"Sleepy Hollow" or 18th Century terrain & Minis
Deep Woods
Step 1: Drill holes for plastic straw to act as tree trunks. I like to leave a clear path through the base for playability.
Step 2: Cover the base with Mod Podge and brush glue up the straw as well. Sprinkle with sand on the base and straws for texture. Add some rock if you like.
Put aside to dry.
Step 3: Brush on a base color (I used Burnt Umber) to the whole thing, including the straw tree trunks.
Step 4: Dry brush a lighter tone of your base color. Let dry a minute and then dry brush another lighter color.
Step 5: Dry brush random patches of dark grey/brown mix to the base. Dry brush stones grey.
Step 6: Dry brush patches of light grey/brown mix to path and smaller random patches. Light grey dry brush rocks.
On all bases having to do with this project, I’m making my own mix. Mix black tea (use a loose tea with 1 – 2mm grains, so no PG tips) with crumbled up dry red & yellow fall leaves. Rub the leaves through a sieve if needed. You get a realistic ground cover that smells great too.
Step 7: Brush on Mod Podge wherever you would like and sprinkle on some of the ground cover.
Step 8: Super glue O scale pine trees into straw slots. Put aside to dry.
Cheers!
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