Abecedar:
Here some WiP shots of my first effort at making a woodgrain effect on the MDF "arches"
Should I try to make the “grain” tighter?
At present the lines are 2 to 3 mm apart roughly
Fuggit Khan:
It looks wonderful, I think the ‘spacing’ of the wood grain is perfect for the scale of the model. Anything closer would be lost in the effect while looking at it from a tabletop perspective…if that makes sense?
I’m always amazed at your wood crafting abilities 
Zanko:
Imo it looks great!
I’m really curious to see the hall finished!
:hashut
Abecedar:
Thanks fellas.
I think trying to get a tighter grain would be too hard and as you say would blur out at normal distances.
It is going to take a while as sitting there scratching the lines in with a awl is fiddly.
So far no wounds but knowing me it won’t be long before blood is shed on the building.
cornixt:
Longer lines would work better than short ones. You can also paint some woodgrain on with slightly different shades of brown.
Bloodbeard:
Spacing is fine, and the colour is great. I suggest you make as long lines as you possibly can. Perhaps make a “knast” - where a branch has broken of. Don’t know the english word.
BABIS:
how have you done the wood grains? dremel?
Abecedar:
I’ve scratched them in slowly with a hooked scribe tool. Give it a light sand, not too deep at first.
Then repeat in the same grooves until the scratches are deep enough.
A dremel would run away too quickly and be harder to keep on track.
Abecedar:
And the brown stain is a single coat of “burnt sienna” concentrated artists ink.
Dînadan:
Spacing is fine, and the colour is great. I suggest you make as long lines as you possibly can. Perhaps make a "knast" - where a branch has broken of. Don't know the english word.Knot
Bloodbeard
I agree with Bloodbeard on making the lines longer (ie no breaks in the lines).
tjub:
Looking good!
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Abecedar:
.......... Perhaps make a "knast" - where a branch has broken of. Don't know the english word.My wife suggested the same
Bloodbeard