A little something for Japan
- OSHIROblog
- Aug 3
- 3 min read
To help with the current KS here's a little tutorial for a rural Japanese graveyard using elements from the KS
The parts used are JR02, JR04, JR11, JR12, JR13 and a couple of JR14 and the link for the KS is below (ends on Aug 7th)
To begin with, I laid out all the elements on a 3mm thick sheet of mdf. I chose this size because it allows for figure placement and also a slight raised 'border' around the edge.
For the graveyards, temples etc I've visited, the hand wash station is always on the left and the offering usually on the right but this can change depending on the size of the complex. As this is a graveyard for a local lord, keeping it fairly small is key but having the right elements and details helps to keep it themed and give it some atmosphere.
The raised border round the edge was roughly cut out of 10mm thick blue foam and glued in place with a hot glue gun. It was sanded smooth and several places were heavily sanded to break the monotony up.
Once the border was stuck (leaving room for the torii at the front), I went over it with some sculpt-a-mold to help blend it into the base. In this heat, it's advisable to mix up small quantities as the drying time can be fairly quick.
I left it for a day or so under some weights to help keep the base flat. Although 3mm is fairly sturdy, warping can occur and so weighting it down for a day or two helps to prevent this.
All the cemetery parts were sprayed either grey or brown using Colour Forge sprays. The browns were drybrushed as has been mentioned in previous tutorials and the greys were given a wash of GW black ink and then drybrushed with a light grey.
I will be doing an additions painting tutorial in the next month or so and it will go into more detail than I can fit here.
The torii, hand wash station and offering were stuck on place with superglue after they were painted and then blended into the base with some ready mixed filler. Once this was dry, the whole base was textured with my standard ground texture; namely dark brown acrylic caulk and playsand (which is fine and fairly even).
When the texture was being applied, I added the graves and lanterns as it's easier to 'bury' them into the texture rather than stick them on top.
When the groundwork was dry it was painted with my standard warm grey and drybrushed with four tones with the last one being a light tan.
I mixed up some wood-glue with a touch of water and roughly brushed it onto areas were there would be no footfall and added some static grass. I added to some neat wood-glue to several areas ad applied a flick mix to represent areas of undergrowth. This was pressed in place and left to dry.
Once dry, the whole model was given a good tapping to get rid of the lose flock and some tufts/bushes from Tajima1 were added with wood-glue and tweezers.
I picked out a few trees from my 'tree box' and drilled them into the border and base and fixed them in place with wood-glue again (Gorilla wood-glue). Everything was given a good going over with some Colour Forge matt spray and left to dry for a few days.
I was hoping to get this done sooner but the weather has been against me for several weeks now and a lot of things are a bit behind, so apologies for that.
Hopefully this tutorial will help you build your own little terrain features using some of the KS items. I have others on the go for larger building bases which will be posted in due course.
cheers
James
OSHIROmodels
Great tutorial