Monday, December 15, 2014

Scratch Build 25/28mm Cornfield


Who doesn't need a cornfield? I figured I'd better somehow come up with one - so what do you know, I made one. Actually this was another very easy project to complete, it just took a little time and patience. To begin, I cut several pieces of Sintra into 50mm x 50mm and 50mm x 90mm pieces.


After, I used Liquitex Flexible Modeling Paste to texture and sprinkled with playbox sand.




I then used a dark brown acrylic to basecoat and drybrushed a very light-gray.



After I simply drilled holes and glued in cut pieces of Christmas greenery and painted the husks.






I like the flexibility of the two different sized pieces to accommodate even or odd based units.






4 comments:

Ivor Evans said...

Very good results! I've never heard of Liquitex, where do you find it? What about cost also?

Jon F said...

Ivor,

I got a 470ml jar at Hobby Lobby for a little over $13 (normally $22 but I used their weekly 40% off coupon). Liquitex makes a lot of paints and textures.

Ivor Evans said...

Much appreciated Jon! Did a little research and the closest Hobby Lobby from me is over an hour away - found it's available at Micheal's, which is only 10 minutes away!
Looks like it would be ideal to use to make muddy/dirt roads. Any experience trying Liquitex for that?

Jon F said...

Not on roads, but it I bet it would work really well. I have made caulk roads and they turned out pretty well (I'm soon going to try some caulk streams). This stuff is easier to work with than caulk but a lot more expensive. Wait for a Michael's coupon and you'll be set.