Collins builds the world of the walking dead

the tractor I wanted to get done quickly and decided to try and use the airbrush. im not very familiar with this tool so practising on scenery is a good way to try it out and not worry too much about the results.

primed in rattle can gun metal silver then airbrushed on contrast red heavily to where I felt there would be trim or red paint (to make it faster, obviously, wargghh!) then I dulled down the metal areas left over with the grey and finally slapped black on the tyres.

its not an accurate way of doing a tractor but is is quick so it’lll do.

The cockup is that I forgot to wash the dog house before priming it so as soon as I started painting it I found myself rubbing the primer off…. annoying as its now got to go into the dettol and be started again after a scrubbing. c’est le vie

I got a bit excited and started sticking stuff down a bit prematurely…

fencing done the same as the barn superglued down with the hay bales, barn and a few Heki trees who apparently are the providers of the 4ground tress (as was), they’re very similar if not the same so they’re probably the same, cheaper too but no bases.

I need to drill the base to put the crops in so I decided to build up little mounds of sculptamold just so I don’t accidentally drill all the way through the base board and knacker the board on the other side (that will never be used again).

it gives a little bit of interest too in terms of differing ground height but the reality of the situation is that they’ll be swamped by the crop plants.

so thanks to PanzerKaput instead of processing a load of cardboard I bought some Drawer Liners, YBQZ 30cm×200cm Double Anti-Slip Shelf Liner instead

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B096NX75YL?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

I didn’t really follow the GerryCan because I couldn’t be arsed but also I had already gotten half way through when I reached out to the squirrel lord for help.

what I did instead was to take his ideas and suggestions of weathering planks individually and ran with that and the brown oil wash I had already made. instead of bathing it though I simply followed some of the planks. worked out fine.

Another golden button saved by Gerry 😉

So now that I’ve got the licensed barn done and built I need to work out what i can do with the table space around it.

First stop, the rule books! second stop, google the TV show

There are two missions in ‘miles behind us’ that utilise the barn.

One to fight a defensive type scenario over the fence and one where Rick and co find the never ending waves of walkers stored in the barn (spoiler alert).

Personally I think that the second table is a bit of a meh one but the first one doesn’t have enough going on in it and is very ‘squared off’. you may have noticed with the gas station that I put it on the wonk, I think I’ll do the same here simply to get rid of the right angled stuff and create total cover areas that can often plague games.

I’ll add in a few cool details like trees and whatnot as in the TV show the group camp out by the trees. I’d like to have a well too but I think there just isn’t enough space for it and to be honest I do not have one, so I’d have to find one and print it out (or buy one).

I’m also going to make a cool corn/maize field as point of interest and really stress that it is a farm, I think the Greene family were animal farmers but this is all for an alternate timeline and now they’re corn farmers.

I just need to think about a few things…

Do I need to add in a bit of differing ground heights?

Do I need a dog kennel for faithful fido?

answers in the comments please!

I’m now looking to move onto the next board.

It’s going to be Hershel’s farm. There are at least two games to play on it but they do have different layouts so I might need to get creative to make it as multifunctional as possible.

So why the plastic plant I hear you ask. I want to use this as an opportunity to try and make something that currently cannot be bought. Cornfields.

I have been trying to find some of the model railway stuff made by JTT but it seems they aren’t in stock anywhere and simply are too expensive. They do look great though.

thankfully however someone has already run up against this problem and solved it with ikea house plants.

http://iagsmgm.blogspot.com/2022/03/scratch-built-cornfield.html

I would throw all the accolades at the author on this this one, I’ll give it a go and see how it works out, I expect the paint will peel off after a time but still, it’ll safe me a lot of money in exchange for time.