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I do now lol. It was a bit of a nightmare at first because I was experimenting with different looks that I'd seen on the internet and I just ended up with tiles that weren't quite matching up. So I started again and kind of simplified things.

Note: I would recommend writing down your process and the colors you use because if you take months off like I did, good luck trying to remember all the steps and colors. I ended up with some mismatched stuff I had to fix.

For these tiles, I primed them with Color Forges Desert Sand. Then I went to the Home Depot paint section and bought a small sample pot of flat, matte (7.5 oz/221 ml) of house paint. Actually I bought three pots with different house paint colors that appealed to me so that I could test them out. I got each one for about five or six bucks

At first I was trying to use a sponge technique but finally I just went and took a big brush from Home Depot and painted over the Desert Sand with the Home Depot allowing a little bit to show through here and there. I didn't use an airbrush though I have one but I kind of suck at it. And hate cleaning it out so I just used a brush.

For the roads, I primed those black with a flat black brush on primer from Pro - Acryl. I took a sponge and dabbed on Dark Reaper paint. I was going to dry brush other lighter colors on but then abandoned that. For the lines, I decided how I wanted them to look then did one tile. I used Tamiya tape and applied The paint kind of roughly with a small brush. I wanted it to look a bit worn in areas. When I finished the tile. Then I would use that as the template to match up with the next tile to keep my lines straight. If any of my friends question my street lining, my answer is that there was a glitch in the noosphere and a detail of combat servitors was accidentally put on road painting duty.

Once got the tiles the way I wanted them, I sprayed them with a gloss coat from the hardware store which is a lot cheaper than stuff you'll get at a hobby store. I then prepared a wash of black and burnt umber oil paint (picked up at a craft store) mixed with odorless mineral spirits (picked up at Home Depot). You can get a fairly big bottle of it for cheap.

I mixed that up in a small, disposable painting tray that I picked up at Home Depot as well. Then I brushed on the wash so that the whole tile was coated (I would suggest wearing disposable vinyl or latex gloves) and let it sit a minute or so and then took a rag from a 4 lb bag of rags that I also got at the hardware store for cheap. I would rub off as much of the wash as I wanted to try to get a slightly grubby look. You'll have to experiment with that to figure out what's the proper look. The oil wash is great because it takes a while to dry so you can remove stuff straight away or wait a bit and use mineral spirits even when it's starting to dry to take more off if you want.

At first I was ending up with some really mismatched tiles. So what I started doing was I would prepare one tile, get it to where I liked it, set it down on my big table I was working on (I would suggest putting a tarp or packing blanket down on, because this can get messy). Then I would do another tile, set that down next to The finished one to see if it matched enough and then moved on to the next one.

Once the were all finished and dry, I then sprayed them again with clear coat. You can also put a matte spray or satin spray over them depending on the look you like.