How I Paint - Terrain - Wooden Planks

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I have really enjoyed painting the Azyrite Ruins and other terrain features for Warcry and the Age of Sigmar. I am beginning to amass a good range of pieces. Having finished the stonework on these structures, the next next large sections to paint were the wooden planks that make up the broken floors and of course the bell tower.

I wanted the wood to be a different colour from the stone but equally to appear as though it did belong in the ruins. I intended to basecoat the 'wood' with grey before shifting its hue with browns and then finishing it off with greens.

I recently did an update of this method. I did not like the glossy look of the contrast paint. So I have experimented a little to change the paints I have used. The update is in blue.

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Paints required:
  • Skavenblight Dinge
  • Wyldwood
  • Agrax Earthshade
  • Rakarth Flesh
  • Deathworld Forest
  • Elysian Green
  • Seraphim Sepia
  • Chaos Black Spray

I undercoated the wood with Chaos Black spray. Then a basecoat of Skavenblight Dinge was applied to the whole area. I only apply one coat. This basecoat does not need to be a perfectly solid, if it is a little patchy, it will add to the organic nature of the wood. The basecoat is there to give an underlying colour for the next step.


All of the wood was then given a wash with a 2:1 mix of Wyldwood and Agrax Earthshade. The shade reduces the thickness and glossing of the contrast paint. As this dries it will pull into the wood grain and the gaps in the bark. (Updated 22nd April 2021)

*I have subsequently updated this method. I now use a mix of Agrax Earthshade and Wyldwood to stain the wood. (22nd April 2021)

When the contrast paint had fully dried, the wood was drybrushed with Rakarth Flesh.  I like to use a fairly large, round-ended brush (I have a make-up brush) when I drybrush terrain. When drybrushing, I move the brush around in a circular motion, focusing on wood grain and edges. This was then followed by a drybrush of Deathworld Forest. 


The wood was then washed with Seraphim Sepia. This wash shifts the hue of the wood by adding more yellow tones.


This final step is meant to simulate algae growing on the wooden planks. A fairly large round-ended brush was used to very lightly drybrush Elysian Green on to the wood. The drybrush was again used in a circular motion. If there is an area of wood, which would be well walked upon, e.g. steps, avoid applying the green there. Do not over do this step. Less is definitely more here, you are just after a slight shift in the colour of the wood. One final point, I do this step after I have finished every other step on my terrain.


There we go. I have really enjoyed using this technique as it really feels I have brought more life to my terrain. 

Thank you for reading this article. Let me know what you think? Do you have any questions? If you do, add them to the comments below. Happy hobbying.




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