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Making terrains

Posted by GEM on 13 Jun 2010, 13:51

I have posted a tutorial in my blog about terrain making. The subject there was a terrain for some figures at 1/48, but the same principal applys to smaller scales. So here it is.

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Base for the dragon's teeth at 1/48, and the starter set for European terrains.

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For the contours of the terrain we used Das Pronto air curing modelling clay, available in almost every hypermarket.

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The next step is the work preparation for the actual terrain. We use PVA glue, the terrain starter set, a fine sieve, an old brush and a plastic cup for the mixing.

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Mix the PVA glue with the pigment from the terrain set.

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Apply the mix on the base.

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Use the sieve to select the smallest rocks and rock dust.

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Do the same with the ground cover material.

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Add more pigment.

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Spread it over the base.

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After this we have to remove the excess, i.e. whatever doesn't stick rightaway.

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In another cup we mix various types of grass, which we are going to apply with a pair of tweezers.

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When the terrain is almost finished, we paint the dragon's teeth with Stone Grey from Vallejo.

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For everything to be ready we only have to add some figures, give it a wash and give some age to the dragon's teeth. But the terrain is then 'already ready'...!.

Hope you like it
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Posted by poky on 13 Jun 2010, 14:10

thanks great tutorial :thumbup: :thumbup:
I suck at ground work I will try your way next time
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Posted by Peter on 15 Jun 2010, 20:42

Nice tutorial João :thumbup:
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