I have several small “hills” on my layout mostly covered with creeping thyme and elfin time. They help break up the otherwise flat-as-Kansas monotony of my rectangular, raised-bed layout. But they’re not very interesting.
Today while waiting for a coat of paint on my castle to dry, I decided that what I really need is a picnic scene–a couple on a blanket with lunch–to create some interest.
Here’s what I wound up with
The blanket is a brass sheet, the picnic basket and modifications to cheap Chinese figures in Magic Sculpt. The rod you see in the second picture will be pushed into the ground to keep the Kansas wind from blowing the blanket and picnickers away in the scale hurricanes we regularly get
It needs a bit more paint/finishing/cleanup.Since it will be in an area that’s at least 10 feet from the nearest observation point, I probably won’t go too crazy. I hope to get a photo of it outside tomorrow. It’s supposed to be 74 degrees here–I took the day off from work to do a little spring MOW work, and placing this will fit right in.