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[Song of Fork and Heroes]¶
Mythical Agyptian Palm Groves¶

The fronds were all of a single colour at this stage. The highlights I wanted to apply only after the fronds were mounted; so after gluing them in place I covered the rest of the models and bases with tissue.

I then sprayed a mid green and finally sparsely a light green.

To simulate the fibres often seen with palmes and to hide where the fronds connect to the stem, I used a plant liner made from coconut fibres.

I then clamped the fibres in place,

trying to cover as much as possible of the joints.

Finally I twisted the strands at the top. After drenching them with watered PVA glue and letting it dry, I cut them to shape.

For the pond, I applied 'still water' from Vallejo, but that dried quite dull. It is probably more suited to small puddles on bases than such large bodies of water. So finally I applied gloss varnish with a pipette in about a 2mm layer.

And here they are:

Remember the first post, where I planned the bases so they all fit into one box? Yeah, nice idea... unfortunately I did not consider the bulk of the trees which exceed the bases quite a bid. So in the end I had to use two boxes for storage.

Published 2018-07-18 20:07:07

28mm | Song of Fork and Heroes | Unknown | Weird Ancients | �gyptians

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[Song of Fork and Heroes]¶
Mythical Agyptian Palm Groves¶

I added the same two tones of flock to the bases as for the miniatures and the terrain done previously.

I then started to spray paint the leaves in dark green. On the left is the original olive, the right one is the colour I sprayed.

On the top side I then sprayed a mid green.

I then mounted the leaves three to a trunk.

Published 2018-05-14 20:57:15

28mm | Agyptians | Song of Fork and Heroes | Terrain | Weird Ancients

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[Song of Fork and Heroes]¶
Mythical Agyptian Palm Groves¶

All the trunks and palm leaves are cleaned.

I used air drying clay to build up some small mounds into which I pressed the palm trunks.

The oasis was filled with a thin layer of leveling compound to hide the texture of the floor tiles. I then glued on some smaller rocks, before covering the whole base in PVA + my base colour and sprinkled on fine sand.