Hills Part 2

 The process so far with my hills is this:

• Get some cheap material to build up a base and some height (cardboard and styrofoam and hot glue)
• Use Sculptamold to form the hills
• Apply 3 layers of glue/water/sand for texture and strength
• Apply top layer of glue/water/acrylic paint to seal the surface
• Spray paint the hills dark green
• Flock the hills
• Seal the flock

Here are some photos of the process:

Step One: Build

Step Two: Form

Step Three: Sand

Step Four: Spray Paint

Step Five: Flock

I'm going to pick up some acrylic matte medium. I want to seal the flock with a spray of glue/matte medium/water. I watched this video and Luke really breaks down the different flocks and how to seal them. I've got 4 hills of various sizes going.

The two major things I learned from building these are:

1. Use a more sturdy base. I think I'm going to switch to 1/8" thick hardboard. I can cut out the shapes with a jigsaw and sand the edges to a bevel too. I won't have to bring the Sculptamold all the way to the edges then.
2. Work in smaller and thinner layers of Sculptamold. I built all the hills at the same time and used 5-6 pounds of Sculptamold. The hills took forever to dry and they started to warp. Thinner layers and smaller sections will just make a better finished product.

In the future I am going to try and make my own paper pulp to make my own version of Sculptamold.