In Progress » Dagobah Diorama » Painting The First Trees

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Here’s the first 5 trees all painted up and below is the process. After I mount them and apply the base celluclay/groundcover I’ll use shredded strands of Jute for even thinner roots and vines.

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  1. Flat Black Spray Paint (the cheap stuff… 96 cents at Wal-Mart)
  2. Airbrush water-thinned Americana “Raw Umber” acrylic. A ratio of 3 parts water to 1 part paint.
  3. Airbrush lightened Raw-Umber (added Slate + White) from top down for texture shading.
  4. Drybrush with light wood mixture of cheap acrylics.
  5. Very thin wash (filter?) of brown acrylics.
  6. Drybrush of Medium Hauser Green + Acrylic Varnish for moss/slime growth.

Also shown is a HUGE drying box I made to speed the drying time of the celluclay. I have a smaller one that I usually use for figures, but this 13″ x 24″ base would not fit in it. I made it using a 2×2 and “cull” lumber from Home Depot for under $2. The cull wood is just the ends that have been cut off. There’s MDF, Plywood, 2×4’s… my huge sheet of MDF… about 2×3 feet was only 51 cents.

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