Base
1April 14, 2022Mocking up the layout
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3April 14, 2022Carved foam with a knife and roughed up using a wire brush
4April 14, 2022Acrylic mud gave me a great starting texture
5April 14, 2022Added some variation with ballast. Definitely used too much here
6April 14, 2022Mixed up some polyfilla, PVA and dirt to make a paste to blend the barn in
7April 14, 2022Barn was pushed in (protected with cling film) to give an impression in the paste
8April 14, 2022Back was lined up carefully. The edges of the base were lines with card like the barn
9April 14, 2022Went back over a lot of the ballast with acrylic mud
10April 14, 2022Static grass going down
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12April 14, 2022Whole base sprayed with black primer as a unifying base and to create fake shadows in the grass (another technique from Night Shift on Yout
13April 14, 2022Base colours f
14April 14, 2022The *long* process of colour variation!
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19April 14, 2022Placed the barn on and felt the base had become too dark
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25April 14, 2022Barn was glued on with PVA, and cocktail sticks pushed in from underneath to add strength
26April 14, 2022Join was sanded back and filled
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29April 14, 2022Filling the rear edge along the barn roof
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32April 14, 2022Had to repaint a lot of the weathering, but I'm pleased with the result
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34April 14, 2022Had a hiatus and when I came back was unhappy with the track texture and couldn't make track impressions, so went over it again with acrylic mud
35April 14, 2022track impressions pushed in
36April 14, 2022Enamel washes
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40April 14, 2022Barrel was painted rust colour then with chipping fluid
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42April 14, 2022The barrel after chipping fluid was used, so happy with this especially after more work with oils etc
43April 14, 2022Rough placement of scatter
44April 14, 2022Deciding on final figure placement
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46April 14, 2022Used acrylic mud to blend the scatter into the base, then used a wet brush to feather it out at the edges
47April 14, 2022Beer bottles for scatter. Decals for propellers were used as labels
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A rural track running past a barn with some scatter. This took a long time as well, but planning helped a ton. My main issues were getting the colours and textures right for the track, and incorporating the grass
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2+Cromwell Mk.IV
British Army (1660-now)C Sqn., 5 Royal Tank Reg., 22 Arm. Brg, 7 Arm. Div. T 190041
World War 2
S.C.C. № 15 Olive Drab