STEP-BY-STEP TERRAIN FOR THE 10mm WARZONE
The abandoned city is nearly complete*, with just a handful of pieces left on the painting table. In the mean time, I thought I would show my step-by-step guide to preparing and painting my buildings, since so many people have asked about the process. It is remarkably simple, as with most of my painting techniques!
I hope this is interesting for those of you looking to make your own tables and paint up some lovely terrain.
*No project is ever complete, merely awaiting new avenues of expansion
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| First, the easy part - construction! I tend to build the model all together at this stage, but understand those who would paint larger projects in stages. Various glues are available and recommended, but I find myself using simple superglue most of the time |
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| Details are added - signs, air ducts, anything extra that does not come in the original set to break up the skyline and make it look more realistic |
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| Undergrowth and creeping vegetation is added with sand and fine slate - with paint this will look more appropriate, and it gives some bulk when the flock and tufts are added later |
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| The piece is covered with a stone-effect spray - not too heavy! I use Rustoleum available from any DIY store. This breaks ups the flat surfaces of the building and will make painting a lot easier, without damaging the detail. It looks horrendous in this stage, but that is deceptive |
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| The painted building - all colours blocked in and highlighted, details added and the whole model brushed over with a fine grey final highlight. Areas of vegetation are painted in green |
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| Burnt grass flock is added over all the green areas, plus any areas that I feel need some extra vegetation |
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| Tufts are added almost at random to break up the silhouette |
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| A good coat of varnish or two and the piece is completed! This building took only a couple of hours to actually paint - most of the time is spent waiting for stages to dry |
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| Another Residential Block is finished for the streets of the abandoned city! |
Thanks for reading,
George
Thanks for doing this! It's really helpful! I must get some of my scenery built - and painted.
ReplyDeleteI hope you aren't finished with this, as I'd like to see you keep adding more and more buildings to have a really high density of terrain.
Also, and I know this would pose certain problems, I'd like to see you create an alternative board: one that was overgrown. I know the mats are really nice, but the clean look looks a bit out of place next to your fantastic overgrown buildings.
This is obviously only a minor point: the nice matt and very nice buildings look fantastic. But an overgrown board would raise the overall level even higher.
Thanks again for such an inspiring project!