The Atlantic and Southern Build, Part 1

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I added a little more dirt to the river banks.



I wet the dirt with matte medium and moved on to the upper slopes.



Continued in a few.

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I painted Elmer's White glue on the slopes and spread some Woodland Scenics Earth on the glue.








After repeating the process on the right side, I let the glue dry for a day.

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Once the earth glued to the base, I used a soft brush to sweep up the excess.



Here is what the slope looks like with all the excess earth up/removed.



More in a few.

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Working from the wall out, I then added some green ground cover.



To give it a little more texture, I added some clump ground cover to first layer of green cover.



I then added some dark green clump foliage for the third layer.



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Once satisfied with the look, I used the matte medium to glue the foliage in place.



I then very lightly sprinkled on some earth color of ground cover and applied more matte medium.



I then added a little lighter green/yellow ground cover to the top of the wet matte medium.



Break time, and certainly time for a Diet Pepsi.

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I then blended the foreground scenery with the photo by adding a couple of trees and some additional clump foliage.



I need to put something here at the bottom. I'll think about it for a few hours.





More in a few.

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I applied another coat of matte medium to the upper slope area and added some medium course dirt from Scenic Express.

I used a Dixie Cup to apply the dirt. The dirt will represent the area under the bridge where nothing grows.





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I then added a little green turf down the middle to represent where the grass grows from the little amount of sun that gets to the area between the two bridges.

You can also see where the matte medium is starting to dry.





I'd like to add here that you shouldn't be concerned how your scenery looks at this stage. It only matters what it looks like when finished.

To be continued later this afternoon.

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Okay, this space can handle a tree.



I have a few hundred to choose from. The good thing about removing an old layout is that you have plenty of stuff to choose from for the new layout.



I added scenery to the left side as well.



Continued in a few.

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Again, I tried to blend the scenery in the foreground with the backdrop background.

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Now, I need to get the water in the river.

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But first I need to clean up all the scenery mess.