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Hi folks!

I wanna paint some larger buildings but I have no idea how to do. I have only normal brushes, no air brush or something else. Did anyone have some good tutorials for buildingpainting or some advices?

Thanx for all tips, tuts or advices.

Spraypaint a basecoat obviously. Use roughcoat if it appeals to you (or other textured paint, but the rough textured spray finishes can be nice on buildings). Two or three heavy drybrush layers with a largish brush are sufficient for scratchbuilt bunkers or the new planetstrike tower/defense barricades.
Painting terrain is quite unlike painting smaller models, and still a long shot from larger things like tanks. What sorts of building are you working on, exactly? If, for example, you're doing GW's gothic ruins of landing pad, there are various different ways you can approach either. Help us help you.

If you are working on a literally flat surface, a sponge is the best way of painting. Under coat normally with either a large brush or spray paint, then spong on the second coat. Dap on the paint, then drag the daps together. Should eliminate all brush marks and blend the color together.

The bunker section of this display board was painted using this technique.

Thank you for your advices!

Arctik_Firangi wrote:What sorts of building are you working on, exactly?

My mainproblem was the Bastion. It was basecoated with a cheap green spray from a hardware store. The conclusion was, that the color looked like watering can plastic and not like a Imperial Fortress.

Now I primed it with Shadow Grey and then I sponged Fortress Grey as second layer.

Here is the WIP-Picture of the Bastion. At the inside of the bolter slits and at the door you can see the old color. But for gaming I think it looks ok.