My Diorama

[Catch22]

Great! Hope you had a good time, now get at it!

 

[Airframes]

Yeah, never mind the unpacking, get cracking!

 

[109ROAMING]

Originally posted by Airframes
Yeah, never mind the unpacking, get cracking!

And snapping! with that camera

 

[Wayne Little]

What! no progress pictures yet? Priorities mate, Priorities!

 

[B-17engineer]

ok..... my family just got a dog....

 

[Matt308]

A dog? You dad can make a sister that fast?

 

[Matt308]

Juuuusssst kiddding.

 

[Airframes]

What? You mean you're letting a dog interupt the progress of the war? (in miniature.)

 

[Wayne Little]

The dog's gonna dig the foxholes!

 

[Airframes]

Ah,but then, wouldn't they be 'dog' holes?

 

[B-17engineer]

ah it's a golden retriever...I have baseball soon

 

[Lucky13]

Better watch it doesn't steal any of the GI Joe's dog tags.....

 

[Matt308]

 

[Lucky13]

What!?

 

[Matt308]

This thread is boring. I'm about to derate it from being a sticky. I'll give it another week.

 

[B-17engineer]

Ok you can derate it. As Zeiss said on his thread don't hold your breath............

 

[B-17engineer]

WHat should I paint the spackle with?

 

[Airframes]

It's better to coat it in whatever you're going to represent. For example, grass, earth, etc. If it's going to be grass,either paint the surface with a 'grass' or 'earth' coloured emulsion paint, then sprinkle on the ground-cover fibre/dust when the paint is almost dry, or, coat the surface in adhesive, either 'white' glue or hairspray or similar, then do the grass powder.
If you just paint it, it will not look very convincing, and the paint might crack after a time.

 

[Matt308]

Paint it a dark green color with a spray paint if you have one. Use a big fat short bristled brush and begin to dabble dark browns, light greens/olives and light browns. Don't over do it too much. You can also mix in some yellow, white, and blues here and there. You'd be suprised how good that will look, especially once you add your grass as Airframes suggests.

Show us some pics, bud!

 

[pbfoot]

I might recommend giving it a couple of coats of drywall sealer (or any paint that dad says is xtra around the house) colour is not important it will seal it and make better product, before painting it with your final colours
I thought I was done after imparting my "spackle" wisdom