Saturday, 13 March 2010

4" Drybrush Day

Today I drybrushed the 9 terrain boards, with a mid-brown and then a highlight, using the biggest brush I could find!

 Here's a board drying in what passes for sun around here.

Here are a couple of boards with the first highlight.  I hope to apply a very sparse second highlight, tomorrow.  The colour I went for is a sort of raw umber with a bit of tan in it.  It looks a bit grey in the photos, but it is slightly browner IRL.

The boards will look (somewhat) less austere when the fields and tufts of vegetation are added.  I feel an awful lot better about the project, as they are starting to look like something a man could stick a wargame figure on!
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12 comments:

  1. Anonymous13 March 2010 at 19:56

    Looking really good Simon and looking forward to seeing the finished terrain. Its been rather sunny up here in the wild woolly north and likewise been making terrain today.
    Cheers Paul

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  2. BigRedBat13 March 2010 at 20:03

    Hi Paul, I can see why you make so much terrain. There is a compulsive quality about making it, creating a little world of ones own.

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  3. Wargame News and Terrain Blog13 March 2010 at 21:15

    Awesome and massive, looking forward to see the finished tables and all the armies together!

    Greets,

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  4. EinarOlafson13 March 2010 at 23:43

    It looks like Great Britain has stolen our sunny weather ;) Here (In Spain) is imposible to leave anything outside this winter.

    Great work!!

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  5. BigRedBat14 March 2010 at 00:02

    Einar, my parents are near Marbella, and they have been telling me tales of horror about your Spanish weather!

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  6. Adelaide Gamer14 March 2010 at 03:12

    Sheesh, even I'm getting excited about this project :) looking good!

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  7. Broeders14 March 2010 at 09:28

    Great stuff. It looks like its going to turn out really well.

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  8. Hetairoi14 March 2010 at 13:21

    Today we have a sunny day here in Spain! ;)

    BTW, the board looks AWESOME!

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  9. BigRedBat14 March 2010 at 14:16

    Thanks chaps. I'm hoping to grab an hour or two to work on them again, later; still so much to do!

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  10. Donogh15 March 2010 at 08:15

    Looks like it'll be a fantastic asset when it's completely finished - big "wow" factor I'd say

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  11. Peeler17 March 2010 at 11:59

    Looking good, I'm really enjoying the progress of your boards and look forward to the finished table, reckon it'll look the business.
    Regards,

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  12. BigRedBat17 March 2010 at 12:05

    Thanks chaps. I've done some more work on them; hope to be able to post again soon. Have been frantically busy!

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Thanks for commenting. I will post this as soon as I am able to review it.