Hello everyone,
After applying base-colours to the small ships, I realised that they are the very last thing to add to the diorama, so I turned my attention to the island.
First, base colours were applied, and the soil received some washes with dusty colours:
Next, every element was detailed further and weathered by a succession of dusty filters/washes, dark pinwash, rust and or dark dirt spots.
For example, the small building:
Base colours:
Dusty filters/washes:
And finished with shading, rust and dirt spots:
The wooden platform structure followed the same process.
Base colours:
Dusty filters:
And finished:
Note also the same dirty tidemarks at the waterline as I did on Amagi herself.
The pier with railroad:
Even the accessories like wooden crates, barrels and railroad sleepers were treated in the same way. Some ‘reversed’ drybrushing gave the barrels a rusted look.
A crater used to dump some scrap metal.
For rusty steel stuff, I like to start with a black base coat:
Next, filter/washes with rusty tones follow:
Finally, this is tied in with the dusty groundwork with dusty washes. I also added some dark dirty spots on the ground.
A similar dump, next to a pile of dark earth:
The centre area is still very open, because it will contain the eye-catcher of the groundwork: two American vehicles and some figures.
To add interest and give more context to the (future) vehices, I painted some dusty tracks:
And finally, the finished island:
And a final one for scale ☺
Cheers!
Marijn