"Painting The Hartwell Tavern" Topic

I purchased a casting of the Hartwell tavern from Grand Manner and have begun to paint it. Right now I have all the piece primed black and I plan on drybrushing thin layers of browns, grays and tans over that. I've assembled a folder of photos of what the original may looked liked back in the day. It looks like a lot of shakes, which can turn all sorts of colors, but would show a dark mold in the crevices.

Anyone else painted one of these? How did you do it.
Or how would you paint it if you had one?

I was thinking that for window panes that I might try a drop of AP Soft tone. Just enough to cover the pane.

Any hints or tips welcome.

After priming I plan to airbrush or spray paint the building with a brown that matches the current version of the Tavern. I will add some light brown highlights. I may dry brush some "silvering" as it was called at the time, with some shade of gray. The window panes will be white and the glass will be black.

I am going with a lighter brown for the roof with some gray dry brushed on it. Then I am going to use some weathering powders on the roof and some places on the body of the building.

I quit using black primer for my building and figures. It really is too dark and stark for my tastes.

I would use a dark brown and dry brush for two coats. One lighter than the last. I would be okay going a bit bright, then washing the building to allow for the crevices. You can dry brush again as needed. I like some of the light red/brown in some of the photos. I would roughly do the same for the roof, starting with a dark gray and going lighter. I'd add some random shingles of really light paint. I would wash the roof and well and dry brush again as needed.

Yes, window frames white (dry brush) and I often add some clear gloss to the window panes.

I never use black primer. For some reason I can't see all the details to paint them. I will use Tamiya grey primer.

I use Walmart flat black as a primer for everything.
You get nice even thin coats.

Starting out black allows me to gradually build up to light.
Just my own method. We'll see how it turns out.

A friend of mine, who started out painting wargame figures, then progressed to larger scale figures, was told by an accomplished larger scale figure painter that the black base coat (which I have often used in the past) is a wargamer painting thing.

I'm going to try to stay away from it in the future.