Cemetery Completed

Hello There! This is my latest completed painting work. It is a Total Battles Scenics cemetery. It is in 10mm 'scale'

The model came with separate grave markers which were intended to be fixed with a butt joint onto the base. This was obviously not going to withstand much handling on the wargames table. The only solution I could think of was to add some milliputt mounds in front of the head stones so that they had a little more area to adhere to the base. I realise that graves are allowed to settle over a number of months before a head stone is put in place but a little artistic licence was called for over accuracy.

The finish on the grey paving slabs was an unintentional effect as I painted then and then did a wash of thinned acrylic black paint. they came out like this and I felt that it was realistic so kept it. 

I picked out the block work with a brush and used some off white weathering powders for the mortar. This was held in place with fixative.

The ground was painted in Vallejo 921 English Uniform, dry brushed in 819, Iraqui sand. Then used thinned down PVA to glue some fine Woodland Scenics flock. I added some small tuft.

I varnished this after the paint was dry but before I added the flock. This is because I have found that the spray varnish I use tends to accumulate on the tufts and form bubbles.