Is a woody a car?

[Ryansrust6]

Started this one recently trying to learn to do fake wood. Any one have pointers I'd appreciate it thanks

[THarrison351]

Yes

[El Roberto]

[El Roberto]

Oops, forgot the narrative.   Spray base coat of what color you like, in the case of the prop I used desert yellow.  When dry apply clear coat .  Mix artist's oil paint with mineral spirits or odorless paint thinner (NO enamel thinner or lacquer thinner)  brush on the part you're painting,  lightly drag a stiff brush , like a fan brush, over the wet oil paint to get a wood grain effect.  if you screw up, no problem it just wipes off.  Let dry forever and recoat with gloss coat. Actually, if the oil paint is thinned quite a bit it only takes about a week to dry enough to clear coat.   With practice you can get fairly convincing results. 

[Ryansrust6]

Thank you sir looks great I'll give it a try

[Roncla]

I was just at Wingnuts web site yesterday and they have a page in  their Hints and Tips on woodgrain.

Its the same process as Robert describes but they use a sponge.

http://www.wingnutwings.com/ww/hintsandtips

 

[espo]

I have built a few Woody's and Truck bed floors. For the lighter colored wood I'll start with light shade of tan or beige. Then dry brush a very little bit of a darker shade to look like wood grain. For a top coat I'll use some Clear Yellow. The darker portion I'll start with a some what darker brown and again add some graining effect followed by Clear Orange like you would use for a side marker on a late model vehicle. With a little practice it can look pretty convincing especially with a coat of Clear sprayed over it all.