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The filler is great looks the part that one get's my vote.

 

Pete

I second the filler, however I would give dust of black weathering powerder then wiped off with a damp cloth to tone down the mortar course. The Top part is much better at depicting and older delerict building as the increased depth gives it a look of worn mortar.

The top part looks like my father's house's walls, the bottom part like my neighbours' :-)

 

I'd love to be able to do the top part on some future buildings that are intended to be aged by time, thanks for the inspiration. 

Nice work. the top part looks like a wall that has something of the damp about it, and very convincing it is. There's a fair number of old buildings (outhouses etc.) around this part of the world that look like that. In my mind - such as it is on a Monday morning - the dampness would result in a few spalled bricks.. (see http://www.bricksandbrass.co.uk/images/diy/spalled.jpg as an example). And the bottom is wonderful too. Well done for the artistry, and for keeping going.

agree the filler version is excellent, and that the top is also a good representation of weathered brickwork, I've seen walls where it changes from one to the other just as this does, maybe a man on a ladder with a bucket and trowel on a half and half wall woud be absolutely perfect

I was thinking along similar lines to Mikkel. The bottom part looks good but an old wall in need of re-pointing looks a lot more like the top part and I think that would also look good for representing an older building.