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Brothers in Arms Vignette

AJLaFleche

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Posted: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 - 02:57 AM UTC

Some of you saw the scarecrow I'd been working on. He's complete and in the vignette I'd planned for him.
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shonen_red

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Posted: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 - 03:05 AM UTC

Nice work! I like the scarecrow itself. How did you work on the vegetation? Amazing!!

AJLaFleche

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Posted: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 - 03:17 AM UTC

The vegetation

is Sea Grass from El VIejo Dragon available from Millitary Miniatures Warehouse . It comes in two compact balls in a package and you pull clumps out. I sprayed it with aerosol hair spray before attachinig it with white glue.

Marty

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Posted: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 - 03:48 AM UTC

AJ,

The corn stock looks really convincing. How did you make those? BTW, the seeweed grass looks incredible. I have got to try it.

AJLaFleche

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Posted: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 - 04:06 AM UTC

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AJ,

The corn stock looks really convincing. How did you make those?

Thanks. First, I drew a corn leaf on a piece of paper folded over several times and cut it out, like we did as kids with figures. Each had some excess at the base to wrap around a dowel. Then, I broke 1/16 dowels to various lengths. On a couple, I sunk a tiny depression to add some Woodland Scenics long grass to show they hadn't been broken during harvest. Next, I glued the individual leaves around the dowels with white glue and folded them down the middle and at random angles. I airbrushed the stalks MM Middlestone and drybrushed with an off white. They are glued into holes in the Celluclay base.

animal

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Posted: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 - 04:11 AM UTC

I enjoy viewing your works. I wished that I could achieve the level that you achieve with your figures. Thakyou for sharing them with us all.

kkeefe

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Posted: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 - 04:17 AM UTC

As usual Al.... amazing! Love the figures, love the groundwork and fence, love the setting! Everyone beat me to the 'what'd you use for the grass and corn stalks' so a belated thanks for sharing your secrets!