I felt the need to do some scenery, not sure what I will use this for, but here is some steps in my construction and embelishment of the base.











Comments or questions entertained! :-)

very nice, did you scratch build the cart?

Hi Shain,

Yes the cart is scratchbuilt. I did steal the wheels from the Tamiya 1.48 scale road sign set!

How much of the base is the kit and what are your own touches?

John, is very nice work you have done here, the dirt looks very natural, the add ons also make the scene look quite nice, I am looking forward to seeing this cart painted These wheels are from a1/48th tamiya road sign kit? hmmm maybe I can get Marys!!! Cheers Kevin

Thanks Guys.

Shermie the kit comes with the roadway in the first pic, and the wall, without the lamp. you also get a sheet of dry transferes for the wall. The rest is my doing.


Kit Contents

http://www.track-link.net/reviews/k_images/b_1637_1.jpg


Edit: I changed the image to a link to the image.

I see a horse in this somewhere. The size of wall and the drop in the road needs an elevated vertical subject. The horizontal space forces a 'smallish' subject. Just my thoughts......

You did a nice job finishing the road.

A hoss ya'll say'in? Hmmm I reckon a hoss would fit, was tinking bout some of dem para-troopers, 101st, but a hoss! Live or dead?

Hmm dead horse...with a dead german next to it?

Just another idea. I like the idea of airborne troops. The base would be excellent for figures. (don't think a vehicle would fit anyway with the cart)

Martin

Very Nice Stick. Very realistic looking.

Q: Pink rigid insulation as the base? What do you use for the dirt - plaster mix? How bout' trees?

Great job... you could use that scene for just about anything.

N E O

Great Start Sticky:

That cart. . . you scratch built it? . . . is killer. Fer me, 'er
in ma' view. . . it will score way up there, as in
Rocky Mountain "high" on the eye candy
specto-tro-monitor, dude. I have an idea that may be
just kinda' "silly" and without merit. If it were me, I'd
paint the cart and the wall, since you've previously
painted the road/base BEFORE I decide what else I'd
put in the setting and what colors I'd use. Oh yeah,
here I go again — we old retired Jayhawkers repeat
ourselves a lot, eh? . . . what? young whippersnapper
— wih that "sermon" on the importance of harmony.
Ah yes, that word harmony, as in color harmony. . .

Keep us posted, Sticky

I'd haf'ta' russleme up a live hoss fer this'un.....

Maybe a recon unit that has stopped to rest for a minute - rider sitting on the edge and the horse grabbing a snack of grass or a figure peering around the gate with the horse tied of being held by the reins.

Dragon has a set of charging Cosacks. If the legs/lower torso of the figures, were doctored a bit and the upper torso of 2 pathfinders used it would be different and cool.
Just thinking out loud! Great job John. The beauty of little bases like these, although limited by their size in one way, offer so many options that would be overlooked otherwise.
Love the colours you´ve used for the dirt. Will be watching for more updates! thanks for sharing

John, so far it looks good.... from what I can see that is... you know that Track Link does not allow direct linking to his site..... so we can't see that one photo of the contents of the kit, just the notice that is a NO NO to try to do this.

Thanks Grumpy, I changed the pic to a link to a pic. Hope that works for you.

John, you are going to laugh at this one.....
I get the same as the little one, except now it's all alone on this big monitor..... :-) :-)

Here is an update in the sunken road. I have found some great figs at Red Lancers I will post some pics of them when they get here. Here are the progress pics.

The grass is super. I like the green post, nice variation. The bricks look nice too.
I'm not so much of a fan of the three clumps of flowery things in front of the wall. They're a bit symetrical for me. I would leave them in though until the very end and maybe adjust after the figures are in.

Thanks Scott, I have already added more flowers, and even more are to come. I want a riot of color infront of the white wall.

John,

It really looks great! May I ask what you used for grass?

Rudi

Well - part of the reason I said leave them in, was because I had a thought that there would be 'something' more coming and the final package is the goal.... Nice job.

Cheers, the grass be Silflor.

Gday John
Like the sunken road effect... Kind of the antithesis of the standard!
The dry sprouts of grass on the nearside IMO are too stark? What I mean is maybe add just a few stalks of the same right next to the concentrated clumps to 'smooth' the transition of texture and colour of both grasses a wee bit?Also a more varied height? I know that in real life the dry stalks DO look clumped like that, but it's the old story of what you actually see in real life compared to what you think is convincing for the viewer...
I like the idea of crammed coloured growth in front of the wall. Is the wall finish going to be like stucco effect?
Cheers
Brad

Nice going, John! It looks very good so far! Looking forward to seeing it finished! Oh... and I can't wait to see those figures! Keep up the good work!
Cheers and happy modelling!
Prato

Hi John .. I really love what you're doing with the base so far ..I'm just wondering but shouldn't the fence keep going along the top with some type of wall ..the gate doesn't look too badly damaged .
Just wondering ...

Rick