Terrain Building Guides: Making undergrowth, part 3

Now it is time to finish off the pieces of undergrowth. After everything has dried I start with painting the entire piece in a dark brown basecoat with lots of water to get an even layer. The paint I use for this is wall paint bought from a local retailer. Its more or less the same color as Games Workshop's Scorched Brown.

8) Pieces basecoated

After the basecoat I drybrush a brown similar to Games Workshop's Bestial Brown over the whole piece to bring out a lighter color from it.

9) First drybrush

After making sure the first drybrush is completely dry I drybrush Games Workshop's Bleached Bone over all the sand and rocks.

10) Final drybrush of the first layer

Now I pick out all the big rocks and larger bits of sand with Games Workshop's Adeptus Battlegrey. Painting the rocks in a different color than the ground will add some depth to the piece and match most of my own models basings.

11) The rocks painted grey

After the basecoat is dry I drybrush the grey areas heavily with Games Workshop's Codex Grey.

12) The rocks drybrushed

Finally I add a highlight by drybrushing the rocks lightly with Games Workshop's Fortress Grey and this finishes the painting portion of the project.

13) Painting done

Now I add static grass heavily over the whole piece using PVA glue to glue it into place.

 14) Flocked!

And last but not least I add bits of clump foliage, using a hot glue gun, to add more life to the piece and to actually make it look like undergrowth.

15) Finished!

I'm finally done. The pieces will soon be featured in a coming terrain feature article where it will be shown on a gaming table. Thank you for reading and having patience with this project! Hopefully you found this article interesting and informative!

-Tobias