In 11 Days, We Ambush
Day Three
Knowing I was going to have to spend a while on the clean up stage I decided to finish off the bases to the point where I would glue minis on (so no tufts or flock yet) before tackling the newly arrived boxes.
First thing in the morning I took twenty minutes to give all the bases a quick coat of watered down pva and an extra sprinkle of bird sand. I didn’t anticipate that the filler would react to the water in the pva but thankfully it wasn’t severe and some extra sand covered it over.
Getting home from work, I gave them all a blast of black primer before dinner so it had time to cure before I sat down for hobby time. Dry brushing was going to be my friend here. Dark brown then a lighter brown for the Earth surface. Two shades of grey over the stones. Done. Nice.
Then I got to the energy roots and this is where I wish I’d had a little more patience. I gave them all a coat of white but what I should have done is a coat of off white covering them all and then a highlight on the tops in white. It would have made the Pylar Glacier look better first go however, two tears in a bucket and all that. I’ll try to put a second coat of the Pylar on them tomorrow.
This photo is actually from the next day when I got the second coat done.
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