Mighty fine to my eyes Wabble.Great diorama base indeed.
Rich
Rich
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Base is looking good.Comment
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Hi there,Thanks Joe and Tony, good to be back.
The base...
Mixed up some spackle with dirt, white glue and poster paints and spread it over the top of the based that had masking tape around the edges. Used the Hurri to make the tyre marks then while the mixture was still semi wet I coated the top with more white glue and sprinkled grass flocking. the clumps of long grass was from varnish brush bristles stained green.
Test fitted the Hurri onto the base and marked out the area that I was going to remove the grass from.
The bald patch still looked a bit dark. Malta being an island I assumed that the bed rock would be coral or limestone and often seen images of their dirt roads looking very white. I mixed white into the sand colour and applied layers and adding more white till I was satisfied of the tone I wanted.
Nearly there, will dry brush with pure white at the final pass. I picked out some stones with the light colour mixture during the process. Figures next.
Cheers,
Wabble
Currently in Malta near the Aviation Museum at Ta'Qali (unfortunately due to badly damaged knee won't be going in) and from what I've seen the predominant rock types are limestone and sandstone. So if your diorama is at the coast the beige finish is very close but inland the white finish is spot on. HTH.Comment
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Wabble,
You never fail to impress mate. Another cracking build.Comment
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Always good to follow your builds. Base has worked out well.Comment
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Thanks Fellas,
Worked on three figures...two from my stash and one from the kit. You guessed it the pilot is from the kit. The mods I did for him was to turn his head to the right and replace his arms. The other two needed shorts and a lot of mods to get their poses right...
I posed them now and then on the base to make corrections. Click on the images to enlarge them.
Cheers,
WabbleComment
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Lovely work on those figures Wabble, makes the scene come to life, cheersComment
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Good to see you back Richard, and looking good as usual!Comment
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Wonderful work on those figures. They really do fit into the scene well.
Hope you and yours are OK. Been seeing on the news the devastation in your part of the world from the cyclone.Comment
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Thank you Jim, had to keep it simple yet tell a small story...How was your flight sir?...
I am having a heavy breakfast literally a One Ton noodle...wonton as I type...
We're fine but it was a close call. The opposite bank flooded and we were spared with the help of the flood pumps, wall and dikes. The river rose about eight feet above our ground level. The winds and storm was just going in circles creating constant ebb and fall of rain and drizzle. The second day was heavy with visibility at 10feet. There was some good that the wind did, it shook the heavy laden mangoes trees in the neighbourhood so I was picking up fallen mangoes as I walked Sebastian.
Thanks for asking.
Cheers,
Wabble
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Mangoes mmmm nice Wabble.I love them but not allowed them with Diabetes.I made some Mango and Passion fruit ice cream once for my wife and she said it was lovely and tasty.Stay safe Rich.
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Mmm...mango and passion fruit ice-cream...nice. The over ripe mangoes are usually pureed and blended with yogurt for lassi's or blended with Iice cubes to make smoothies. Great for hot weathers.
I personally like mine semi unripe dipped in dark soya treacle mixed with sugar, salt and chillis for that amalgamation of sweet sour salty and hot taste.
Will do Rich.
Cheers,
WabbleComment
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Hi, more updates to the figures...
The guy standing idle is now carrying Chocks made from plastic strip and thin wire for the ropes...
After finalising the poses all three figures were primed black and got the zinethel effect with a coat of white sprayed from above at an angle.
After this I had to quickly paint them the next morning having only a window of two hours before packing up and heading for our annual club meet. I fitted the figures to the base in situ.
Cheers,
WabbleComment
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