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Another idea for the wood is to drag a heavy guage glass/sand paper over the surface once or twice creating shallow scratches. you can create knots by pressing a thin metal tube end into the plastic and then use a needle to scratch the grain around the circular dent.
sand lightly with very fine paper to remove any burrs and then paint it in a base colour lighter than what you want as an end result.
when dry mix a wash of thinned gloss black and paint over the top, the wash will find the recesses and create the grained effect for you. If you need it more polished then spray with hair laquer or use a proprietry varnish.
this works well with acrylics, not tried it in enamels as i dont use them.
sand lightly with very fine paper to remove any burrs and then paint it in a base colour lighter than what you want as an end result.
when dry mix a wash of thinned gloss black and paint over the top, the wash will find the recesses and create the grained effect for you. If you need it more polished then spray with hair laquer or use a proprietry varnish.
this works well with acrylics, not tried it in enamels as i dont use them.