Collins Does Scarif Table Build
Basing the Landing Pad
So to get around the warping problem I had I’ve had to base this.
Again I chose 6mm MDF as its cheap. The pad was then glued down using gorilla glue (polycyante glue. the brown foaming when wet nasty stuff) only did it in spots rather than all over. did quite a lot but I wanted it to cure quickly so I went with the less is more approach. That and it would get sealed down later with the process.
Then I went in with sculptor mould and build up around the edges, this is primarily done to hide the warping and gaps but also does help with locking it down.
Once dry it was painted soft hessian and given the tile grout, isopropyl and PVA water treatment. The excess was dabbed up.
sculptormold and tile grout was added to the pad itself to make it look like sand has built up through wind etc. I think this looks effective and helps in my mind to make it look blended in.
Note the sand deposited on pad itself, adds character.Once completely dry I matt varnished the landing pad using army painter spray just to dull it a bit after the PVA left it mildly satin.
Then I set about adding ground cover, bushes and grass as per the palm tree scatter to help tie them together
when using a spray bottle this is what happens with it 'spits' rather than 'sprays' cover up with grass tuffs or ground cover later!
Whats it look like all together so far?
Pretty good I'd say! Still needs more though!
I really like the basing. Looks good!