75th Anniversary of Battle of Monte Cassino and Northern Italy (Terrain Build)
Trenches - Applying the basing material
Managed to get some more hobby time over the weekend so worked some more on the trenches. I’ve now applied the basing material and did so using polyfilla.
I’ve started by applying a liberal amount over the sloped area of foam to create a bank. From there, I’ve used my trusty index finger with water to smooth down the polyfilla and then sprinkled sand over the top for texture.
I’ve tried to keep the ends of the trenches square so that they will butt up next to each other neatly when on the table.
Liberal polyfilla
My trusty finger at work
Sanded and with squared off ends (or as square as you can make wet polyfilla)To make the craters, I applied a small amount of poyfilla into the hole that was cut in the foam during the last stage – just enough to cover the foam.
Taking small amounts of filla, I rolled these into sausages using my hand. I found that rolling them out on newspaper helps remove the moisture from them and keeps them together.
Arrange the sausage around the hole (oo-er) and using your trusty finger wet with water, soften the sausage into a crater edge shape. Once done, I’ve sanded except in the crater as I’ve assumed that whatever created the crater probably blew most of the debris out.
Everything covered except the crater
Crater lightly filled with filla
Making sausages
Sausage applied to hole (oo-er)
Smoothed down into a more 'natural' shape
All sanded up and ready to dryI’ve applied a very thin layer of polyfilla to the back of the trench. This I sanded down once it was dry to create a vertical and smooth surface. I plan to add wooden supports to this to create the ‘behind the trench’ look.
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