6mm table,disaster strikes P.5

[YPU]

I still haven't finished the ridge, though it makes a sneaky appearance here.

I had a burst of inspiration for the first farmstead. Honestly, halfway trough making this I felt like it turned out way too linear and why did I make it a rectangle etc. But I think the final result is not so bad. I really really should try for more trapezoidal and curved bases for these in the future though, to give that feeling that there is a history to the property boundaries. (btw, did you know google maps shows all sorts of historical property boundaries in japan? its fascinating)



This piece is intended to connect the main roads and my farm fields, or maybe as a passage between 2 main roads or to some other scenery piece, I think it does that nicely.








I think the vegetable patch and pair of parked cars add the final touch of life to the whole thing. I also experimented with pastels over sand to give the suggestion of areas that see more use, let me know if those are coming tough for you lot or if it just looks like patchy sand. 

[OSHIROmodels]

Looks great 

[LoxIslay]

Love the used pastel effect 

Maybe a bit of 'dust'/weathering on top of the farmers house roof would bind it more together. Looks a bit clinical next to the weathered sheds.

The linear part dosnt bother me. love the hole thing

[YPU]

Maybe a bit of 'dust'/weathering on top of the farmers house roof would bind it more together. Looks a bit clinical next to the weathered sheds.

Looking at Google maps it always strikes me how shiny and clean roofing tiles are in south east Asia. I was half tempted to give them a bit of gloss coat. But as always realism does not equate verisimilitude, it's something for me to consider for sure.

[LoxIslay]

For sure could be my weathering fetish 

[Pattus Magnus]

I love it! It looks quite reasonable to me for representing a rural home.

[YPU]

One thing I think is missing from the prototype is more garden walls, I'm printing some now for the next building cluster.

[6milPhil]

Great ground textures, varied enough to be very realistic.  The total is greater than the sum of its parts!

[YPU]

Cheers, Phil!

And instead of finishing that ridge I am now planning the next farmhouse XD

[Freddy]

What a nice little diorama! To me it feels like the Greek countryside.

[YPU]

What a nice little diorama! To me it feels like the Greek countryside.

Not what I was going for, but people going "I know where this is!" absolutely is the reaction I hope for!

[YPU]

And would you look at that, I've actually finished the ridge as well.





One side is a bit boring, the other a lot more playful with the cliffs and lower foliage covering.

It's not nearly as tall as it "should" be, but it blocks LOS from a 5 story building which really, that's all you need right?




I cant say I'm super hyped to make another half dozen of them, though that would probably look a lot more cohesive on the table. I'm currently deliberating if I make more free standing ones, or go for the table edge ones first. And if I want to use the same foliage for it, because my hobby blender give up the ghost so I cant make DIY clump foliage anymore until I find another cheap blender, or maybe a food chopper like this would be better? I'd love to hear opinions on that.



I don't need my sponges liquified, just chopped into rough chunks. The larger blade area should also stop me from needing to mix it manually as much... maybe.

[Pattus Magnus]

That turned out quite well. I have no advice to give about the grinder - I haven’t used that technique for making trees. The effect certainly works! I like the look of the rock outcrops through the trees.

[OSHIROmodels]

Looks great 

A manual chopper won't really work (I'm assuming that one is a manual one in the photo?).

[YPU]

Looks great 

A manual chopper won't really work (I'm assuming that one is a manual one in the photo?).

It might be but I'm definitely intending a powered one, just couldn't find a picture of the kind I'm considering.