AUTUMN TERRAIN

		Here's a hex made for another one of the seasons - autumn!
		The overall "color scheme" differs in that there are practically no greens in the palette -- it's all tans, yellows, browns, and some bright orange.
		Except for the tan paint, all of the scenic materials used in this hex are Woodland Scenics products.

    Autumn... from what I've seen, it's not modeled very often.  But it can make quite a "change of pace" from the other seasons, due to the general lack of greens and the addition of vibrant fall colors -- yellows, oranges, and reds.  

   I decided to make a flat, grassy hex with a single tree on it.  Here's how I modeled this autumn hex...

   One overall note -- any time a liquid product is used -- paint, glue, water/glue mix, etc. -- let the hex dry thoroughly before proceeding to the next step.

   1.  Paint a 1/2" hex with tan paint.

   2.  Cover the top of the hex with white glue, then apply Woodland Scenic's T50 Earth Blend Fine Turf.

   3.  Soak the turf with a water/glue mix to fully bond the turf to the hex.

   4.  Spray the hex with "cheap" hair spray -- it makes a pretty good glue for holding scenic materials to a hex!  I then applied a "custom mix" of Woodland Scenic's Static Grasses:

          6 parts  -  FL631  Wild Honey

          4 parts  -  FL632  Harvest Gold

          2 parts  -  FL633  Burnt Grass

          2 parts  -  FL634  Light Green

   5.  Spray again with the hair spray, to further bond the static grasses to the hex.

   6.  Next, I decided I would add one tree to the hex.  The tree is from Woodland Scenic's TR1120 Tree Armatures pack (3/4" - 2").  I spread the branches as shown in their instructions (the armature "right out of the pack" is rather flat, and the branches must be bent into a "three-dimensional" form), then applied yellow foliage from the F55 Early Fall pack.

   7.  After I was satisfied with the foliage, I sprayed the foliage with hair spray, the sprinkled on a light coating of T1354 Coarse Turf - Fall Orange.  When that first spraying had dried, I sprayed the tree again, to help fix the orange "leaves" to the tree.

   8.  Once the size of the tree was established, I sprayed an appropriate-sized spot with hair spray, then applied a light coating of "fallen leaves".  I used T1353 Coarse Turf - Fall Yellow and T1354 Coarse Turf - Fall Orange to match the foliage on my tree.  Again, after the first spraying had dried, I sprayed the area again, to help fix the yellow and orange "leaves" to the hex.

   9.  I then poked a small hole into the hex in the middle of the "leaves on the ground", applied a small drop of white glue, and "planted" my tree.

   10.  Admire your finished hex!!

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