Latest work MkII: 15mm AB French Artillery both Horse and Foot
Again I got these in that trade, they are AB's of course. First up will be the Horse battery, these are all Lasalle units packs that you can get from Eureka/AB.
Thanks for the comments, as too the flock I thought so too. I just have not figured out a way to keep it light enough to not over do it, yet heavy enough to cover it. Any idea's? I am all ears, please.
maybe with the grass less is more - just smear PVA glue in places, mix of light smears and big dollops of the stuff.
I have seen limbers and cassions based as though they were on a muddy road with wheel ruts and a thin bit of grass running down the middle where the wheels don't wear the road. try this link for what I'm getting at..
Hi Eric - like what you do with your AB figures. They are amongst my favourites and I wish I'd kept mine - they got me back into the hobby about ten years ago. In regards to the flock - at that scale it does go on thick so the trick is to let the base paint dry just a little bit and then tap off the excess. You can make wheel ruts and mud pools etc the same way. No quick fix I'm afraid - just a lot of experimentation till you're happy with the end result!
Sorry - I didn't realise you were using PVA. I tend to use that for terrain features - a large dollop with some rock pressed in it then a good pinch of grass flock. For ground I use my own flock mix but I've used the grass as well just on brown or dark green acrylic (nice and watery so it dries slow and there's plenty of paint to absorb the flock. You can always water down PVA for the same result. Cheers, Doc
Nice work great colours you must be build quite a force by now
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ReplyDeleteNice work, the limbers really do make a difference to the artillery. Maybe a bit heavy with the grass flock.
Ken
Thanks for the comments, as too the flock I thought so too. I just have not figured out a way to keep it light enough to not over do it, yet heavy enough to cover it. Any idea's? I am all ears, please.
ReplyDeletemaybe with the grass less is more - just smear PVA glue in places, mix of light smears and big dollops of the stuff.
ReplyDeleteI have seen limbers and cassions based as though they were on a muddy road with wheel ruts and a thin bit of grass running down the middle where the wheels don't wear the road.
try this link for what I'm getting at..
http://www.hat.com/Othr7/Gorman24P.html
Ken
Hi Eric - like what you do with your AB figures. They are amongst my favourites and I wish I'd kept mine - they got me back into the hobby about ten years ago. In regards to the flock - at that scale it does go on thick so the trick is to let the base paint dry just a little bit and then tap off the excess. You can make wheel ruts and mud pools etc the same way. No quick fix I'm afraid - just a lot of experimentation till you're happy with the end result!
ReplyDeleteNice blog BTW.
Cheers,
Doc
Sorry - I didn't realise you were using PVA. I tend to use that for terrain features - a large dollop with some rock pressed in it then a good pinch of grass flock. For ground I use my own flock mix but I've used the grass as well just on brown or dark green acrylic (nice and watery so it dries slow and there's plenty of paint to absorb the flock. You can always water down PVA for the same result.
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Doc
I have also tried using the turf mixes available which do you prefer the turf(crushed foam of some sort) or the grass flocking?
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