December has been busy with preparation & festivities, but I finally managed to get some hobby time in during my week off, after Christmas was over - here's my last post of 2016! I was in the mood for something suitably wintry, so I've been blitzing through a rebase of my rarely-used 28mm Russian Civil War figures (you guessed it - for
Crossfire, my new favourite rule set!). Anyway, the figure rebasing is still in progress, but today I finished this wood.
The model coniferous trees are mounted on laser-cut ply bases from
Fenris Games, which each have four 1p coins under all that texturing & flock, for nice hefty balance. I 'winterised' the trees using coarse modelling paste & flock. For ease of figure placement, I've made the trees separate from the base, which is what defines the extent of the wood for rules purposes. This also means that I can swap other features (such as rocks) between bases for more variety of table layouts. The dirt & snow flock is from
Gale Force Nine. I dry-brushed a little white paint over the dirt for a more aesthetically frosty look. Fairly happy with how my snow is turning out, though I'm still experimenting. I also have some 4Ground Snow, which looks fluffier & less granular than the GF9 flock - but it's very fine & floats everywhere (makes me concerned for potential lung problems from inhaling :-s).
December has been busy with preparation & festivities, but I finally managed to get some hobby time in during my week off, after Christmas was over - here's my last post of 2016! I was in the mood for something suitably wintry, so I've been blitzing through a rebase of my rarely-used 28mm Russian Civil War figures (you guessed it - for Crossfire, my new favourite rule set!). Anyway, the figure rebasing is still in progress, but today I finished this wood.
The model coniferous trees are mounted on laser-cut ply bases from Fenris Games, which each have four 1p coins under all that texturing & flock, for nice hefty balance. I 'winterised' the trees using coarse modelling paste & flock. For ease of figure placement, I've made the trees separate from the base, which is what defines the extent of the wood for rules purposes. This also means that I can swap other features (such as rocks) between bases for more variety of table layouts. The dirt & snow flock is from Gale Force Nine. I dry-brushed a little white paint over the dirt for a more aesthetically frosty look. Fairly happy with how my snow is turning out, though I'm still experimenting. I also have some 4Ground Snow, which looks fluffier & less granular than the GF9 flock - but it's very fine & floats everywhere (makes me concerned for potential lung problems from inhaling :-s).
These look superb!
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