Final step was to do the bases. I will use a new to me approach on this project, inspired by TWS's video "Sand 2.0". So far I always glued sand and small rocks on, painted them, applied 2-3 drybrushs and some grass or flock afterwards.
In this project, I used terrarium sand, grass tufts and coarse turf. The ingredients were glued on, then sealed, done. No painting. I sieved the sand in three grades; first I glued on some larger rocks and sprinkled some of the medium sand around these. When that was dry, I covered the rest of the base in PVA, added some coarse flock here and there, sprinkled on some of the medium grain in a random pattern, added some grass tufts where there was enough room, and then dumped the fine grain all over to cover the rest.
Once the glue was dry, I sealed the bases with Paepercuts Scenic Glue Recipe. Finally for additional protection the models got a coat of matt varnish.
Here they are in their home.
