What does an 18th Century road look like in the Winter? How about like the path shown below at our local dog park:
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| This is probably the look that I would like to achieve when I make my own roads. |
As you can see it is a stew of black and white. The black is the underlying dirt/mud showing where many a foot has trod and the white is the snow. It is a pretty interesting looking pallet of neutral colors. The brownish dead brush grass and the black bark on the distant trees conveys a rather cold and shivering feel to it.
Here is Don Troiani's version of a winter road showing the American army on the march to Trenton. I'd imagine that there would be more black footprints in the snow after 3,000 men and horses walked over the ground.
Here are a couple of pictures of my new Winter snow basing. What do you think?
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