Part 35 – Getting there ……. slowley

Hiya,

Today finally finished the basic paintwork in the corners, popped in the windows and did some more landscaping. First i painted the little water tank and the glued this and the seat into place. I then laid scenics around them and tryed to make them look like they have been there for a long while.
First some pictures of the tank, it was made from plastic bits from my bits box, some lime wood and some carved plaster for the bases. It was painted first in dark green then blackwashed and finally drybrushed first in brown then in rust and then drybrushed with white and grey.

This was placed next to the seat and i built grasses and flowers around it using noch long grass and bits of multi coloured foam.

I then painted the little platform with flat white from vallejo.

This was then washed with a wash made from a spot of black enamel in a mix of plastic weld and thinners. These two chemicals eat into the paint and wood when dried quickly with a hairdryer.

When this wash was still tacky i started to brush over various browns and greys so that parts were covered with colour and parts were not this gives a faded and worn wood effect.

When this was dry i built the rest of the colours up with black washes and brown and grey drybrushes.
Finaly it was glued into place and the scenics built around and over it to embed it in place and make it part of the scenery.

I then decided to change the height of the fence section that sits on the end of the platform. I wasnt happy with this when i made it as i thought it was to high and looked out of place. So i made it about 1.5 cms shorter. I feel it now looks far better. It was first sprayed with grey primer then painted with Games workshop bleached bone before being blackwashed and drybrushed in grey and brown. i picked the detail parts out in bronze and drybrushed them in black.

It was then glued into position

The street lamp was completed using a small end of a glue lid with a plastic top with bits out the bit box glued on it.

I then finished the roof for the third building again using a blue wash over light grey, then a black wash then finally a drybrush of light grey. Barge boards were painted black and drybrushed in white and grey.

I then fitted the doors and windows and the lamp made for this building.

I then finished the little areas that still needed the scenic touch.

Nikki

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