Project Cornetto

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Project Entry by murphy909

A Field in England.

December 12, 2023

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As the days got warmer this year, I found it to be the right time to work on my 6×4 faux fur field mat. I used the same techniques as before and added a little more foliage detail along the paths with flock. The mat was actually 7×5 foot but that made no different to me. The hot weather helped the caulk cure very quickly and having learnt from the previous mat, I chose better caulk that was already brown and it work gorgeously.

The field turned out so much better than I had hoped, but at this stage, I was still only looking at it for 15mm gaming. I haddnt even considered its potential for Project Cornetto.

I stuck with dirt roads as my idea was that they were such a size I could lay anything over the top to give the illusion of more fields or modern roads.

It was around this time, BlackMagicStudios changed the way I look at certain materials. I had been using caulk on fabric to make dirt roads and other things, but in one video it was recommended to use 3mm rubber mats. I picked up a meter mat for £14 on ebay and this was a perfect base for making roads or cobbled areas. I tested a theory of using a cobblestone roller on drying caulk over rubber and I was given perfectly textured durable mats.

This would become the basis for the modern roads I was to make for Cornetto. Flexible, durable and worked with Vallejo Earth Texture paint.