The Garden's Protector - A Boxed Vignette
Building The Wall
Hi everyone,
The next step in the process was to build the wall at the back. The biggest problem I had was that of fitting. It is one thing to imagine what you want to achieve and another to implement your vision.
After, my first attempt, I noticed I could not fit in the treeman. With my third attempt I noticed I could not work on the ground work after I put in the wall!
Using the treeman to determine the proportion of the wall.In order the get the wall’s proportion correct, I had to wait until I partially finished the treeman. This allowed me to test fit the wall with the treeman before continung with the work.
Creating the plastering with a thin layer of air-drying clay.The door way is a Reaper miniature I bought off Ebay especially for this project. The structure is made from dense polystyrene and I used air-drying clay to create the plaster. The bricks are made from a plaster and a brick model.
Cutting the wall in half would help with the fitting.Cutting the wall in half, would allow me to fit the fist half in, then touch up any terrain from the side and fit the treeman. Afterwards, I can closed the scene by fitting in the second half. That is the plan – I hope it works.
Adding stucco.
Last fitting before painitng.The next step was to add stucco paste to give it a ‘plastered’ look and a few more fitting to make sure everything fits before painting. I also finished adding the trees and front vegetation before adding any of the miniatures.
The wall is painted and detail added.The last step was to paint up the wall and add some details in the form of vegetation.
That is all for today. The finished treeman will be next in a couple of days – if all goes well.
Until then farewell and stay safe.
NR
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