Wednesday 31 July 2013

How to till a field... Prototype WIP

Last week was a bit cooler than the week before. Therefore I was able to get some things prepared. Especially I wanted to try to pimp up some of my fields. Thereto Pat's post from January on his Silver Whistle blog inspired me (look here).

So first I chose some stuff from myoffcut box. Namely a nice sheet of plywood and some foamboard. With the foamboard I prepared the shape of the field and the plywood made an excellent base.
As field I used a part of a doormat. Since I wanted to make a partly harvested field I cut a part off it and glued it on the board with all-purpose glue because I guessed that might contract less than wood glue. Afterwards I covered the empty part of the field with rough structure paint.
Now the board had to take a breake and I let it dry over night with a pile of RPG rulebooks on it.
Meanwhile I took some offcut pieces of the doormat and cut off the bristles. They shall serve as husk on the harvested field as well as straw for a bale of straw I'm preparing simultaneously.

But be warned:
If your sweetheart isn't as tolerant as dear Mrs Monty then make sure that she is away when you cut off the bristles or do it in a secret chamber in your flat. Otherwise you frivolously risk a debate on principles about cleaning your home. There is no chance to cut the bristles without flipping them all over the working place!

Anyway the day later I proceeded with the hedgerow which shall surround the field. basically I used the same technique as for my bocage (here). Which means that I glued flocks of different clumb foliage on the fomeboard with hot glue which worked rather well once more. But mind your fingers! Hot glue means HOT GLUE !

However, I'm rather satisfied with the WIP result and I hope to get the base drybrushed this evening. Then some fining touches and the prototype is ready to test.

10 comments:

  1. Cool, I'm going to make one of those

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  2. Looks great, I may have to try one.

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  3. Now I like that....I'm serious I like it a lot.....hint!

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  4. Finally a good use for a doormat! :-D
    Great tutorial! Thanks for sharing!

    Greetings
    Peter

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  5. That's looking great Monty. It's good enough as it is, so will be a work of art by the time you have done the finishing touches.

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  6. Great looking field! I'm in the process myself of making these out of coir doormats

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  7. Very nice effect mate.
    Those door mats make great cornfields... I wonder how many get used as doormats and how many get chopped up... ;-)

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  8. Thanks for the mention Monty. You have done a wonderful job and I look forward to seeing the finishing touches on this.
    Cheers,
    Pat.

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  9. Hi fellows,

    thanks a lot for the kind feedback.
    Finally I completed the field and posted an image. I hope that it doesn't fall short of your expectations...

    Cheers
    Monty

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