Battle of Waterloo Attack on La Haye Sainte Farm by Old Collingwood - 1/56 (28mm)

[Old Collingwood]

1 hour ago, king derelict said:

It looks very good with the farm now parallel to the front of the display. Your second photo looking along the road and the front wall of the farm shows how good it is all getting with some figures really starting to add atmosphere

Its going to look superb when all the figures are in place.

Alan

Thank you so much Alan.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Evening all,  right  hedge making  experiment  on going   -  it comes in a roll out like wire wool  mixture  roughly cut into a box shape,   first I had to straighten it out  and  pull out a few dips,  then I layed a layer of PVA  down  and pushed the hedge pices's  down onto it,   then  (in the bag comes  green leaf fillings  and  some woody soil,   the idea is that I use a PVA  type spray and  all over the  hedge  then sprinkle between  finger tips  first the soil then followed up with the leaf  sprinkles.

First  I had to loosen up the  leaf sprinkles  as they had  stuck together  - I used a  bowl.

 

Looking at my pics - I will probably spray  a bit of Brown  on the side of the hedges.

 

Its a messy job  and my first attempt at it  - don't think it went too bad.

 

OC.

Edited April 19, 2022 by Old Collingwood

[Egilman]

I think that looks pretty good for a first try, like a juniper hedge....  I believe if you pull it out some more it will start to resemble a boxwood or barbarry type hedge as well..

Some of our railroad building brethren might have better advice....

 

Looking good brother...

[Old Collingwood]

2 minutes ago, Egilman said:

I think that looks pretty good for a first try, like a juniper hedge....  I believe if you pull it out some more it will start to resemble a boxwood or barbarry type hedge as well..

Some of our railroad building brethren might have better advice....

 

Looking good brother...

Thank you kindly brother,   its an interesting  concept  making all this scenery  - certainly a learning curve.

 

OC.

[Kevin]

very nice

 

i was watching this the other day for a future project

Easy Hedges - Model Railroad Scenery - Bing video

[Old Collingwood]

4 minutes ago, Kevin said:

very nice

 

i was watching this the other day for a future project

Easy Hedges - Model Railroad Scenery - Bing video

Thank you kindly  Kevin,    yep  I watched  a few  a while back   - Its amazing what can  be done.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

I will be doing some more  work on the hedges tomorrow  - I will roughen then up a bit more  - as they would have had some serious abuse  from the different  soldiers  trampling over them,  as the 2nd KGL  where  firstly stationed  between the hedge rows  and  retreated back into the farm  - both directions over the hedges  - followed by the French.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Thinking ahead after studying some hedge making video's  - I think mine looks to flat and neat  and with the sprinkles  just sitting on top  - its looks like a hedge that's just been trimmed  with loose cutting on top,  I will have a go with my knife  at separating  the top making it less  (tidy) 

 

Also  I think the sides  need  more  Green  - it was difficult  to do the side  so what I will do  is to  lift the whole base  and support underneath  so I can sprinkle  some more Green on the sides, but may still  airbrush  some  brown  (lightly)  towards the bottom  to pick out the hedge  branches.

 

Good fun all this is   - you can kind of be as creative as you want.

 

OC.

[Canute]

And you have good examples in your neighborhood for inspiration. Take a wander and bring along your phone for sample pictures.

[Old Collingwood]

7 hours ago, Canute said:

And you have good examples in your neighborhood for inspiration. Take a wander and bring along your phone for sample pictures.

I'm thinking more like the hedge horse racing  hurdles  after the horses  have  hit them hard.

 

OC.

[Canute]

You go to steeple chase races? They have some in Camden, SC over here. Probably a few more, in other places. I went to a couple years back. Biggest open air cocktail party in the state of South Carolina.

[Old Collingwood]

Thinking out loud  (dangerous)😄    More ideas for my  hedge row,   the  left hand side  is the  Orchard  that will have some rough ground (have that in a pre made  scenry mat)  but there will also be some trees  (yep  I have grown these  from scratch)  only joking  - they are plastic scenry trees,   I will probably  make a gap in the hedge  and place a tree  there  after I have   beaten up the hedge  a bit and added some more  sprinckles.

 

"Ideas ideas"  my brain keeps popping up with these ideas.

 

OC.

 

[king derelict]

I think thats a great idea OC. That will transform the hedge from a well manicured garden hedge into a truly rural one with irregularities and trees and bushes growing in it.

Great Idea

Alan

[Old Collingwood]

Evening all,   had another  play with my dio  -  first thing I did  was to mess up the hedge  with my knife  then add some  dark sprinckles  over it  (still thinking about  growing a tree  out of it)    next  I  played around with the two  grass mats I have  - firstly a problem   neither was big enouth to fill the orchard  floor  and both are different textures,   so I decided to  do a smoother centre  with  rough edges  (heck the  farm owner  probably  mowed  in between the trees  but kept the edges  rough with rocks).

So that's what I'm going with  -  I have left the edge  off till I  give the other hedge some treatment.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

What I shall do I think  - is to use some of my different colour  grass and  soil  sprinckles  and blend the Two different mats in a bit  to  loose the demaraction line a bit  - after I have given the other hedge some treatment.

 

OC.

[mtaylor]

The hedge is looking better, OC.   With the troops and horses stomping around and shot flying about, they definitely would not be ready for a tea party to be held.

[Old Collingwood]

14 minutes ago, mtaylor said:

The hedge is looking better, OC.   With the troops and horses stomping around and shot flying about, they definitely would not be ready for a tea party to be held.

Thats what I thought Mark   - will do the same to the back one also.

 

OC.

[king derelict]

Hedge looks much better now. Great stuff

Alan

[Old Collingwood]

28 minutes ago, king derelict said:

Hedge looks much better now. Great stuff

Alan

Thank you kindly Alan.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Who said toy soldiers are harmless?   are  was Just rummaging  around in my draw where I keep my  soldier stash  then  "Ouch...."   got a pricked finger off  one of the guys  bayonets,    bled as well.

 

OC.

[mtaylor]

Be careful OC.   You might be facing a small rebellion among the troops.

[Old Collingwood]

4 minutes ago, mtaylor said:

Be careful OC.   You might be facing a small rebellion among the troops.

And guess  what troops  they  were  ...............French.

 

OC.

[Canute]

OC, like the way your hedge turned out. The tree may add interest, too; maybe as a corner marker?.  Hope you're blending of the sections works out. Looking across the road by me at the farm fields, the only contrasting area is a plot they plowed up, likely to raise some veggies. Most of the farm is green pastures, since they have 10 horses wandering about.

[popeye the sailor]

looking very good OC..........your getting the hang of it    I'm going to need to get into it as well.........watching what you do with great interest  

[Waitoa]

Looking really good you are doing an amazing job

[Old Collingwood]

6 hours ago, Canute said:

OC, like the way your hedge turned out. The tree may add interest, too; maybe as a corner marker?.  Hope you're blending of the sections works out. Looking across the road by me at the farm fields, the only contrasting area is a plot they plowed up, likely to raise some veggies. Most of the farm is green pastures, since they have 10 horses wandering about.

Thank you Ken,     indeed  - will  try to  blend the grasses  in a bit more.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

3 hours ago, popeye the sailor said:

looking very good OC..........your getting the hang of it    I'm going to need to get into it as well.........watching what you do with great interest  

Thank you kindly Denis.    "Oh yes  - whats  that then"?

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

2 hours ago, Waitoa said:

Looking really good you are doing an amazing job

Thank you  so much.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Will be having another day off  later  (tv  lounging  lol)   but will be back  on my adventure on Sunday  - hope all are keeping well stocked up with goodies  and Mark  is  not being stingy with the pop corn.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Morning all,    Right  little story to tell you  (remember what  @Kevin  did  with is accident  with his  cargo ship  card build?    well  the other evening  I came up with a  "Cunning Plan"   -   so that I could  detail the side of my hedges  properly  I thought about  getting my dio base  with all the buildings thats glued down  - into my table  to trap the one end of the table with two of my large plastic  clamps, and the  Idea was to try to raise it  by putting something  heavy yet large enough  underneath  - so  I chose a  large tin of imulsion paint  .............guess where this is going??????

Yep...........the clamps gave way  and the whole  base fell Three Feet  onto the floor............🤬

 

I  rushed round the table  expecting the worst  the  garden  outhouse  had  fell off and was on the floor,   I picked it up  back on the table  then I saw a  few men  on the floor  aswel,     I   surveyed the base and about Ten  figures  had come  un glued  and the  wall  joins where the different  buildings   joined the front wall had come loose.

 

So  I  retrieved the  figures  and re glued them  - glued the  garden  outhouse back in place,   but its left me with a  need to  cover the gaps  where the Two seperate building meet  - I will  most likely  use  a couple of covering strips  - glue them - paint and weather them.

 

That will be my next job  before  working on the that orchard area.

 

Could have been alot worst.

 

OC.