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I think in terms of weathering it’s fine, although perhaps a darker wash around some of the lower sections to darken the mortar would look good but only in small amounts.
 

For me, the biggest improvement would be to add a bit of variety in the brick shade. It’s all very uniform at the moment and I think picking out some individual bricks in a couple of darker, and perhaps one lighter shade would make a big difference. It takes a while and it’s a bit fiddly, but it adds a realistic variation in brick tone. It’s only modern bricks that are a uniform shade. In the past when bricks were made from coarser clay and fired in clamps they came out all sorts of shades and colours.

Hope this helps.

Chris

Thanks for that Chris, I've had another go and you can see the results appearing in a new post about now! The brick colour is less uniform in real life, I think the camera compresses it quite a bit to save memory. 

I use a dirty brown acrylic wash as the final weathering stage of my buildings. A lot of the success with this seems to come down to how dilute the wash is. I also use a much lighter shade for the mortar, generally a cream which is almost white. When the brown wash goes on it darkens it back to a more acceptable level and might be why I feel it's a suitable approach.

 

Then again, it's all down to personal taste. Besides, I dare say I never achieve the same result more than once anyway!