Welcome back to another edition of Armies on Parade 2019.
Its been a little while since my last update, but things have been progressing, albeit slower then before, mainly due to extra hours at work, and waiting for step on the board to dry, you'll see.
Anyway, on with the ground cover, this was the next step after making sure that the filler and PVA on the hills had dried properly.
Supplies gathered, a mixture of PVA, water and Nutmeg Spice emulsion from Wilko's was used to first paint the board.
This ensures that if any of the following ground cover falls off, white patches don't show through the ground.
This was then sprinkled with fine builders sand which had been dried thoroughly beforehand.
It was then given another coat of the mixture to seal it all together ((hopefully).
I worked in small patches at a time to give the previous layer chance to dry and to maximise my working time.
The bare bottom corner has plans, so don't worry about that yet.
Onto the road, and for texture i followed the advice of Luke from Luke's APS, in which he uses textured wallpaper.
With a "sample" torn from a roll in B&M, i set to covering the roadway segments.
This wallpaper has a suitably rough texture that, once painted, it should look like some form of weathered, worn cobblestones... that's the hope anyway.
Afterwards i attacked the edges with some filler to smooth things out.
The board is currently drying, so some more emulsion, PVA and sand will be added before the road starts to get some paint.
So far, I am on schedule to finish, so here's hoping, but with a possible new job in the line and being short staffed at my current job, things may get a bit dicey.
Until next time...
- Lewis
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