“Fire in the hole!” - time to kick some ass!

[Elk101]

And he's off!

It'll be good to watch this progress.

[mellis1644]

Looking forward to seeing this all nicely done.

[Treadheadz]

Do remember to test the water effect on a separate terrain piece - I've had mixed succes with various products, and a clear epoxy might be a better way to go - just paint the bottom brownish/green detail with tufts and ad the layer of epoxy.


I really wish for you not to ruin a great project with shoddy water effect.

[Digits]

You know something about this product then?  What epoxy would you recommend?

[AlexM]

Where are all these foliage products coming from? This is exactly what i've been looking for......

[Digits]

Can all be found on e-bay.  Mostly from a supplier called "serious play"

[Elk101]

Can all be found on e-bay.  Mostly from a supplier called "serious play"

I think I got mine from ethersell,  a Chinese supplier.

[Digits]

Yup, that's where I got the bamboo.

[Treadheadz]

I've tried a few water effect products - last was from GW - if you lay it on too thick, you might catch bubbles or risk the solution to become 'milky' off course your brand may wary, so test on a separate piece.

Personally, I'd recommend a two-part clear epoxy - depending on your location - your local paint store can help.

[Digits]

I probably will give that a go.  I've had problems with cracking and milkyness before with other products.  

Resin may be better thinking about it because I'm thinking of standing a few egrets, a farmer and an ox in the fields.

I will also have a pond near the huts.  Chatting with villagers on one of our excursions, they keep it for fish to supplement their diet, but also because it wards off demons.  Apparently demons fly over and see their own reflection in it and it scares them off !  I want to have a few lotus flowers in mine.

Talking of warding off....apparently a lot of Vietnamese grow lemon grass around their houses to keep cobras away....the snakes don't like it as its sharp and cuts their skin.  At least this is what I was told.

[fred]

Lots of stuff!! Looking forward to seeing all come together.

Are the placemats easy to cut, or do you need a jigsaw?

[Digits]

A saw makes it easier for sure.  I just marked mine up to take to a mate with a saw in fact.

You can do it with a Stanley knife.  Just takes more time. 

I use them under 40k buildings and scenery all the time.  They are superb.

[Silent Invader]

A nice accumulation!  I've got similar palms and bamboo, though from a different eBayer. I've based them up but am stuck on painting them: I can't decide on the best approach so am intrigued by what you'll do. 

[Slayer]

I also have the bamboo etc, was thinking  maybe a wash is gonna be the easiest?

[Digits]

I'm going to play around with the bamboo to see what I prefer.  I will report back later.

First up though is to paint the palm trees.

I have bought the three following types.



Frm left to right

1) bought 20.  All the same height at 120mm, easy to fix with palm trees, just lop an inch or two off the trunks of a third of them.  Not much definition on the trunks with each being vertical , the tops being quite square, and a little flashing that needs trimming off.  I will cut the lugs off the base and replace with small steel pins (on all three types).  May add a little light lichen around the top of the trunk to hide the lack of definition, and add interest in the form of date sprigs.

2) bought 36.  Four differing heights 55mm - 140mm.  The smallest may not be overly useful but these have lovely trunk definition with a little flash to remove.  The flash on soft plastic is hard to remove properly, so I'm not going to be anal about it, just remove the big obvious bits, no one will be looking too intently    These trunks have a little shaping / bending in them.  May add a little lichen again.  

3) bought 12.  Four differing heights 40mm - 100mm. Lovely definition, little flash.  May have to buy another pack.


I have a couple of Pegasus palms which are lovely and tall, but they are expensive to buy lots and are brittle so don't take storage very well, unlike these soft plastic trees.

I will be painting them all before I start basing.  I will simply use army painter goblin green primer / paint to get them going.  Then vary the colours a little between the species.

I will tackle and trim the flash on tree 1 first.