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Post by Beekster on Mar 24, 2022 11:59:56 GMT -6
Got the first layer of paint on the base this morning, after enlarging the gravel pad a couple of days ago and setting the base aside to dry thoroughly. For the gravel pad, it was more of a heavy wash because I didn't want to totally obscure the color of the rocks themselves. And yes, that errant drop of paint on the base has already been scrubbed off.   Once this has had time to cure (and the thinner fumes evaporate), I will proceed to drybrush some lighter tones irregularly over the surface, especially on the gravel pad. I don't plan to add foliage, since a work area would be pretty well cleared of that before operations start. |
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Post by JCON on Mar 24, 2022 13:39:03 GMT -6
Looking good!!!
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Post by Beekster on Mar 26, 2022 16:31:27 GMT -6
The base is looking better now. I've added a few more logs to the brow, and drybrushed a couple of lighter shades over everything. Things are blending together better now. I've also used a fine brush with some Raw Umber enamel under & around the base of the logs, where shadows would naturally be. The paintwork just done has to dry now for a while, but I will also make up some dark brown watercolor wash to flow into the interior of the log brow to darken the shadows in there. Beyond that, I'm not sure that it really needs anything else. Perhaps some of the chopped-up static grass & stuff that I added to the inside floor of the yarder. Thoughts?   |
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Post by JCON on Mar 27, 2022 9:09:04 GMT -6
Looks real good to me!!!
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Post by Dukemaddog on Mar 28, 2022 12:47:27 GMT -6
Beautiful work! And yes, add the static grass to the base; it would help tie it in with the build and explain why it's in the vehicle.
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Post by Steve Ski on Mar 30, 2022 4:50:08 GMT -6
Getting caught up, looks great from here!
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Post by Beekster on Mar 31, 2022 13:40:42 GMT -6
More progress tpday. The model got a bunch of oil & grease staining done; unfortunately you won't see that until I put everything together on the base. Speaking of which, this morning I mixed up a bunch more of that railroad brown turf, pale green static grass, and chopped up tan grass and mixed up in an old spice container. I rummaged around and found some smaller sticks and some feathery dark green stuff that looks like reasonably convincing fir boughs. Some superglue fixed the sticks in place, then I made several passes with the organic litter mixture, hitting it with MiG's pigment fixer dispensed from a lab dropper. I've got a lifetime supply of those, useful for accurately mixing casting resin. Here are the results, which I am quite pleased with:    Now, the feathery green stuff is still not well attached. When I mix up some more watercolor wash to apply more dust to the yarder model, I will stipple some of that one the base so the tones blend together. Before that, I think I will use a fine brush and dark enamel to color the main stems to look more like tree limbs. But for a couple of hours' work, it's looking pretty decent. |
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Post by Dukemaddog on Apr 1, 2022 12:05:00 GMT -6
Wow, that is stunning! Far better than I could do, especially after only a couple hours!
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Post by JCON on Apr 1, 2022 12:13:28 GMT -6
Vegetation brings it to life!!!
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Post by Beekster on Apr 1, 2022 12:38:54 GMT -6
Wow, that is stunning! Far better than I could do, especially after only a couple hours! You might surprise yourself, Duke. I rarely do bases because they take up space, whereas the models alone can be stuffed into a glass case cheek by jowl like the real tanks at Bovington were circa 2005. My inspiration comes from the now-ancient Shep Paine book How to Build Dioramas, and Richard Windrow's Osprey Masterclass: Terrain Modeling. The materials are simple: The decoupage board from Michael's, stained and slathered in polyurethane to seal it. Not much time invested there. The understructure is cut from 1/4" foam core board, cheap and easy. Not much time there, either. There are two layers of Celluclay, and maybe an hour was invested in the first one. The second took more time, perhaps twice that? The biggest logs were embedded in the Celluclay, and the rock mixture was added and pressed in. Adding the rest of the logs didn't take long, and there's a couple of hours of painting in there. Maybe another couple in chopping up the ground litter and adding that. The logs are stuff I occasionally collect after a winter storm blows down branches from nearby fir and cedar trees. A good storm can yield enough material during clean-up to last years, particularly if you don't do many bases. |
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Post by rigginrat on Sept 8, 2023 1:47:18 GMT -6
Awesome work man, love it! Always very stoked to see people making logging equipment, especially yarders. I'd love to learn to scratch build or get a 3D printer so I could make the Madill 009 that I broke in logging on.
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Post by Buddho on Sept 22, 2023 18:23:44 GMT -6
Amazing work....a beautiful build.
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