Happy New Year!
Over the Christmas and New Year's break, I've been working on finishing my second set of two terrain boards. Working on more than two at once is awkward - there's not quite enough room to comfortably work on more than that.
Yesterday I had them finished, just in time for a game with my friend Sam. It's amazing, but the game really was more fun with a complete set of terrain. Here's a few tips I picked up / discovered this time round:
- If you use a wash at any stage (my first layer of colour, for example) give it plenty of time to dry (several days at least). The wash is great for getting into all those nooks and crannies, but the large amount of water sitting there also soaks into the previous layers, and if you try to put on the next layer before the wash is dry, you can end up lifting up chunks of sand / kitty litter that have come loose.
- Use a larger range of flocks, and mix them up rather than keep them all separate. This leads to a more natural finish, and just looks better. I'm not suggesting throwing all your flock into a big bucket, but when applying it, don't think you need to completely cover any area with just one flock. Sprinkle the flock on, leaving a few gaps, then go back with other colour(s) to fill in the gaps.
- Choose a base colour for your flock. Once you've put down all the different typs of flock, use your base colour of flock to fill in any remaining "whitespace". I use Woodland Scenics blended turf for this.
And just a little Photoshop trickery:
1 comment:
Your terrain is really well executed, it looks very cool. Not too busy or clever... just really great scenery.
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