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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Bases are looking great, I fear though you may have given yourself a major project producing a table surface/cloth to compliment them!
ReplyDeleteYears ago I bought a Winter mat from The Terrain Guy that is white with random flecks of black and grey. I simply lay the roads and other terrain on top of this mat. I will post some pictures soon.
DeleteThought of you just the other day, Jim! Good to see you are moving ahead with the Trenton Project. Very eager to see your treatment of the roads/tracks picture in the dog park above. And of course your troops and other terrain. Always an inspiration.
ReplyDeleteKind Regards,
Stokes
The bases are looking good. Most snowy ground looks pretty dirty once people have been on it, and barring a fresh, heavy downfall, even the countryside is fairly dappled. (Hence why modern sno camp patterns are disruptive and not just plain white)
ReplyDeleteI am partial to winter basing and this looks terrific.
ReplyDeleteAlan Tradgardland
A look forward to seeing this project grow.
ReplyDeleteHow did you fix the snow powder to your bases without it turning to gloop?
Stephen
First I make a paste or slurry consisting of Woodland Scenics Snow, add some white glue and a little bit of water, stirring it up. If the slurry is very thick then add some more water to thin it down. Then I trowel the slurry over the base using an artist’s scalpel. Once this is done I sprinkle a fresh coat of Snow Powder over the base while the underlying slurry is still damp. Then I trowel white glue in the mix holds the snow powder onto the base .
DeleteAfter this, I take the scalpel and lightly scrap off some of the snow so that the black undercoat shows through the snow. I might also add several patches of dead winter static grass to the base.
You don’t want to have pure white base, but rather, allow some black to show through the snow.
Thank you for responding so completely.
DeleteStephen
Cool or should it be cold Jim.
ReplyDeleteWillz.
Looking good Jim!
ReplyDeleteBases look great!
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