hi all,
yesterday I took a digital camera from a friend so I took some new photos. it s nothing special, but I realy want to hear your comments or any thoughts that could help me to improve it.Concerning the grass do you think that it is convinsing or it is completely faulse and out of scale.
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IGI,

Based on the photos you posted I am going to assume that when you say grass you refer to the green vegetation scattered around the figure. My first thought is this: I like the grass patches as far as the material goes. I do, however hope that your plan is to cover entire base with some sort of a grassy/earthy layer. I would suggest something like Celluclay for the base. You could then cover it with your grass and sprinkle dirt to cover any bare spots.

My second thought....well don't have one yet but will let you know should it come to me...

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2 things

First: if not a problem, delete your posts number 2 AND three, i fixed your url's

Second, Marty is right, grass looks fine to me, but u need better groundwork...

cheers

The material is nice. I agree with the others, the bare ground needs some type of covering. You could work in some celluclay or wall spackle (putty/mud) and sprinkle with a bit of sand or ground up clean kitty litter if you want it bare ground or add some static grass or snip fine shavings of twine and spinkle that on top if you want grass.

It's a nice little dio. You could always use diluted white glue then sprinkle whatever you want on top of it. Just a suggestion.
Rob

Hello there IGI. u have started nicely , and u can go even better.
my advice would be first on the sequence u follow. u maybe wanna try next time first finish the ground covering with a base material like some spackle or putty or plaster that be in a semi wet form for some time so u can add on it the ground material. This can be made from natural soil well filtered to keep the smaller and finest grains of it once this is well dried on the base u can plan and try the next step as the vegetetion. If this vegies is the stuff that u got from your country house it surely looks nice and could be present in your dios.
Your tree looks fine and since is made form all natural materials of mothere Greece's earth is even better !!!!
The figure has a good start - maybe a lil shiny on the pants but u can improve that with some pastels powder and some weathering and washes.
As always i ll be happy to help u so get in touch with me anytime .. Good beggining

Costas

Good morning everyone,
First of all I would like to thank you for your replies and for fixing my url. Secondly, I only put the green staff on the base in order to show it to you if it was aprropriate for grass. Last night I made the groundwork using real dirt mixed with water and white glue, then applied on the base. I put the green vegetation ( it's name is vria in Greece and grow up on the North side of houses) I added some little stones and some little dried brances of oregano for plantation. I havent seen the result yet as it was too late and I had to go to bed. The figure is alredy weathered,his head painted as he was about to wear a helmet and I wanted him not to, so now I have only to add his gun ,helmet and the rest of his equipment to the scenery and my first little dio is ready. Tonight I' m going to take more shots so tomorrow I'll present it to you and tell you the story I imagine.

I have seen that material before. It´s a type of moss right? There may be a problem with it getting discoloured over time. I´m not sure though.

Yes my friend, that's the staff. I have it cut and gathered since Easter and it is still green as the first day. Perhaps it will turn brown or yellow in time I don't know but if it does, I'll weather it. Thanks for word ( moss is the english word for the staff I used for grass).