http://groups.yahoo.com/group/finescaleminiatures/ Fine Scale Miniatures Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:01:49 GMT Tony Burgess http://groups.yahoo.com/group/finescaleminiatures/message/20383 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/finescaleminiatures/message/20383 When you take pictures outside, place some white paper or board behind the model (I use a large roll of white paper draped over a lawn chair with the model on Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:50:14 GMT lynn http://groups.yahoo.com/group/finescaleminiatures/message/20382 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/finescaleminiatures/message/20382 Well I guess that makes me about normal Lynn ... From: David Barron To: finescaleminiatures@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2009 6:34 PM Subject: Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:35:44 GMT David Barron http://groups.yahoo.com/group/finescaleminiatures/message/20381 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/finescaleminiatures/message/20381 hahahaha It is a fact that most men think in primary colors while women think in shades that men cannot even spell! Mule Recall that I'm one of those crazy Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:31:44 GMT wickman1961 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/finescaleminiatures/message/20380 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/finescaleminiatures/message/20380 Well pictures will have to wait till tomorrownow seeing as its dark out and I've now learned that pictures indoors just don't cut it. I did paint the doors and Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:27:29 GMT wickman1961 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/finescaleminiatures/message/20379 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/finescaleminiatures/message/20379 Yep inside went through full renovation all new hardwood flooring. Lynn Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:42:01 GMT Jan Kirkwood http://groups.yahoo.com/group/finescaleminiatures/message/20378 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/finescaleminiatures/message/20378 Pictures??? From: finescaleminiatures@yahoogroups.com [mailto:finescaleminiatures@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Kjb80401@... Sent: Saturday, November 07, Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:47:57 GMT Kjb80401@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/finescaleminiatures/message/20377 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/finescaleminiatures/message/20377 Recall that I'm one of those crazy artists. Made most of my living selecting interior colors and designing signage / artworks for retail stores. That as the Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:39:54 GMT Kjb80401@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/finescaleminiatures/message/20376 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/finescaleminiatures/message/20376 Lynn, Many possibilities to consider: Trim color same a siding, or contrasting. Window (not the frame) a different color than the trim. I've seen black and Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:21:35 GMT A. Reed http://groups.yahoo.com/group/finescaleminiatures/message/20375 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/finescaleminiatures/message/20375 Lyn, great photos - boy that place looks like it is definitely on the wrong side of town... I hope the floor boards are in better shape than the outside Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:25:23 GMT Tony Burgess http://groups.yahoo.com/group/finescaleminiatures/message/20374 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/finescaleminiatures/message/20374 Nice color, I have used Depot green or depot olive many times. Floquil makes it. Tony Burgess Tulsa, OK ... From: lynn To: finescaleminiatures@yahoogroups.com Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:58:52 GMT lynn http://groups.yahoo.com/group/finescaleminiatures/message/20373 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/finescaleminiatures/message/20373 Yes Tony I have a house but its white brick with white vinyl windows , not much color there LOL Last nite I painted the doors and windows a soft green. Lynn Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:48:41 GMT Tony Burgess http://groups.yahoo.com/group/finescaleminiatures/message/20372 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/finescaleminiatures/message/20372 I always paint my doors and windows before adding them to the model. This keeps it neat, also, I always use another color, look at houses out there, there is Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:34:51 GMT lynn http://groups.yahoo.com/group/finescaleminiatures/message/20371 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/finescaleminiatures/message/20371 Tony that figures. LOL Ok so question is should I or should I not paint the trim same color as the windows which by the way I will put windows in very shortly Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:28:12 GMT Tony Burgess http://groups.yahoo.com/group/finescaleminiatures/message/20370 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/finescaleminiatures/message/20370 Actually, Lynn, I like the "abandoned haunted look". Tony Burgess Tulsa, OK ... From: wickman1961 To: finescaleminiatures@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:15:36 GMT wickman1961 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/finescaleminiatures/message/20369 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/finescaleminiatures/message/20369 Ben I may have ove done it a bit, I'm not really trying for the abandoned haunted look, hopefully the windows and doors railings and trim painted a soft green