Boldman 1:35 Austin Tilly "with load"

[Guest]

Andrew nice job on the tilly mate and that dios comin on a treat keep up the good work.

scott

[Guest]

3 days later...

So 3 days have passed since the claycrete was put down and finally it dry enough to continue!

So first up was the section through the mound. Here I used some artist acrylic paints concentrating on raw and burnt umber plus some black. I stuck some of the bristle twigs in to represent various roots and fixed some small ballast rocks in to represent, um rocks. Some of these were painted to provide some variations. The surface also got a coat of burnt umber and burnt sienna to give it a more earthy colour.

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So next came the trackway. This was constructed the way a track would normally be built, first with larger stones as the base with an infilling of smaller stones and gravel. In this case, three different grades of model railway ballast. Then the verges were built up with various grass flocks, pebbles, some bush foliage, sticks and static grass, along with some taller grasses made from the bristles of a wallpaper brush mixed with some scenic long grass material.

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The hedge is made from rubberised horsehair (that name always make me smirk for some reason!) which has has some green paint applied plus some of the green foliage material attached.

Finally, over all the grassy areas a liberal sprinkling of dried herbs form the kitchen adds realistic looking leaf litter and builds up a very convincing impression of clutter and mess.

This was my first "proper" attempt at a natural landscape (I don't count the base of the 1:32 Spitfire, that is just static grass) and about halfway through I was in a panic as it really didn't look at all convincing. However, perseverance and dried herbs made a big difference!

There is a lot of diluted white glue involved, either from a spray (not always so good when there are lots of small loose bits) or from a small syringe. So much dilute glue that the base board got saturated and came close to sagging, so some support has had to be added underneath while it dries.

Finally an idea of the scale and appearance when the Tilly is added...

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[Ian M]

That's looking rather good Andrew. Cant beat a bit of dried herbs to liven things up a bit.......That sounds sooooo wrong LOL

Ian M

[Guest]

That's looking real nice, great job with the vegetation

[Guest]

Another update... almost there...

So things are moving along now...

Next task was the ground on the other side of the hedge. This was pretty straightforward with glue, flock grasses, twigs, herbs and so on. The emphasis was on making it look convincing.

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So apart from some minor tweaking of the hedge and gravel path, the diorama base is finished. All that remains is to pose the Tilly and add the cargo. Watch this space...

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[Guest]

Andrew this base has turned out very nice indeed i do love the foliage and the groundwork, well done mate great job.

scott