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Turning oreos into desert....
Next step is to try and turn these into something that represents arid landscape rather than something a dodgy builder has drilled out of your wall.
First step was to hit them with a primer, namely GWs zandri dust
Following a prodigious dose of primer, time to try out a technique picked up from youtube during lockdown one.
Based on the video tutorial I used these to make up my own batch of "indestructowash". It might seem a bit expensive to invest in ink and medium but in the long run this is WAY cheaper than some off the shelf wash. Apologies but this image wont seem to embed in its intended orientation. Just tilt your head!
The finished product. Mental note....dont have a cup of tea or coffee near by when using it.Employing a set of tweezers the bases took a quick dip and were left to dry.
TOP TIP: Leave them to dry on something like a piece of plastic. AS theyve been dipped in something containing PVA they will want to stick to what ever you place them on. Paper or cardboard are a recipe for having to spend time peeling that off from the bottom…..learnt that the hard way
Now the bases are well and truly solid they received a liberal dry brush of first vallejo dark sand, which brightened them up, but they weren’t quite sandy enough so they then got a dose of ushanti bone from GW.
The whole dipping and dry brushing is a lot quicker and easier without a figure attached. I’m planning to add them later once they are painted
And with that I’m calling them done for now.
I will probably come back to them later for some foliage and other details but I think they actually look good enough for table top standard for now
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