75th Anniversary of Battle of Monte Cassino and Northern Italy (Terrain Build)
Trenches - First paint
Now time to get some paint down on the trenches. Given the mix of materials, I’ve decided to apply a grey primer first to everything. Once dry, I opted for a watered down dark brown. I’ve applied this to the whole model, including sand bags and wooden retaining wall.
The grey primer is still just a little visible, which I quite like for this banking
It took a couple of coats to get a good cover of the brown. Next I applied a dry brush of stone grey. I wanted to just pick out the highest parts of the banking. I also found that this colour worked well on the wood as well.
Just a light dry brush
I've given the wood a slightly heavier dry brushI really want the sandbags to stand out, so I’ve decided to paint them a colour lighter than they probably would have been – perhaps the Italian sun has bleached them? Stone grey was to hand and seemed suitable
I’ve also noticed that the lighting between the photo below and those above is different. It is the same, honest!
Sandbags now painted upI won’t take the earth any further than this. I plan to flock a lot of it, so most of it will be covered.
I need to apply a wash to the sandbags and wooden retaining wall which will probably be a brushed on dip. This will hopefully have the added effect of securing them to the model and protecting them.
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