With track laid and most of the structural elements in place, we begin covering with sculptamold.
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| Foam elements are coated with sculptamold. |
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| The tresile support is also completed today. |
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| Foam packing material (blue) helps to shape the hillside. |
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| The foam is covered with a thick coat of scultamold. |
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| Now we are ready to cover the table and forms with paint and grass foam. |
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| The low lands get the first application. One hill is used to test our rock colors. |
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| The model foam is sprinkled onto the wet (diluted) latex paint using small jars with 1/4 inch holes drilled in the top. A brush is used to clear the track and non-painted areas of the sprinkled grass and earth model foam. |
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| The grass begins to grow in downtown Velocipede. Also you can see that rocks have been added to the sculptamold rock face. These were created using a store bought rock mold and plaster. |
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| The hill and dale are painted and sprinkled with grass and earth foam. |
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| The rocks were painted using diluted rock colors sprayed on with a spray bottle. Hightlights were created with an india ink wash. Further highlight and shadow paintings are planned. |
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| My rock colors all start with a latex paint color. Tints are added or white latex painted is added or both. The final result is always diluted at 1:1 or more before application. Further dilution takes place on the rock face with the application of wet water immediately after the paint is applied. |
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