My Prehistoric Scenes
Built-up Models

First, the base took me forever. Hopefully you can't tell, but the base is made up of 5 different parts. I don't even want to think about all the puttying, sanding, re-carving I did to it. It was all worth it though. I always think the seams can be better after I finish a job, but realistically I think this is as good as it gets. Unless of course, I covered the whole thing with a layer of putty and resculpted everything.

The painting, while fun, was very time consuming. Doing multiple layers over such a large area, with clear coats between each, took a long time. That coupled with all the small parts that needed painted individually almost made the painting seem like work. The saving grace was that the colors fell together so well. After I got started and saw some of the results, I couldn't wait to see it done. The base was basecoated with a brown primer. Then I went over it with a really thin coat of light tan. Then I used some brown antiquing gel over that (if you want to know more about antiquing get, read the armored dinosaur reveiw). Then it really came together. I highlighted different things with greys, blacks, tans, and browns, then tied it all together with the antiquing gel again. The roof and walls of the cave were done in silver on the outside and black on the inside. The reason for that was because the parts I had were already painted when I got them. Originally I was going to lighten up the inside and go over the outside with a black wash. After I covered the inside with a thin ,almost a wash, coat of yellow ochre, I got the idea to do the outside with the same treatment. I think it came out well. Looks like there is a dust covering the rocks.

RE-DO

Well, I decided to do more work on this kit.
Never liked the big huge gaps in the joints of the walls. Especially where the walls come into contact with the roof.
So I broke out the putty and went to town on this one.