Collins builds the world of The Walking Dead

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painting houses and groundwork

January 3, 2026

Tutoring 6

Skill 6

Idea 6

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the roadway was painted light grey then dry brushed dark grey (note this changed later!)

the ground was simply painted a bog standard brown

Painting the woodwork with a vivid contrast paint

rough 'pin wash' for the brickwork

I used a permanent marker CD/DVD pen to draw on the lines of the garage and the blue woodwork

see how the blue/green woodwork is improved with the panel lining.

(changed the roadwork colouring) Added some green/brown wash to everything as weathering. same as the roof tiles

the wash colour. pretty gross really

This post was basically a whole days work.

If i was to do this again, i would not build all the building onto the board until they are already painted. it was very much a ball ache to work on this 20×20 inch monster and try to do fine detail work whilst balancing the whole board on its side. i think i got over excited in the building it phase and forgot the colouring in phase.

the roadway was painted the wrong way at first. light base dark highlight. it looked fine, but plainly wrong. i quickly swapped it over before doing any weathering steps. good job i caught it really as it would be a small annoyance forever otherwise.

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