Grish asked me to explain step by step how I created the base for the wraith.
So here are the steps I made (sorry for my English
):
- I chose two pieces of bark that I thought were most appropriate in size and shape. I overlapped them and I glued them together with cyanoacrylate glue. I spread glue everywhere to stiffen the bark because it was a little bit brittle.
- I chose a piece of root that resembles a tree. I adjusted it a bit (shortened it slightly). I searched for the best position on the bark base (chance made to find an area where the edge of the root-tree and the edge of the bark-base fit together perfectly). And I glued it with cyanoacrylate glue.
- I fixed with milliput the base on a wood piece.
- I filled some larger side gaps of the base with small pieces of bark. And I made some additions under the tree because it was created a large gap there.
- Then I took a piece of earth from garden and I shattered it. Then I passed it through a sieve.
- With the resulting finer earth, PVA glue and water I made a paste that I spread it on the surface to simulate the flat earth surface. Because the outcome was too smooth, I sprinkled here and there some sand for more texture.
- I used the remaining rough earth (resulting from step two) to cover the sides of the base. I put PVA glue with a brush on the areas I wanted to cover with earth. Then I sprinkled earth. I shook the excess and repeated until I was happy with the result.
(It's about the same process as the application of static grass)
- Then I chose some small pieces of roots for simulating tree roots, plus an extra root for more effect in front of the base. I fixed them with cyanoacrylate glue.
- I applied a coat of PVA glue diluted with water over the entire surface for better fixation.
- After everything was well dry, I started painting. I begun with a base coat of a dark shade of brown. Then I dry-brushed several lighter shades of the base color. Then I applied washes with 2-3 tones of the basic color on different areas. And finally one last dry-brush to restore lights that were faded by washes. (I left the underground area in a darker shade than the above ground.)
- Then I painted the tree. Same steps as the ground, but with other colors.
- After the paint dried I glued the leaves. On the ground I applied PVA glue on the areas where I wanted to have leaves and I sprinkled crumbled dry leaves. I shook the excess and I repeated until I was happy with the result. I left the path without leaves for the moment. I glued with cyanoacrylate glue the leaves on tree and the small plants. (The small plant are painted small dry leaves. The leaves of the tree are dried mint plant leaves.)
- Then I attached the figure.
- After I fixed figure, I added some dead leaves on the path.
I hope you understand my explanations.
This is not a recipe. It's just the way I did it. And I was also inspired by the way others did.
I hope you'll find my SBS helpful. And if you have any more questions don't hesitate to ask.
Cheers!
B
good job 