1:35 Vietnam bunker base

1:35 Vietnam bunker base, a Black Dog scenic base

1:35 Vietnam bunker base is a scenic part for 1:35 scale with the subject of a field fortification. It serves as a prepared base under figures or hardware; it holds no machine itself and no model of a vehicle arises from it.

The setting of Southeast Asia

For a modeler it is a rewarding theme, because it differs markedly from European scenes. A humid tropical climate means a richer green, darker soil with a reddish cast and the quick overgrowing of everything a man builds. Field fortifications used to be built from local material, so soil, wood and filled bags meet within one scene.

How to approach the scene

Do not mix the green from a single paint; a combination of warm and cool greens acts more naturally than a flat shade. Keep the soil darker than seems right, as it always lightens once it has dried and once the dust is on. Suggest the damp with a spot of gloss varnish in the hollows only, never over the whole area. Add the vegetation at the very end, so that it does not get dusty during the weathering. Then finish the edges off with lower greenery, so that the display does not end in a sharp cut into empty space.

Suitable uses

• displaying figures in a tropical setting
• a scene for hardware that fits into 1:35 scale with room to spare
• practicing work with vegetation and damp surfaces
• adding a climate other than the European one to a collection

You obtain the vegetation, the paints and the model itself for this ground separately.