Diorama USSR 1986 – part 2
In this series of articles, I will write about making a USSR diorama in 1986. I will show how I made the "terrain" and the model myself, how I painted them and what effects I used. In addition, vegetation and slices will be discussed.
In this article, I continue to work on dioramas by painting the base. I first applied the basic tones with the colors I always use to paint bases and terrain - Pebeo Deco. They are relatively affordable, 3-4 ml cheaper than standard miniature acrylic paints (Citadel, S75, Ammo, Vallejo). They have a lot of pigment and are quite viscous so they are suitable for drybrush.
After the base tones dried, I covered the base with several layers of Citadel Washes (Sepia and Earth). It is necessary to allow each layer to dry before applying a new one. The washes nicely highlight all the details in the texture like tire tracks.
This was followed by two or three layers of lightening the terrain with the drybrush technique. I also used Pebeo Deco colors.
After that I added pigments. In places more, in places less to get the effect of dry mud…
The last step in this article is to add rubber to make puddles in the wheel tracks. I used GSW UV resin. It dries under a UV lamp within 15 seconds. When it dried, as it is transparent, I decided to stain it a bit using Sepia wash mixed with a glossy varnish. When the wash dried, I covered everything again with glossy varnish.
For this article, that's it. Next time I will add the vegetation.
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