Painting the terrian

Hi guys!

So yesterday i came around doing some paint job and adding grass.. I will talk about that in detail.

These are the results:









So let's get started.

The grass.

You remember i bought some tree-stratum. They were crap to be honest and then i saw something in a video that was an awesome idea. I took my mixer and chopped them into really small pieces. Than it came to me that maybe that's the point of them? I don't think so, but whatever this condests thing i got is awesome!!

I gonna be making trees using that stuff that's for sure.

Then the next thing i learned is watering down your wood glue and puring it into a fine dispenser. I do thing that i did not put enough glue into the mix, but i will experiment with the consistency later.

So After i painted the whole thing with watered down green i sprayed a lot of glue onto it. And i mean a lot!! :D

Then i took a strainer, poured the grass into it and begun to dispence the stuff onto it.

After i had a good coverage i sprayed another round of watered down glue on that thing so the tiny pieces are held together.

After that i waited for the morning and cleared the field.

As you can see i didn't do a very good job, since my river is still full of it, but i'll take care of that later.

So there you have it. That's all i've done. I think it comes along fine. :)

I do need to build a lot more trees also i need to do something with the border so it doesn't look like polyfoam.

Cheers,
Gergely.

At home

I'm at home on the weekend so no new posts for now..

But on next week i'll be receiving something ;-) I'll be posting progress on a little diorama when it arrives.

It will include painting miniatures and buildings.:) Stay tuned folks.

Cheers!

Lessons Learned

So..

From my previous project i fucked up i learned quite a few lessons.

Maybe BECAUSE i fucked up. :)

1. Don't base paint with brown and then black :D
2. Always draw what you want to create. I know i wrote this already but i negleted it, and it got out of proportion and looks like a giant turd :P
3. Me and Paint and Glue are slowly becoming friends. :)
4. How to cut styrofoam properly. This one is really important. I thought i never would be able to cut that thing properly but i now know how. Thanks to this guy:
http://www.hobbivasut.hu/cikkek/diorama_epites_1x1_-_i_resz.html

Thanks unknow guy! You helped me a lot!

And here is the picture of that horrible thing:

New Stuff

Hi!

I made a base for my miniature.

First of all.. It's to big.. Second. I base colored it with brown then black then green. Should have been black then brown then green. This way it seems to dark. Not green enough.

Need more little stones that's for sure.

And grass..

Pictures are coming up later i just wanted to get this out while it's in my head. :)

Cheers,
Greg.

Second Tree Finished

Hi Folks.

I finished my second tree...

Two things.

One: Painting is the easy part. I did one layer with black then one layer brown then did a few strokes with black. Ofc this could have been done much prettier but i will get into it eventually don't worry.

Second: Glue still is a problem. My tree looks like somebody with a really bad hairdo. Ofc this is also the result of not using copper wire or something more use full for building trees.

Conclusion. I still like this one better then the other one. :)

Shop

A shop here in Budapest that has the most awesome tiles ever..

http://www.vasutmodell.com/h0-fak-bokrok-novenyek/noch-fak-nagy-csomagok

Yess!!\o/

Second Tree

Hi guys and girls!

Here is my second tree. I made it with sculpting clay this time and let me say you this... It's MUCH better then simple clay. :D

It's easier to mold, it doesn't stick so much and it will dry on air pretty quick and can be painted and glued.

So it's better, yeah. :)

Uneven terrain

I got an idea with what i could create that without killing myself with the knife i'm trying to use...

Emery-paper!!! HAH!!!

I will buy one and with that i can create fine hills.. At least i hope so. :D

First Steps

This will be a long post i warn you. :)

So my first steps at trying to create a diorama. I must say the following.. I have NO idea how to do that. :) I have a basic knowledge of stuff that i got from various guys, posts, books, but i'm still no confident enough how to start.

So instead of wining that i'm not confident i will just start and we'll see how it goes.

So for starters i bought a couple of things:

- Styrofoam
- Knife
- Tape
- Glue - Wood
- Glue - Instant - Crap
- Some tree turf
- Wires

But you'll see on the picture later. :)

So to begin you always have to have a plan first. Without plan you're not going anywhere. So after you got your plan, draw it down, and scale it to a size you are comfortable with.

After you have your scale take your styrofoam and cut out the required shape.

But! Before anything else... Let's have a good enough workplace shall we?

So i have a little desk i bought earlier this year. The trick is to make it a bit paint proof.

I nailed a protective shield to its back.






So now then..

Let's see what the tools of trade are:





Now let's see what i need. I need tree, rocks, turfs, river, clay figures.

My idea is the following. A meteor impact from which a blob like monster cralws out. Pretty simple. NOT. :D

First i need to create a tree. That's not that easy since i never tried it before. The smart people say, use sculpting clay. I tried it with simple clay. Guess what? Smart people don't always lie :D





It looks kind of funny, but never mind that. I still got work to do with it.

To problem is that i don't have paint right now, because that's not cheap. I will come to that later.

So where was i... Ohh yes your plan.

After you have your plan, draw it on the styrophone thing you have like this:



Then.... start cutting.

I'm serious. Start cutting that thing:



Slowly make your way into that thing and try to cut out that surface you want. If you want to go deeper or you want to have a deep chasm, then just glue two together and use some toothpick to hold them in place.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/7604030/dio/IMG_0201.JPG

I started cutting out my river here. I wont lie, it was a tedious task.



But eventually i have a nice river.

Now i want a meteor impact. That's not easy as i came to know it.

For that i cut out a piece of the styrophone thing to practice.

That's the best i managed:



So that's how far i got for now. This was approximately 2 hours with cleaning and stuff like that and listening to music. :)

Let's see some prices:

- I have two pieces of styrophone things: 500HUF
- Wood Glue: 1100HUF
- instant glue ( which is crap, don't glue anything ) : 1000HUF
- Tree turf ( which is also kind of crap as you can see on the picture.. I need something more life like ) : 240HUF
- Tools: SUM: ( knife, tape, cutter, etc ) 5000HUF
- Modelling clay: 1100HUF
- Wires ( for the tress and other stuff ) 600HUF

The tools i bought over time not at once.

I also have to buy paint which wont be cheap like i said. The paint ( one bottle ) costs around 1100, and i need at least 5-6 types of it.

I hope you enjoyed the post if you have ANY questions please ask away i gladly answer.

I know my base is not couthed ( alapozva ) that's because i was told when the material is something like plastic and that it does not suck in the paint then a coughth is not required.

I still don't know how it will be a bit downy ( lankás ) but i will cut out something nice. :)

Dioramas first step

Hi guys...

This will be a blog about how an inexperienced but really eager young man finds his way into the word of dioramas. I will blog about every progress and mistake i make in the process, so stay with me for some modelling fun..

Cheers,
Hannibal