(BOX) 30 Days of Night of the Living Dead: A PAPPIS challenge (WIP)

[Mason]

Love it so far, Rob.!
 

[Centaur_Seducer]

This is a mighty fine jov, Rob!

[pocoloco]

Fantastic Rob! 

[Dr. The Viking]

Great work!

[FramFramson]

Coming along very nicely!

[Silent Invader]

This is a really cool project   

[Agamemnon2]

For future reference, the predominant color for Finnish wooden houses and outbuildings (especially pre-war) is overwhelmingly red, with white window and door trim. For slightly later ones, you do get a lot of colors, though. Especially in the so-called "rintamamiestalot", which were generic housing conceived of in the late forties to accommodate the migrations caused by losing all that territory to the Soviets.

The snowmobile is cool, but a bit too "hardcore" for the Finnish climate, it looks more polar-explorer caliber. If you can find some of the smaller, "ski-doo" type somewhere, they're  appropriate for Lapland, being used for hunting, motorsports, tourism and the like.

Also, as a movie recommendation, I urge you to find and wath Rare Exports if you've not done so already

[Rob_bresnen]

Oh...just watched the trailer! very cool. I am going to get that ASAP.

Regarding the snow mobile- I am inclined to agree. It's much bigger than I thought it would be in the picture. I think I will keep it for a  future project- an kind of Ice Station Zero/The Thing idea I had.

I will do my next house red, as I agree that it seems to be more common. I went for green because I don't have the right red in my collection, but I was a bit disappointed how dark it came out. I was hoping for a nice pea-green. The next one will be better.

Thanks for the advice.

[von Lucky]

For those wanting to see the trailer:


Also stumbled upon this while I was there:


Two films to check out. Win.

[Mason]

Regarding the snow mobile- I am inclined to agree. It's much bigger than I thought it would be in the picture. I think I will keep it for a  future project- an kind of Ice Station Zero/The Thing idea I had.

When I first saw Silent Invader's range that was the first thought that came to my mind too.
I love those figures and have plans for a Thing-thing in the future.
Loving what you are doing with them Rob.
Very inspirational!
 

[Rob_bresnen]

Its not Finland without trees!

I bought these trees for a reasonable price (£20 for 24 trees) off a model train shop. The bases are by 4Ground.

I applied plaster filler fairly roughly to create bumps.



I used PVA to stick various textures of sand to the bases, then painted them burnt umbra.



I sprayed them form a good distance- about an arms length, with white GW spray paint. I spayed the trees form above to create a frosty look.



I used plaster filler to make some patches of snow. I applied tome to the branches with a brush too.



I used PVA to apply snow flock to the base. A small sieve made sure there wasn't any clumps of snow.   



One down- laods to go.

[Silent Invader]

Excellent 

It'll certainly be easier to transport with the trees separate to the scenic base - great thinking

[Dolmot]

Its not Finland without trees!

Yep, and water. The perfect backdrop for any [noembed]Finnish activities[/noembed].

[Silent Invader]

Yep, and water. The perfect backdrop for any [noembed]Finnish activities[/noembed].

 . And I was imaging sauna and plunge pool!

[Mason]

Great work on the trees, Rob.
 

How many can you fit in the box, along with everything else?