Oh flip (but much stronger).
Having cut out the shapes and cut a slope in them using the hot wire, I found I have inadvertently transposed the slices so the map is now a mirror image of the original! In a way it matters not as the cuts did not go as well as I hoped (well this is my first time at anything bigger than a fence) and the cork I bought for the base is so soft it is useless. Making the best of the poor job I am doing I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the result:
Now the only problem I can see is that the glue I was using reacted with the hills and they are going a little on the soft side – but what the heck I am having great fun and learning as I go along (I know I could read up and test and trial and ask but that’s boring). Looking from the figures point of view you get an idea how how tall the base is compared to the GZG figure:
Even a level two hill sits above the figure and the main level six slop looks OK to stand the figures on.
The next steps are:
- Paint in Sandtex mid stone masonry paint
- Grit some parts with sand
- Paint the remainder with Johnstone’s Sea Moss (the darkest green sampler I could find at the moment)
- The flock the lot
- Add bushes and trees
Trees look like they are going to be a problem, I have a bag of trees but they are very light green and I mean really light green so I’m running a little test on a sample (see I do learn). With luck I’ll get a photo up tomorrow.
1 comments:
Those look great. Yeah you could read a tutorial or ask, but I found that there's nothing to replace learning for yourself. Regardless of what any tutorial says, I found I only learn through practice.
Cheers
Mark
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