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[The Smythe Meister]

Very nice indeed there Andy
I have one of those Horchs in the stash, you've certainly made a cracking job of yours
The Dio scenario looks great,and the wall is showing real promise... Lovely stuff.

[Andy T]

Many thanks for the great comments gents. Really glad you like it as much as I'm enjoying working on it.

[Ian M]

Love the trick for the stone wall Andy. I'm stealing that one!

[KarlW]

Loving this, especially the suspension sitting on the stops.

[Andy T]

Thanks guys.

Ian - painting / drybrushing has revealed a few hard edges so I think one really needs to go to town with the shaking.

[Andy T]

I threw some mud at the Horch today using the same mixture as the base, and after a dark brown wash and various watered down warm greys I fixed the wall in place too so I could blend it in with the ground a bit. It needs more detail painting but I won't be going too mad as I like the general look as it is. I've added some lichen & moss effects but the camera isn't being kind. Maybe I need to ramp those up.

I started adding some ground cover as well. After my last base where I did the static grass before the ground cover I learned that's definitely not the best way to do it!








I also started on this creation. I won't insult Mother Nature by calling it a tree but some twisted florist wire and home brewed goop saw me with this, which actually doesn't look too horrific once planted.





Some kind of foliage to follow of course.

[Guest]

Looking a balanced scene Andy, esp with the tree :thumb2:.
Don't think there is anything amiss with the shape of the tree either , looking fwd to the foliage part .Any ideas yet ?

[Andy T]

Thanks John.

I do have some seafoam that I got for my next project (this is a bit of a warm up / test bed for that) but haven't played with it yet. I was going to glue bits of that to the "branches" and add some paint, but since I'm aiming for quite a lush look elsewhere I don't think it'll be enough.

I might end up with some woodland scenics foliage over the seafoam but will try a few ideas out.

[Guest]

Great idea Andy. Light applications of the foliage with either hair spray or something like 3 M spray adhesive will give a superb effect .

[Andy T]

Well, I can't say that adding seafoam is fun :smiling2:

Once I'd done a few "twigs" I got a system going though, so after nearly a full day bar a few sanity breaks I had it done.





To cover the superglue and differences between the branches it got a coat of Mr Surfacer, a black & brown mix



I got out my can of spray glue but a few years in the shed had rusted the top meaning it wouldn't spray, so out came the hairspray. A few a few layers of that, flock, hairspray, flock, etc and we got this.

Not as good as I was hoping for and definitely not worth the effort, but adequate for a first attempt at this technique. From a reasonable viewing distance (like mars) it gives the impression of a tree like object though, so it's staying :smiling4:





I might add some highlights and shading but I'll see how it looks once it's dried overnight

[stillp]

Certainly looks like a tree from here Andy.
Pete

[Mickc1440]

Looks like a tree from here too but we are reasonably close

[Waspie]

Well, sitting here on planet Earth, it doesn't look half bad to moi!! You should be pleased with how it's turned out.

[The Smythe Meister]

Looks good to me Andy
As you say,maybe a bit of tweaking colour wise, with some hi/low lights of various greens and I reckon you've cracked it.

[Allen Dewire]

Most excellent tree work Andy!!! It definitely looks like what it's supposed to look like. Take a bow, Sir!!!

Prost
Allen