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I'm making two landscapes this year for my Spooky Town pieces: one for my pirate pieces (based off Scavengerhaunt's from last year) and one for my cemetery. I finished up the cemetery landscape earlier today and am very excited about it so I thought I'd post and show pictures of the progress.

I started with a drawing of what I had in mind. A few things got changed around from the original design, though.


I started cutting out a few small pieces with my Wonder Cutter (hot wire) and put things in place on top of the entertainment center. I used 48"x18"x3/4" sheets of styrofoam and a two tier display that I'd bought last year.


I cut out the rest of my pieces and started gluing them together. I put a few things in place just to make sure they all fit.



I wanted the mountain to look smooth and natural so I covered it in aluminum foil before putting on the paper mache. This also gave it some very nice, rock-like ridges.


I mached the entire thing, even the bottom (though it's not finished in this picture) to give it some more rigidity.


The next step was the Drylock. I used a gray tinted Drylock and covered everything but the bottom. It gave a nice grainy texture and a good base color for the rocks.


On to the painting! I dry brushed a few different shades of gray over the Drylock to give it some dimension. I only did the sides since the tops are going to be grass covered.


Next I dry brushed some green on the top surfaces just in case you could see through the flocking when I was finished.
 
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Next step was to start putting down the flocking. For the first layer I used Woodland Scenics dark green turf. I did it in several sections which caused some problems. You can see a division between each section where the glue didn't overlap. It wasn't a problem in the long run, though.


The second layer was done with Woodland Scenics burnt grass turf. It evened out the lines I was talking about above. I like the shade of this one and think it's perfect for a neglected cemetery.


The final layer of flocking consisted of a 50/50 mix of the two colors. This helped to smooth things out and tie the previous layers together.


The last step was to add some vines/moss. This was also a Woodland Scenics product but I don't recall the name - it's what they use to make trees and bushes. I tried to use it sparingly, so as to not overdo the effect.



Once I had the landscape finished I decided to put it in place and give it a test run. Here's how I was planning on laying things out (the empty spot is for the Rest In Pieces Mausoleum, which I still haven't bought):


After looking at it though, I decided that it was going to be too crowded with all the trees and figurines added to it. I don't want all the pieces running together when someone is looking at it so I decided that I wouldn't buy the Mausoleum after all. Here's the final decision on the layout:
 
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Thanks all!

I got my flocking material at Hobby Town. Anywhere that sells model trains and the like should have what you need.

As far as the pirate piece goes....I glued and carved all of my styrofoam pieces together, bought everything I needed, and haven't worked on it in over 2 years! I found out that I HATE paper mache and just cannot bring myself to finish the piece (plus I don't have a good spot to display it). I've thought about selling it all off but I put so much work into what I have already done that I hate to give up on it entirely. Maybe one day I will find the inspiration I need to push through my mache hate and/or laziness. ;)
 
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