75th Anniversary of Battle of Monte Cassino and Northern Italy (Terrain Build)
Defensive Obstacles - Getting the colour down
It’s been busy recently in the Redvers’ household but I’ve had some time to advance this project. The filla took 24 hours to dry properly and securely hold the tank traps and barbed wire in place. For the ground, I took my cheap, dark brown paint and mixed in some PVA glue, mainly to hold the sand in place. I applied this liberally over the filla.
Once the first coat was dry, I mixed up a darker brown wash and applied this, allowing it to run and pool. I also applied the wash to the tank traps to give them a dirty look and also to the barbed wire to dull down the shine and provide a ‘rusty’ look.
Tank traps with the wash going down - I've deliberately used a lot of wash here
Barbed wire with the wash applied
Barbed wire fully driedThe above pictures also show the results once dry. You’ll note the lighter areas where the filla is still somewhat visible. I’m ok with this as these raised areas would naturally be lighter so I’m going to leave these as is.
Next step is to flock these up and they should be finished.
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