Well guys, here's a winter dio I did.
Set-up: Flak crew just finished sprucing up the gun with some white wash. In a moment of mischevious fun they look to their mascot for help and try to coax him in to helping, or do they want to camoflage him?
![Evil [}:)]](/FSM/CS/emoticons/icon_smile_evil.gif)
![Wink [;)]](/FSM/CS/emoticons/icon_smile_wink.gif)
The ground is the celluclay/palster mix. This was textrued with sand and small rocks then things like vehicle ruts, foot prints, and other features were impressed, into the soft surface before it set-up along with some debris that would be covered by some mud. The puddles are a two part resin. Grass is frayed cisal rope and the trees and logs are tree roots. Once dry it was painted with acrylics and then covered with a gloss to give it that wet feel. The wall embankment was built up using mdf and then covered with boards ripped down from alder (a good scale wood effect). Figures and gun are Tamiya 1/35. Straps for the machine gun and rifles as well as for the gas masks were made from painted paper and shaped to look like they were drooping etc. Boxes were scratchbuilt from wood. Snow was added and is baking soda.
The platform itself is MDF, which machines nicely and is stable as well as resistant to movement after finished. It can be faux painted to look like anything from wood to marble. And because its heavier than wood it makes a nice base for just about anything.
Mike
Mike
"Imagination is the dye that colors our lives"
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