More shopping, Bunnings for some Timber Mate putty (one container is more than you will ever need) and Hobbyrama to grab paints, thinner and an airbrush.
Just a bit poorer but happy that I have 90% of what I need to spend on this project spent now I was happy to get into the last big phase.
I grabbed a NEO/IWATA Airbrush-G for $99.95 which has a double action trigger. Do your research first before buying the wrong thing.
I grabbed Tamiya paints and thinner as I was comfortable with using them.
A mate lent me his compressor so that saved me $150 which I am grateful for.
First off I applied the putty to the river on board 3 with my finger, no need for anything harsher.
Now I was ready to paint. I started with the Flat Earth XF-52 as I felt that this colour was the closest to the next shade up from my cloth colour. I applied a light coating to 75% of the board, keeping the hills and forest areas clear. (sorry I didn'g grab a photo of that stage)
After I was done there I applied a coat of Red Brown XF-64 to the rises of the hills and across the top in a rough pattern to help them stand out from the base level.
Flat Green XF-5 was then added to the areas that would have forest on or near. I still had not settled on a foresting method yet but I did know where I was planning to have them.
The last step was to use Hull Red XF-9 on the areas that would be dry and high points of the board, the Greater and Lesser Arapiles. On this step I think I got a bit carried away but its dry land so I saw it as being more rough and rockier in its terrain.
It looks much better at eye level.
Total Cost = $386.85
Time Taken ~2 Hours (13 Hours Total)
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