Make and Paint Realistic Shingles from Balsa Wood

How to make miniature shingles from balsa wood. Shingles for for scale models, dioramas, wargaming terrain, tabletop gaming, d&d scenery, warhammer 40k, model railroads, and dollhouses Join my PATREON to support my work, and enjoy EXCLUSIVE content that you can use to help create your own projects: Making shingles from balsa wood is one of my favorite techniques. In my opinion, nothing looks more like wood than wood itself, and balsa wood is a pleasure to work with. Balsa wood is readily available at most hobby and craft stores, and it’s very affordable. You don’t need any fancy tools to make these shingles, just a knife, wire brush, acrylic paint, and some patience! In this video, I show you how to texture balsa wood to emulate an old, wooden, shake shingle. I show you how to assemble the shingles using super glue. I show you how to paint and weather wood to look aged and old using acrylic washes and drybrushing. Then, how to add moss to the surface. I hope you enjoy! Feel free to use this technique for any scale you’re working in. This technique can work in 1:12 scale, all the way down to small, tabletop miniatures for wargaming, as well as model railroad layouts. Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:11 Texturing and Cutting Balsa Wood 1:11 Gluing Balsa Wood with Super Glue 1:48 Painting and Weathering Balsa Wood with Acrylic Washes and Paint 2:57 Fine Turf Flock for Moss 4:28 Final Result! 4:37 Patreon 4:59 Bloopers Music: Song: Southbound Music by: Song: Endless Lights Music by: