Part 2 – Slinging Paint

Before I could get started painting the Temple Entrance I needed to get some sand glued onto the base and I needed to figure out exactly where everything was going to go.

I layed out the terrain first by simply placing things where I thought they might look good (referring to the instructions for the original composition along the way). Once I had things the way I wanted them I did some measuring to make sure things would square up and then glued down the pieces of the Temple Entrance. Next, I used regular Elmer’s (white) glue , thinned a bit with water, to glue down the sand in large patches.

 

 

 

Since the glue on the sand was still drying I started the painting process on the obelisks, statues and pillars. I used an orangey-brown craft paint (thinned with water) as the base color for the stone pieces.

You can see from the way the paint pooled at the bottom of the pillars that my mix was pretty thin and I wasn’t terribly concerned about neatness…

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next I added some tan to my base color and liberally drybrushed the stone pieces.

 

 

 

Another (largish) helping of tan into the mix and another heavy drybrush finished off the stone bits of the terrain piece.

 

 

 

By this point the sand/glue was pretty dry so I decided to go ahead and paint it. Bad decision. It wasn’t dry enough and I made a little mess in a few places. I corrected the situation with liberal application of my hobby blow dryer (WARNING! Don’t use your significant other’s blow dryer as this may be hazardous to your health!! Just get one for hobby use to simplify things!!).

With the sand thoroughly dry I painted on a nice ochre / yellowish, sandy color.

 

 

 

Once the yellow was dry I added the same tan that I used on the stone and gave the base a liberal drybrush. I was careful to leave some darker color around the bottoms of the stone bits – I think it looks nice.

 

 

Another large helping of tan into the mix and a sporadic drybrush finished off the paint work.

 

 

The next photo shows the blocks that go on top of the pillars added in along with the final position of the extra sphinx (es?).

 

 

 

Even deserts have some plant life, so the next step was to add a tiny bit of greenery to liven things a little (pun intended!!). I used white glue to attach green flock and then some pale grass (it looks like dried up grass to me) to finish off the piece.

 

 

Finally I got out the lights and some minis to take some nice photos of my newest terrain piece!