The groundwork for "Hussite Wars".
Following materials are needed:
- prepared wooden diorama frame
ready painted figs and vehicles you want to use for the dio
rubber glove
masking tape
old spoon
tweezers
super glue
white glue
wood filler
fine sand ("bird sand"), little stones
acrylic color (black, brown, beige)
grass tufts, static grass, roots and fine bits of wood from the forest.
"Squeeze rubber bottle" for static grass (from "Noch")
Mix wood filler with acrylic color (black and brown) and fine sand. Depending the ground you want you can add some small stones, little pieces of wood or other natural stuff. 6 parts wood filler, 2 parts sand, 1/2 part color. So you get a dark greyish or brownish sandy mixture. Applying the color from start helps you to save one step of basic painting and you can be sure that everything is covered with color.
Preparing the material....just for the photo
Applying the mixture after masking the frame. Use old spoon and your fingers (but better with a glove)
Put on the models while the ground is still smooth. It is useful to take a bird view photo to know the positions for the figs. This helps the figs fit more into the landscape and don´t stand only "on top".
Removing the models after some hours of drying and start painting (drybrushing in several steps from dark brown to beige).
Put the models back to the ground, glue them on with superglue and start applying grass tufts. (also to be glued). Do this in one step. So the grass does not "grow" just around the wagons.
After adding some bushes, roots, static grass and drybrushing the plants in the colors you used for the groundwork....it should look like this...
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