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Swamp, pond, and a ton of Epoxy

Swamp, pond, and a ton of Epoxy

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Swampy Ruins (1/2)

Tutoring 6
Skill 7
Idea 7
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After painting the base and ruins, I realized the piece was a bit too dark: dirty brown/green and different shades of grey for the ruins. I scattered a few painted skulls (zhandri dust/ushabi) to contrast nicely with the rest of the piece.

Tip: to break the colour monotony of a terrain piece, don’t hesitate to add a few contrasting bits.

I gathered a bunch of dry twigs from my backyard. After trying different configurations, I chose small branches that I covered with a thin coat of watered-down PVA. Once the PVA was dry, I glued the twigs onto the model.

I added three different types of grass/tuft:

  • Army painter wasteland tuft
  • Scroched Grass from GW (some kind of static grass)
  • Batttlefield Grass Green from Army Painter.

For the Battlefield Grass Green, I mixed it with PVA. It became a gooey mess that I applied as moss growing everywhere. It dried a little bit too light for my taste. I made a second batch of Grass/PVA, to which I added a bit of Agrax Earthshade (GW) to darken it.

The darker moss was applied thinly over the first lighter moss. When it dried, the two colours of moss meshed beautifuly.

Swampy Ruins (1/2)
Swampy Ruins (1/2)

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