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April 14, 2022Mocking up the layout2
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April 14, 2022Carved foam with a knife and roughed up using a wire brush4
April 14, 2022Acrylic mud gave me a great starting texture5
April 14, 2022Added some variation with ballast. Definitely used too much here6
April 14, 2022Mixed up some polyfilla, PVA and dirt to make a paste to blend the barn in7
April 14, 2022Barn was pushed in (protected with cling film) to give an impression in the paste8
April 14, 2022Back was lined up carefully. The edges of the base were lines with card like the barn9
April 14, 2022Went back over a lot of the ballast with acrylic mud10
April 14, 2022Static grass going down11
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April 14, 2022Whole base sprayed with black primer as a unifying base and to create fake shadows in the grass (another technique from Night Shift on Yout13
April 14, 2022Base colours f14
April 14, 2022The *long* process of colour variation!15
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April 14, 2022Placed the barn on and felt the base had become too dark20
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April 14, 2022Barn was glued on with PVA, and cocktail sticks pushed in from underneath to add strength26
April 14, 2022Join was sanded back and filled27
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April 14, 2022Filling the rear edge along the barn roof30
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April 14, 2022Had to repaint a lot of the weathering, but I'm pleased with the result33
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April 14, 2022Had a hiatus and when I came back was unhappy with the track texture and couldn't make track impressions, so went over it again with acrylic mud35
April 14, 2022track impressions pushed in36
April 14, 2022Enamel washes37
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April 14, 2022Barrel was painted rust colour then with chipping fluid41
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April 14, 2022The barrel after chipping fluid was used, so happy with this especially after more work with oils etc43
April 14, 2022Rough placement of scatter44
April 14, 2022Deciding on final figure placement45
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April 14, 2022Used acrylic mud to blend the scatter into the base, then used a wet brush to feather it out at the edges47
April 14, 2022Beer bottles for scatter. Decals for propellers were used as labels
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A rural track running past a barn with some scatter. This took a long time as well, but planning helped a ton. My main issues were getting the colours and textures right for the track, and incorporating the grass
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