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A Fixture
Last year I painted The Lost Battalion's Lakota Warrior for the box art, took the photos and put the finished figure in the case. Well, after looking at the finished figure I decided I did not like the Warrior mounted just on the base supplied by TLB and decided to extend the groundwork as I have on all my other mounted figures.
Here is where I started and prior to adding Sculptmold I scribed the wooden base from the edge of the kit base out to the edge of the wooden base.
I then mixed up sculptmold with water and Elmers Glue and began extending the groundwork to the edge of the top of the base.
Front
Rear
The next step was 2 add several sizes of small rock and small sand and put aside to dry for 48 hours (gives the sculptmold time to dry and set at its deepest or thickest point)
The next step was painting the groundwork I had added and used 3 different earthtone colors. Following this I mixed a 4:1 ratio wash (4 parts water to 1 part paint) and applied this wash over the entire newly poured ground area.
After the wash had dried I began dry-brushing with humbrol enamels the light flesh and light tan colors over the top of the ground to give the ground texture and detail. Afterwards I singled out the largest rocks and painted them dark gray and later drybrushed with white.
Here are photos of the end result od extending the groundwork out to the edge.
**additional photos in next post**
Here is where I started and prior to adding Sculptmold I scribed the wooden base from the edge of the kit base out to the edge of the wooden base.
I then mixed up sculptmold with water and Elmers Glue and began extending the groundwork to the edge of the top of the base.
Front
Rear
The next step was 2 add several sizes of small rock and small sand and put aside to dry for 48 hours (gives the sculptmold time to dry and set at its deepest or thickest point)
The next step was painting the groundwork I had added and used 3 different earthtone colors. Following this I mixed a 4:1 ratio wash (4 parts water to 1 part paint) and applied this wash over the entire newly poured ground area.
After the wash had dried I began dry-brushing with humbrol enamels the light flesh and light tan colors over the top of the ground to give the ground texture and detail. Afterwards I singled out the largest rocks and painted them dark gray and later drybrushed with white.
Here are photos of the end result od extending the groundwork out to the edge.
**additional photos in next post**
