Gave the river banks, and the surrounding area, a layer of plaster cloth as the base shell to the landscape.

My next plan was to put a layer of sculptamold on top the plaster just to smooth out the service a bit, and fill any gaps that needed it.  But then I saw a container of Woodland’s Scenics Mold-A-Scene at Hobby Lobby (who didn’t have sculptamold), and figured what the heck, let’s give this stuff a try.

My verdict… I like it.  Funny enough, it looks like the mixture from Joe Fugate’s DVD series, but I find it easier to work with.  Maybe cause it’s a heck of lot easier to mix.  1 Cup of mixture + 3 ounces of water. Done.  I mix it up a plastic container, then use a medium size pallet knife to scoop out maybe 1-2 tablespoon at a time.  I plop the mixture on the plaster, spread it out a little bit, and repeat.  You have about 30 minutes working time according to the box, and it takes about 24 hours to fully dry.  Once I empty the container, I’ll wet my fingers and then just manually smooth and blend the area just applied.

Here’s the result of the first batch I applied.

I love the end result though. It’s got a nice looking texture and a great looking ground color.  I don’t even think I’m going to bother painting or applying “dirt” to this stuff because to me it looks good as it is.

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