Again, like the first post on Terrain for the project, the aim is for quick, cheap, easy and durable stuff.
Trees.
Basic, quick, easy, cheap and durable. They certainly aint going to win prizes but I liked the lack of fuss and bother of the "Toytown" appearance.
I cut a bevel (slight slope) around the bases which were then painted with cheap wall paint. Trunks added, painted Brown. Clumps of sponge (roughly shaped with scissors) are then shoved onto the bamboo rod , taken off, a drop of PVA added the end of the rod and the hole in the sponge and re-attached.
To get around the single colour of the sponge, I dipped my fingers into some watered down darker green and brown paint and randomly pinched the sponge.
Stone walls.
Way back I had loads of wall sections, the type that were used in toy farm sets and the like but they´ve Long gone to landfill heaven. So, rather than go playing the part of Archeologist and digging up the local rubbish tip, I made some.
High density foam, stonework marked out with a pen, black base , Grey drybrush..the odd Stone or two picked out with different hues of Brown.
Test set up with the fences, trees, road and river sections, houses, hills, walls etc. Two Merit/New-way style decidious trees and 1/2 a dozen firs added.
The green base is on of those astroturf style matts for Offices, the ones with the felt like surface and bobbles on the back. The surface is good because the roads etc have slightly rough undersides and stick to the felt...found this out by accident not by design.
2m x 1m. It´s not quite wide enough, everything Ends up massed in the middle, so I´ll have to buy another. Still, it only cost a tenner.
Back drops, ploughed fields and some hay fields in preperation along with some more road bits.
So, that´s about it. All that´s left is, in the words of Sri Sumbhajee Angria;
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Trees.
13 "Toytown" trees as approved by Noddy and Bigears. As and when, I´ll replace or add to them..(??...no, on second thoughts..I´ll definately replace them) with those Merit/New-way style trees. I´ve got a couple which came with one of those "bag -o- crappy Knights" sets but not enough for a decent amount of rough and ready foliage.
Basic, quick, easy, cheap and durable. They certainly aint going to win prizes but I liked the lack of fuss and bother of the "Toytown" appearance.
Green sponge for the foliage, some bits of bamboo from an old basket for the trunks and plasterboard for the bases.
Bases for the trees cut out of the plasterboard using a circle cutter. Added advantage, the drill bit automatically makes the holes for the trunks as it cuts out the discs.
To get around the single colour of the sponge, I dipped my fingers into some watered down darker green and brown paint and randomly pinched the sponge.
House on the hill
House in the woods
Way back I had loads of wall sections, the type that were used in toy farm sets and the like but they´ve Long gone to landfill heaven. So, rather than go playing the part of Archeologist and digging up the local rubbish tip, I made some.
High density foam, stonework marked out with a pen, black base , Grey drybrush..the odd Stone or two picked out with different hues of Brown.
Normally I would have made more effort to lessen the contrast between the joints and the Stones but I like the Cartoon effect of the the black Joints.
The green base is on of those astroturf style matts for Offices, the ones with the felt like surface and bobbles on the back. The surface is good because the roads etc have slightly rough undersides and stick to the felt...found this out by accident not by design.
2m x 1m. It´s not quite wide enough, everything Ends up massed in the middle, so I´ll have to buy another. Still, it only cost a tenner.
So, that´s about it. All that´s left is, in the words of Sri Sumbhajee Angria;
.
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