Wetland WIP 08/05

[anevilgiraffe]

Trying to do some wetland/marsh scatter terrain and just did a quick test of uv resin over static grass in a hollow. I didn’t go the whole hog and put texture paste down, so it’s straight onto some scrap plastic, thoughts…?

[Pattus Magnus]

Looks good to me! Good enough that it’s almost a shame that it wasn’t textured and painted around the edges, it could have gone straight into service. Any warping on the piece? (Doesn’t look like it from the pic’s angle.) That’s always my biggest fear with that sort of terrain piece.

[anevilgiraffe]

No, I use quite thick foampvc for basing. Warping is something I just don’t want to deal with.

[Dean]

Yep that looks suitably marsh like to me, and like that it has some variation in height across the piece, rather than just thinking marshes are flat.

[OSHIROmodels]

I think that works well 

[Digits]

Yup looks ok.  I’d be tempted to dab some paint where the white is showing through…..you can a,ways dry brush back the grass colours if needs be.   Looks suitably wet!

[carlos marighela]

Agreed, it looks pretty good.

The fact that you can see 'plant life' beneath the surface is a bonus. I also like the way it reduces boundaries between the water and the surrounding terrain. Too often we see a brown water covered puddle slap bang in the middle of a flocked/ tufted area. This looks more natural to me.

[Sleepy Snoozy Skeletons]

It looks great. I'd call that a pretty successful test.

[anevilgiraffe]

cheers all. Primarily I wanted to see what would happen to the static grass. 

it's not very level, but you only really notice it's bumpy close up. could pass for ripples from the wind I suppose.

It has now present another dilema, that thin flat look is really nice and quite different to what I was originally going for. Also pondering if a series of small pools would be better than one massive one, although I'm also toying islands of raised land in the water and wooden walkways...

[snitcythedog]

Good solid test.  I tried to do something similar for one of the BSCs.  Maybe it will give you some more ideas. 
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=130638.0

[anevilgiraffe]

Right, wondering what else they need before the resin gets poured.

I tried other colour tufts and flowers, but didn’t quite look right. Rocks don’t feel right either, maybe some fine flock for low bushes or something…

[Tarnegol]

My immediate thought is small trees - something like alder or willow.

...and thanks for the inspiraton - I've been planning scenery similar to this for my dinosaurs and was unsure about how to go about it, now I ain't!

[anevilgiraffe]

I wanted it reasonably flat for storage, but I'm just not happy with how this is going. May need a rethink.

EDIT: I've ordered some lichen, think that might give the dead look I want. might need to add a sunken something, wheels or something

[voltan]

might need to add a sunken something, wheels or something

Or maybe a bog body if you can find something suitable.

[carlos marighela]

Just avoid anything clitoris like for the two on the left.