"Next Gen Hills - Leopard Spotting & Texture Paste" Topic

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Skinflint Games	14 Jun 2018 2:31 p.m. PST
Learned a few things over the past few months about leopard spotting and texture paste – finally got a chance to put them into practice. Hopefully can help out a few terrain builders! Credit to Mel The Terrain Tutor and Lukes' APS as always.
Cacique Caribe	14 Jun 2018 7:19 p.m. PST
So what's the link? What is "leopard spotting"? Dan
ZULUPAUL	15 Jun 2018 3:27 a.m. PST
Hmmm, I don't see a leopard. OK I'll move on.
Skinflint Games	15 Jun 2018 6:34 a.m. PST
Whoops, my bad! link: skinflintgames.wordpress.com/2018/06/13/terrain-talk-pt-6-next-gen-hills Side note, anyone know how to scale those pics?
etotheipi	15 Jun 2018 7:54 a.m. PST
I was on safari once and spotted a leopard. Don't be ridiculous … they come that way!
robert piepenbrink	15 Jun 2018 12:22 p.m. PST
Leopards are easy to spot: they're so much bigger than Panzer IV's.
Skinflint Games	15 Jun 2018 3:01 p.m. PST
(hides wah pedal and trombone mute) Leopard spotting is a technique commonly used by model railway diorama builders, basically using washes to paint rocks. Daub on some dirty yellow, some dirty brown- wait for them to dry and chuck a black wash over the whole thing. I added a bone drybrush to bring everything together and you're good to go!
LeonAdler	17 Jun 2018 11:23 a.m. PST
Umh…..not quite sure why people think that rocks should be grey they rarely are in real life. L
COL Scott ret	17 Jun 2018 9:37 p.m. PST
True I recently spent a day climbing and while some of the rock faces were grey most in that section were tans and a few off white. That being said some are grey and the purpose of terrain is to visually represent something, so if you like them grey or rivers blue and wood brown. Go for it, after all it still looks good with our toys on them.