Hedges, lots of hedges and a Sherman!

As I mentioned last time, I found a guide on making hedges and it looked pretty easy so I thought I'd give it a whirl. Here's the guide to the page DIY Hedges I went to Hobbycraft and picked up a glue gun and the fat lolly sticks. The pan scourers I got in a £1 shop. All in all about £10 outlay for what will end up being around 80 pieces of hedges (if I can be arsed making that much!).

The pictures are pretty comprehensive on the original site so here are just a couple. I don't have any clamps so I just put the glued scourers under a heavy book for a couple of minutes. Then stuck them onto the lolly sticks.

After that, I sprayed them black, painted the base green and covered them with the flock. Hey presto!

My very first attempt at a tree! Not too bad.

Here's sarge going down a hedged lane with the Half track

I'm pretty pleased overall. I'd like to try some finer flock as the stuff I'm using is a bit thick but it's all trial and error.

On another note, I scored a 1/50 scale Sherman on Ebay for only a few quid. It needs some weathering but it looks great. It's made by Solido.

Warlord Games M3A1 Half-Track Part 2

I've been making good progress this week. I've been concentrating on my US army for Bolt Action, getting the rest of the figs done and painting the half track. I've tried some new weathering techniques on this, I've added rusty spots  and used different washes with some dry bushing as well.

I'm pleased with the result so far but I want to add some mud onto it somehow into the tracks and around the arches. It's still a work in progress as I need to finish the weathering, add the front gun and the driver.

In the background is some scenery I've been making. I found a great page on how to create hedges with pan scourers so tried it out today. They turned out great. I'll take some pics and put it in a separate post.

How to make a stone wall with foam

This is great, I found this on a blog I follow on Tumblr. It's called The Stonecuttersguild and can be found here He has makes some lovely scenery and posts some great pictures of interesting places. Anyway, he posted a tutorial on how to make stone walls using polystyrene. Really easy. I need to get making some walls for Pike and Shottte and Bolt Action. Here's the video: