It’s Terrain Tuesday and I’m doing fairly well in making this a regular theme. Here are the trees from that pack of craft store Christmas village trees, all based. I wasn’t happy with the amount of snow on them so I mixed equal parts white acrylic artist’s paint with water, applied liberally to the trees (THAT was a mess of epic proportions, I’m still finding white paint dots on my glasses) and then drenched the wet tree in Woodland Scenics white snow powder. Once dry I spray the whole base with artists’ workable fixative to help set the snow in place.
Still adding some winter tufts to the bases and then they’ll be done.
Also making progress on the Mad Trapper’s cabin, which is a 28mm 4Ground model, their Settler’s Log Timber Cabin 1. I’ve purchased and build several 4Ground models and really like them, and this is no exception, very nice kit, though I did make a small mistake installing the fireplace insert.
Some scatter terrain inside and outside (barrels, a wood stove, etc) would dress this up nicely, but it will do for now. I may go hunting for twigs and build a woodpile, rather essential for the winter, I would think. I should visit Annie’s Bad Squid store and see what she has in the way of scatter stuff.
Good progress made on this terrain project this week and should pronounce it finished by the next Terrain Tuesday.
Cheers and blessings,
MP+
Nice work on the cabin - you definitely need a wood pile, looking at all the snow on those pine trees!
ReplyDeleteThanks, it all makes me cold just looking at it, so yes, definitely a woodpile!
DeleteThe cabin has great potential iinside and out whilst the Lemax trees are excellent based in your manner. Similar trees from a garden centre sale after Christmas one year really boosted my scenery store.
ReplyDeleteThanks Alan. I bought one bag of Lemax trees in an after-Christmas sale one year, waited too late the following year, so bought a second bag early last December just to be sure!
DeleteThose trees look fab! I want to get some James Bond skiing action in on that board!
ReplyDeleteThanks Simon. I do have some 20mm Soviet ski troops from Revell that I could use with those trees, but mostly it will be Bob Murch Pulp Figures based for winter!
DeleteA little something to get me in the mood for next winter's firewood which is coming next week?
ReplyDeleteNice work though!
Thanks Ross. Memories of my time stationed at Grenwood NS when I learned to heat the house with wood. I found a chap who does 3D printed firewood piles and will order some.
DeleteNice little copse you have going there and that cabin is going to be a beaut'.
ReplyDeleteThanks Dan, I finished the cabin and it went together well, looking forward to putting it all together soon!
DeleteI went the other way with those trees. I gave them a trim to remove the white gloop and dipped the base in flock.
ReplyDeleteI could totally see that approach!
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