20mm Rhodesians

[von Lucky]

Agree - I see many sessions with brown ink washes in your future

[Ash]

Agree - I see many sessions with brown ink washes in your future

Red barrels, green barrels, blue barrels... all of them rusty! What was I thinking...

[von Lucky]

I would paint them all white, paint some as that faded blue and/or red and then go to town with a brown wash. The wash you can do 3-4 times, allowing some barrels only to be done once, twice, three or even four times. This will allow a variation in colour (remembering to let each wash to fully dry).

[Ash]

This will be the closest thing to a diorama I've done, vehicle bases and the odd building are the largest so far.
Hopefully all part of the learning curve that will one day be a load of 4 x 6' boards...

Got some primer down





Should also get around to finishing off the Paradak

[von Lucky]

Looks promising 👍

[Ash]

Got a bit more done; made some grass tufts and painted the barrels.

[von Lucky]

Looks good - you want to keep it simple to act as a backdrop for the vehicles/miniatures.

[Ash]

Nearly done with this; chicken wire and tarmac weathering...

[juergen c. olk]

AshleY ,you have outdone yourself..A masterpiece !  That;s a lot of barrels to paint.

[von Lucky]

The drums in particular look spot on.

[sundayhero]

everything looks really good, good job

[Ash]

I found some thing that may work for the wire mesh, got glue drying will post a pic once it's decided to not fall appart...

[FreakyFenton]

Inspiring stuff! And you make the grass tufts yourself, Ash?  Cool!

I really like this thread, informative, good pictures and good advice, as well as inspiration!

[Ash]

Cheers all for the feedback.

Got the netting up, will need to trim some of it and think about how to weather it a bit...






@FreakyFenton:  I could never get any great continuity in the tufts I found online, always a different mix of colours; so i bought some 4mm 'dead grass' & 6mm 'straw coloured grass' and had a go at tufts and also putting some down direct on the base. I was surprised at how hefty a shock a battery opperated static applicator could deliver when handelled badly..!

[FreakyFenton]

Hrm, fair enough! Always prioritize work safety though! 

The board looks nice though, who makes the netting?