Ok, So today i got to start painting. i mean, real painting. there are lots of different ways to paint fake rock. this is my personally preferred way, which is a little different from the way others may do it, but hey, i do it how i like. the main technique i use is drybrushing. this is because it is effective, and i am also really impatient and it dries fast. also, on my rocks i don't just like one colour of rock, e.g. grey. while the finished product may be predominately grey, i like to put reds, yellows and greens on lower layers, so in the end they will be faint, but will add different depth the the finished product.
i started by drybrushing an olive green. this was a reasonably heavy coat, and for this part it doesn't really matter as you wont see much of it later. i then highlighted the olive with a lime green.
now comes adding more colours, i was pretty heavy and haphazard with these. i am not to precious with my paints. they all get squeezed on to the same pallet one after another, and i don't wash my brush between each colour. this adds an effect of it's own.
yea, so now my background looks like something you would find at the Sydney mardi gras, this doesn't matter now as i will tone it down a lot
now some brown tones it down.
Now here comes my secret ingredient. it is simplt black paint mixed with a lot of water to tirn it into a runny 'ink', this is then put in a spray bottle, and liberally sprayed throught the enclosure. This really tones and darkens it down a lot.
now i need to wait for it to dry, brybrush black, dark grey, midrange grey, light grey, white(very Sparingly) and i should be done painting. then it comes down to adding cage furniture and maybe some fake moss