Wheat Kings and Pretty Things

[FramFramson]

So I was asking for help with wheatfields a little while ago. I did eventually put the information to good (I hope) use.

These are primarily made from doormat and MDF. Started by cutting bases and gluing on chunks of mat cut to fit.





Then I added my standard wall compound ground texture.



Then came painting & flocking (the "wheat" itself is not painted, other than a very very light bit of burnt sienna drybrushing on top, along the "grain" to provide some natural variation). I was actually annoyed and frustrated as I couldn't find a nice golden-brown flock to lay near the base that matched the wheat colour. So I wound up just using yellow grass flock and drybrushing some raw sienna on, which worked just fine!









Say, what's that thingy in the field?







Yes, it's a scarecrow. I made it so I can just stick it into the mat bristles anywhere I want.

It's sculpted from greenstuff, with a few brush bristle hay bits stuck in. Here's the original sculpt Before painting:



Now all I need is an old guy with a scythe.  

[Galland]

These turned out really great. I normally am not super fond of these doormat things, but yours actually are looking good and convincing!

[uti long smile]

Lovely!

[Greystreak]

Given the thread title, you are now obliged to produce a "Weather-Vane Jesus" model. 

[Cosmotiger]

Those are very nicely done.  The fact that you took the time to base them and do some paint work on them makes a huge difference compared to the "doormat plonked down on the table" appearance that you see sometimes.

[Sir Dryden]

Children Of The Corn...

Wow, these look really good! I just love the scarecrow. It's dead simple but it cranks up the atmosphere to eleven. Strange Aeons players will surely be inspired by these.

Yours truly,

Sir Dryden

[FramFramson]

Thanks folks!

One thing I forgot to mention. In these doormats, you'll sometimes see a bristle bunch that's all twisted and knotted. I used a pair of pliers to pull the worst/most obvious ones out of the mats. That did two things: 1: it took out any obvious knobs that didn't look very wheat-like and 2: it put a couple of spaces here and there that made the fields look a tiny bit more natural (since now the tops are not perfectly unbroken).