Hi
Time to paint some figures.
I have both the Riich set and the Bronco War correspondents set, which I shall combine into a small scenario.
I haven't painted a figure for over a year, so time to dust of the brushes and get going!
The victims


And to make a simple base of a tarmac road with grassy bank I shall be using this to assist

AS time is limited I can either blog or build, so I shall try to post updates weekly.
I guess both sets are difficult to place into a WWII scenario, so why not combine the 2!
Thanks for popping by
Steve H

Hi, Could be an interesting Dio Build. Have Fun with it.

Hi Steve, your project looks very interesting and I look forward to seeing it progress. Is the book in pic 3 worth getting, and if so who is it written by? I look forward to your next update. Best regards.....Dale

Thanks for popping by,
Dale, its a really good book, by Gordon Gravett and has 2 companion books for trees, deciduous and conifers, all good to read, one day I'll do a tree, maybe even one here, if I have the courage to try one!

I also have a book and DVD of terrain modelling by Richard Windrow, also very informative too.

I am finding it interesting and it is pushing the envelope skills wise too.

Never done a base with static grass and tarmac, so here goes,

A deep frame to give depth to it all

creating a camber in the road

need to respray the frame as it is now back to front and the fastenings are showing

Time for tarmac

a layer of filler, Spackle or whatever the local product is, sink in the ironware and away we go
now for gloss enamel and talcum powder



Looks good so far


No respect for all my hard work!

Mega thin slip covers inserted around the grid to create puddles




Next will be claycrete on a removable section to create the base for a static grass bank


More next week!

Blog or build, never enough time to do both, sadly

Thanks for popping by

Steve H

Been longer than I realised!
In my defense, I have only been getting little 30 minutes breaks to build and glue and electrocute static grass,
isn't easy to then blog, if 30 minutes is all you have!
So a reasonably substantial update, which gets the base more or less done, the figures are being scribbed and assembled during my lunch breaks.
So here we go, claycrete, PVA glue and acrylic paint makes mud!

Which makes a base for a "grassy bank"

Even though I cling filmed the frame, doing the wet work spoiled the respray, so I had to do it again!
Anyway, on with the grass, the delivery agent, I bought it 4 years ago, this will be the first real test,

The grasses, 2, 4, 6, 10 mm, and all four seasons, a good variety

And hey presto, grass

And grassy bumps to break the clean line between the grass and he gutter on the road

I have watched loads of You Tube videos to try and do a better job, and it does help to use either foil or a metal tray, as a base to get a better circuit to lift the longer grass.


The base before some "blurring"of the divide

After a little work


And some of the props

The sign post is a work in progress
A balsa sign with foil fastenings

I need to dry brush the newer longer grass to mute its vivid railway modeler colour, and finish the sign post and 1 1/2 benches in a bland metropolitan paint for severe chipping and wear, as it would not be unreasonable to assume there were no maintenance workers, painting benches during 1940 to 1945?
Always open to other ideas?
also longer grass around the bases of said furniture too.
I shall endeavour to be more frequent with the next updates, which should be more figure related
Thanks for popping by

Steve H

A very small update
Suffering with mind fog at the moment, whilst waiting for a diagnosis of either migraines or cluster headaches!
The figures are at hands and heads, and the grass needs some blending and toning down, with a muted palette, of lighter greens, beige's, browns and such
I shall add some longer stems with flower heads for contrast
The only thing I have managed is the Arnhem signpost
The "furniture" all needs, a light liner around the rust and plenty of weathering
What little I have done recently

Thanks for popping by
More soon?
Regards
Steve H

Keep the pics coming. I've not seen glass slide covers used as puddles before so am interested to see how they look when done. Lots of new techniques being used here. Great stuff.