant]

I still haven't tried the samples that I've got ... but *suspect* that the white and off-white paints could be colored (reverse tinting) with acrylic inks and/or paints ... will try all this after the HO-HO-HO stuff is done.

Cheers,
Dallas

[Junior]

More real world:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/0olong/26136844/

http://images43.fotki.com/v504/filec7B0/04e7a/7/777399/2992336/1123288976_7eaaa0916a_b.jpg

Chuck....that last one is great! Thanks.

Anders

PS. Great looking boards, Gil

[lab-dad]

The word must be out; I went to Michaels's to get some and they were cleaned out!
I guess being in exile in Idaho has it's advantages......well ONE.
-Marty

[Mr Potato Head]

Hey Marty we have plenty here in sunny balmy south western Idaho!   
Would you like me to send you some?  ::)It's easy to get around here in "Friendly, pleasant, easy going "Boise" no pushing or shoving, heck people will even hold the door open for you and help you across the icy parking lot , yep it's true 
Plus don't worry about me being stuck in the long line at the post office, there's no pushing or shoving there either, the lines are always short, heck there's only 1700 people in Star Idaho 
Glad to help you out buddy, it's the Idaho way.
Gil
aka MPH

[finescalerr]

Yeah but, as you pointed out, you need to stuff hot potatoes in your pockets to keep warm! -- Russ

[Mr Potato Head]

No worries we just eat them for lunch!   
Gil
AKA MPH

[eTraxx]

I flew into Bosie, Idaho once to attend an Army school. Looking out the window just before landing I was like ... "WTH? Looks like I'm landing in the Mojave!" .. ... plus .. while driving around town .. think someone stole all the road signs .. !!

[DaKra]

And some of Idaho looks like it came out of a Walther's catalog.   

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wallace_Idaho.JPG

[finescalerr]

Notice the bricks in that photo. They are obviously a century old yet the buildings' surfaces are pretty flat and the bricks themselves not very distressed.

Some models we create, with their missing bricks, crumbling sections, and mottled appearance look pretty stunning. But they seem to be exceptions to the usual hundred year old brickwork. If anybody wants examples, let me know and I'll post some shots on a new thread.

Russ

[Mr Potato Head]

Wallace Idaho is a great little town, it's the gateway to Burke Idaho, it's in a very narrow valley, more like a crevasse, it's pretty, quite, and quaint, but when it snows! Wow look out! I have been there in a blizzard, man that's a lot of snow! 
Idaho has a lot of quaint towns and most of any new buildings are built with brick and stone to match the existing buildings, it's very nice not a lot on Mc-Mansions 
Yes Boise is at the end of the Mojave Desert! I would have never believed it, until I saw a historical marker on 395 near Independence, California 
Gil

[Ray Dunakin]

Wow, those are some beautiful buildings in that little town!