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--- blog:models:french_armour_display [2025/05/07 20:14] – [Trees, Shrubs & Hedges] john
+++ blog:models:french_armour_display [2025/05/14 09:19] (current) – [WWII - French countryside ambush] john
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 ====== WWII - French countryside ambush ======
-{{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:tiles_both_grass_with_trees.png?900|}}
+{{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:french_countryside_bg_photo_added.png?1200|}}
 This display is intended to house a German armoured column moving through the French countryside in WWII, with an ambush set up by Allied (British and US) forces.
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    * Woodland Scenics clump-foliage medium green (FC683)
    * Woodland Scenics bushes-foliage olive green (FC144)
+   * Woodland Scenics underbrush (FC139)
+   * Woodland Scenics spring green brambles (6481, under the //All Game Terrain// brand)
    * Evo-stick contact adhesive
    * [[https://www.wwscenics.com/product-category/static-grass/4mm-layering-grass/|WWS static grass]]
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       * 4mm Patchy
       * 6mm Dead
+   * [[https://www.wwscenics.com/product/dry-earth-500ml-canister-wslf-068|WWS dry earth]]
    * [[https://www.rivalcrafts.co.uk/store/Stone-Powder-Golden-Brown-p268625149|Rivalcrafts]] stone powder - golden brown
+   * [[https://battlescale.com/product-ranges/ols/products/20mm-ruin-no1|Battlescale]] 1:72 ruined house
+   * [[https://battlescale.com/product-ranges/ols/products/drystone-wall-sections-pack-of-6|Battlescale]] 1:72 stone walls
 ===== Building the boards =====
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 <imgcaption trees_1|First phase of tree building.>{{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img20250429163059.jpg?600|}}</imgcaption>
-Main wooded area on left tile:
+Low level bushes and shrubs were added randomly using small amounts of clump foliage and underbrush, along with briar patch products as the main hedgerow materials:
-{{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img20250502174419.jpg?500|}}
+<imgcaption trees_2|Main wooded area on left tile.>{{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img20250502174419.jpg?500|}}</imgcaption> <imgcaption trees_3|Looking along road.>{{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img20250502174442.jpg?500|}}</imgcaption>
-Looking along road:
+Full width view of the trees installed on the near side of the tiles. More will be added on the far side of the tiles once other scenery pieces (walls, farmhouse) have been put in place.
-{{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img20250502174442.jpg?500|}}
+<imgcaption trees_5|>{{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:tiles_both_grass_with_trees.png?900|}}</imgcaption>
-View down from what will become the anti-tank gun mound:
+===== Ruined House & Walls =====
-{{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img20250502174451.jpg?500|}}
-Full width view of the trees installed on the near side of the tiles. More will be added on the far side of the tiles once other scenery pieces (walls, farmhouse) have been put in place.
+The first job was painting the model, as it is supplied unpainted:
-{{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:tiles_both_grass_with_trees.png?900|}}
+{{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img20250506105656.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img20250506112005.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img20250506112035.jpg?500|}}
-===== Farmhouse =====
+Brickwork used the following colours:
+   * (Vallejo Game Colour) Parasite Brown + Desert Yellow base
+   * (Vallejo Game Colour) Desert Yellow + Khaki, drybrush
+   * (Vallejo Game Colour) Khaki, drybrush
+   * (Vallejo Game Colour) Khaki + (AK Interactive 3rd Gen) Off-White, drybrush
+   * (Vallejo Game Ink) Brown ink, wash
+Plastered/rendered wall sections used the following:
+   * (Vallejo Game Colour) Khaki base
+   * (Vallejo Xpress Colour) Pallid Bone, wash
+Wooden sections used:
+   * (Vallejo Xpress Colour) Wasteland Brown
+Placing ruin sections and adding soil texture:
+{{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img20250507152550.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img20250507152600.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img20250507162249.jpg?500|}}
+Ruin now in situ and shrubs and foliage added:
+{{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img20250507193419.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img20250507193432.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img20250507193535.jpg?500|}}
+View of the ruin from the T-junction:
+{{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img20250507195153.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img20250507195202.jpg?500|}}
+View of ruined building from hill on left tile:
+{{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img20250507195232.jpg?500|}}
+Close ups of ruined building:
+{{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img20250507195308.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img20250507195316.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img_6168.jpg?555|}}
 ===== Finished Display =====
+{{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:tiles_complete.jpg?1500|}}
+Close ups:
+{{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img_6174.thumb.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img_6175.thumb.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img_6178.thumb.jpg?500|}}
+{{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img_6179.thumb.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img_6180.thumb.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img_6182.thumb.jpg?500|}}
+{{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img_6183.thumb.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img_6184.thumb.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img_6188.thumb.jpg?225|}}
+{{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img_6189.thumb.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img_6190.thumb.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img_6191.thumb.jpg?500|}}
+{{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img_6192.thumb.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img_6193.thumb.jpg?500|}}
+==== Added Background Artwork ====
+{{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img20250514090657.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img20250514090711.jpg?500|}}
+{{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:french_countryside_bg_photo_added.png?1200|}}
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