British 42nd Highlander 1783, 54mm figure from United Empire Miniatures sculpted by Alan Ball. I created this groundwork setting in a 1 1/2 day class at the 2015 Atlanta Figure Show. Some basic steps: I glued a resin tree stump to the wood base, painted the tree and added branches and foliage to make a tree. The branches and tree roots are made of dryed tomato plant roots( very tuff when dryed).Next I Sculpted rocks from 2-part pool putty and stained them with a oil paint sepia wash making a nice realistic rock cropping for my figure to stand on. Next I added ground cover and plants adding touches of paint to give the a more realistic look. John Long was the class teacher and he was excellent. We also learned of the different the supply's needed to make ground work. I painted my figure after I returned home and was very pleased to finish it and place it in the scene.

Nicely painted and the base looks great too.
Bob

Nice job, Mike. That's a neat figure. I really like almost everything sculpted by Alan Ball. You did a good job painting him. Your groundwork looks really good and compliments the figure. Good to see the finished product. It was a good class, and I enjoyed learning lots of techniques.

You guys really took that ground class to heart! The last time I seen this figure, he had a piece of rubber hanging off him.
Great job!!

Bob

Very beautifully painted figure and set up. Well done.

Xenofon

Superb work Guys.
Your base groundwork is a real gem.
Keith

Excellent work all around on this Mike,the figure complements the groundwork and the groundwork complements the figure.
Love it.
Pete

Lovely work all round.
Ralph.

great work all around.

marc

Thanks guys it was a fun one.

Very very nice job.
Ciao by Maco

Really nice work all round.

Cheers

Huw