Category: workbench

I decided to add some extra hillocks using two small bits of polystyrene.

Having used a mixture of polyfilla (wall filler), white glue, brown paint, model railway ballast, model railway coal and some water I added the mixture to the board.

After this was left to dry the next stage was to add the sand.

I used Games Workshop sand, which is not too fine (unlike my son’s sandpit sand) and also has tiny stones as well.

I flowed some PVA (white) glue into the scenery and then using a wet brush watered down the glue. I then covered this with the sand and left it to dry.

Leave it to dry for at least an hour and preferably overnight.

Having used a mixture of polyfilla (wall filler), white glue, brown paint, model railway ballast, model railway coal and some water I added the mixture to the board.

Once this was dry, I spray painted the board.

I first used black spray, then a dark earth and finally a grey spray.

I now have to dry brush the terrain.

Due to a few gaps in the terrain I will be making this a green landscape with lots of foilage.

Did some work on my photographic terrain boards, using a mixture of polyfilla (wall filler), white glue, brown paint, model railway ballast, model railway coal and some water.

Mucky and brown and lots of gunge, but works well.

Photographs soon.

In a previous entry I mentioned how I was making some photographic terrain. Here are some pictures of the other board.

When taking photographs I use to create the scenery which took time to setup and time to break down.

Having less time means I don’t have time to setup the scenery. I have decided to build up some mini-scenery boards for photographic sessions. I got a cheap piece of MDF for 25pence which I cut into two pieces to make two lots of scenery boards.

The first thing I did was add some small stones to the board, you should be able to see an Ork battlewagon for scale purposes. I also glued some sand (from my son’s sandpit) to see how it looked.

Some large pieces of cork bark were added as cliffs.

…and as with all great movie props, held up by small bits of polystyrene.

This terrain board may be covered in snow or have a river.

When taking photographs I use to create the scenery which took time to setup and time to break down.

Having less time means I don’t have time to setup the scenery. I have decided to build up some mini-scenery boards for photographic sessions. I got a cheap piece of MDF for 25pence which I cut into two pieces to make two lots of scenery boards.

The first thing I did was add some small stones to the board, you should be able to see an Ork battlewagon for scale purposes.

A close up of the battlewagon.

The next stage was to add some expanded polystyrene (taken from an iPod box) to act as a backplate.

Then I glued in some cork bark.

The next stage is to put down some filler.