ok if you want This is not a tutorial because this is only my second base. So I'm just writing here how I did it.
My first:
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=26000&p=287274#p287274Excuse my bad english here.
Unfortunately I don't have any pictures of the beginning of the base. It started with a Styrodur board (rigid foam?) that I cut in a circle....it didn't turn out well.
For the first base, I applied the soil directly to the hard foam because airfields are mostly flat. This time I wanted to have a small hill. I decided to use my son's (10) modeling clay for teh complete base.
Large stones have already been used. It dries within 24 hours. After drying I used a mixture of wood glue(?), distilled water and very fine soil from my garden. The location of the vehicle is taped.
Let it all dry very well.
Next I wanted to give structure to the floor. For this purpose, a mixture of distilled water (because of the surface tension of the water) and wood glue was applied with a spray bottle and coarser soil from the garden was scattered on the base.
Now each stone is painted with a brush in different shades of gray. This is a meditative work to relax. The stones were also dry brushed with white.
When that's done, the entire base is covered with a dark brown and very thin wash of acrylic paint (any one will do). The stones were pinwashed with black wash to better show the shadows and to emphasize the structure.
The first plants were planted after drying. The green bushes were weathered a bit(!) with the airbrush and Tamiya "Buff".
home straight!
Now comes "only" the grass….that wasn't so easy with this base. On the pictures you can see that the Russian steppe(?) is boring to the eye. The hill was created against desolation.
I then decided to spread the short (2mm) grass by hand and to do the long (6mm) with a selfmade grasser(?) as a kind of bush. I have decided to suck up a lot of grass with the vacuum cleaner. If you take a nylon stocking you can use the grass again.
I'm not really happy with it either.
now just paint the base with cheap black paint,
DONE!
This should really not be a guide because I lack any experience for a tutorial. This only show my way. If you have solutions that work better please write it.
Thank you!
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