Not a lot of modelling or wargaming this weekend due to a short get away trip. Although these trips do allow for a little bit of downtime involving reading in the evenings with no TV or computer distractions. So with perfect timing the day before departing two books turned up.
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| Timely arrivals |
"Napoleonic Wargaming" by Neil Thomas is in preparation as my current project, painting up a number of old plastic Spencer Smith Napoleonic miniatures, is progressing quite well with over half the figures painted.
Dragon Rampant will be used with some of my old Orcs and a spontaneous purchase from a few month back - the Age of Sigmar starter box.
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| Spontaneous purchase - Warhammer Age of Sigmar |
Earlier this week I was playing a few WW2 Northern Europe games and required a few more hedges which could act as bocage in my games. So late this Sunday I quickly made up some from a couple of large scrub pads I had left over from making trees. I only have before and after photos due to a flat phone and I finished by the time it had recharged!
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| Scrub pads where cut into 4 and 6 inch lengths and shaped |
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| Finished hedges after a light spray of a sand colour and dry brushing a mid green and brown colours. |
The scrub pads were cut into lengths and then shaped with a series of V-cuts and trimmed. After which they got a light dusting with a sand coloured spray paint which provided highlights. Once dry the final step was a quick dry brushing of a mid green colour followed by a dark brown. The sprayed highlights helped the dry brushing take to the plastic pads.
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| One hour later the hedges (bocage) was in action on the tabletop |
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| Because of the scrubbing pad thickness there is no need to base the hedges |
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| A close up showing the effects of spraying and dry brushing |
Excellent hedges and a method I have used for years.
ReplyDeleteIt is very pleasing when a method delivers results so quickly.
DeleteI think I still have a small box fill of such hedgerows kicking around somewhere. Rather than cut gouges into the tops, though, I recall teasing out the matting a little. True, the hedges look a little too regular, but they are suggestive of thinning foliage at the top.
ReplyDeleteI will give that a try on a couple of hedges where they look a bit too neat. Thanks.
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