Manda's (Amachan) Gaming Table

This is a hill for my gaming table. I started with a base for the hill. I cut it out 2 A4 sheets of ePVC foamboard. I then cut and shaped the core of the hill in the basic shape I want out of expanded polystyrene. I glued this to the base and waiting for it to dry and then I’ll shape the hill to fit perfectly to the base.

I shaped the hill down to the base and glued a couple of bases for trees on. Now when this is dry I can start smoothing it out with some filler. I covered the hill in a layer of filler to smooth out the surface, now when it’s dry I can start painting.

I sanded the surface a little to get rid of any big anomalies. I then tried to paint the hill with my airbrush using the same paint I used to paint my table. Not a great success. I had to thin the paint which at that point was just tinted thinner before I was happy enough to put it through my airbrush. I need to either use a proper airbrush paint or go for cheap spray cans for this.

The rocks first got an overbrush coat of Vallejo Model Color Basalt Grey (70.869) and then coated the rocks with a coat of Secret Weapon Wash Algea (W013). After this I applied a heavy drybrush of Vallejo Model Color Medium Sea Grey (70.870) followed by a drybrush of Vallejo Model Air White Grey (71.119).

I covered most of the earth with some watered down PVA glue and I did the base layer of flock with the 3 tones. The darker in areas of shade, the lighter in areas of light and then a mid tone covering it all after that. Before the flock I did sprinkle a couple of leaves around the trees as well. When this was dry and the excess was shaken off I added some clump foliage and tufts around places to hide damages or just where I felt it would fit. After this has dried I sprayed it with watered down PVA to seal everything in and once that is dry the piece should be done.