Swamp, pond, and a ton of Epoxy

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Project Entry by Lovecraft2020

The Swamp

October 3, 2020

Some models to show its size

The final piece 🙂

Quick step-by-step guide:

The perimeter is rimmed with small rocks and coarse sand. The base and the rocks were painted at that stage. The bottom was painted a few different shades of brown and green to simulate different depths.

The small ruin in the middle comes from the Warcry starter set.

Added some dry twigs covered with watered-down PVA glue.

Glued some static grass (before pouring the Epoxy!) and some wasteland tuft (army painter).

The Epoxy was tinted with Athonian Camoshade (GW shade/wash). The pictures don’t really show it, but the Epoxy remained fairly transparent, so you can actually see the bottom of the pond.

There are a few bubbles left in the Epoxy, but I think it looks fine. I removed most of the bubbles by holding a lighter flame close to the Epoxy. This works well, but you have to be careful when you get close to your static grass and tuft.