I can't stop thinking about ancient Rome - De Bellis Antiquitatis edition

Took a break from hobby over the holidays but now I’m back at it to get the terrain side of this project finished. Time to flock the terrain bases. Originally I was going to go with static grass but with how flat these “hills” are for DBA I wanted to see the elevation lines still, so I went with Fine Turf from Woodland Scenics. Using their Static-Tac as well as the price wasn’t much more than getting some PVA and then watering it down. I liked the viscosity of the Static-Tac and it was easy to spread onto the bases.

I started with the forest bases and slathered on the PVA much like a shed floor. No worries about moisture here. I avoided covering up the magnets to make sure the trees still make contact without too much obstruction. When those dried I moved onto the gentle and difficult hills. I have two of each size. It was about this time I realized what a mess the flock was making and I had the idea to lay down a sheet of paper and tapped the flock onto the base while on the paper. Once dry I could just pick up and tap off the access, roll up the paper and put the flock back into the container. Much easier to clean up.

It is getting late now so I’ll pick up the rest tomorrow I have some 40mm wide strips that were left overs from the plasticard that I will be turning into roads with some Vallejo texture medium to muddy them up. After that is texturing the Roman camp and then painting that. Will see how much I get done on Sunday while listening to XLBS. Until next time folks!