{"id":1514,"date":"2013-07-10T10:42:39","date_gmt":"2013-07-10T15:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jlopatin.com\/blog\/?p=1514"},"modified":"2013-07-10T10:42:39","modified_gmt":"2013-07-10T15:42:39","slug":"terrain-giant-rocky-hills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jlopatin.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/10\/terrain-giant-rocky-hills\/","title":{"rendered":"Terrain- Giant Rocky Hills"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"07-10-13hills-8\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I recently finished a big terrain project. These hills started life as a styrofoam store display for porcelain christmas houses. My friend picked them up for $4 (Thanks, Karl!). They are 4 pieces that fit together to make a 4 foot long display.<\/p>\n

I started by carving the hills using a hot wire foam cutter. I tried to make natural rock like formations.\u00a0 I cut some crevices and caves into the surface using a box cutter. (I forgot to get a picture of this step! so sorry!)<\/p>\n

\"07-10-13hills-1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Next, I covered the carved pieces with a plaster mixture. This helped add strength and texture. It also smoothed out some of my rough carving job.<\/p>\n

\"07-10-13hills-2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

After the plaster dried, I covered all surfaces with watered down PVA glue for added strength and protection. I also added some ballast in spots to build up a texture variance.<\/p>\n

\"07-10-13hills-3\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Once the glue dried, I used my airbrush to do some pre-shading of the cracks, caves, and crevices.<\/p>\n

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Next, I painted it with some of Karl’s magic texture paint mixture. It’s brown latex paint with some sort of sand mixed into it. As it dried, some spots appeared to shrink\/crack, so I did multiple coats, allowing dry time in between.<\/p>\n

\"07-10-13hills-5\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I used GW Agrax Earthshade in the cracks and crevices. I drybrushed the whole thing with GW Terminatus Stone.<\/p>\n

\"07-10-13hills-6\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Some of the highlights looked too bright to me, so I drybrushed those spots with GW Skrag Brown to blend them in a bit.<\/p>\n

\"07-10-13hills-7\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Some flock and shrubbery were the last steps.<\/p>\n

\"07-10-13hills-9\"<\/a><\/p>\n

At my local hobby shop<\/a>, I found an ancient package of “Architrees” behind a pile of tank models. They are very small scale wireframe trees for architectural models. I used them as bushes, by simply pushing the wire trunk right into the side of the hill.<\/p>\n

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The finished product is a great modular centerpiece for my desert theme table.<\/p>\n

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