Amera Ruined Temple for Saga part 2

Painting finished

Continuing to use the airbrush I highlighted the tiles by painting spots of VGC Khaki and VMC Iraqi Sand (and then later adding more Iraqi Sand) in the centre of the tile.  Finally using a mix of almost pure Iraqi Sand I highlighted the edges of the steps and the edges of the raised rear area.

Column rubble added

Next I added some sand around each of the column bases to represent rubble from the column falling down.  This was glued on with PVA glue.  To distinguish this from the stone work of the temple I painted the sand rubble with a base coat of VGC Earth.  This was dry brushed up with VMC Iraqi Sand in a number of iterations by varying the ratio of Earth and Iraqi Sand (75/25%, 50/50%, 25/75%).

I also wanted some rubble (from the broken columns, etc) so I got some of the plaster of paris rubble I had made earlier for my Roman villa and found pieces with a flat side so they could be glued down easily.  These rubble piece were painted the same colour as the main temple.

For those about to flock, we salute you.

Around the outside of the temple I painted the ground a grass green.  This was then covered in PVA glue and various green/olive/brown/static grass scatter was applied.  Grass and flower tufts were then applied.  On the temple itself I glued on small patches of scatter and grass tufts to show weed growth.  Finally the rubble painted previously was glued on top of the grass area and on parts of the temple.

Top view of the finished piece

So did I achieve my goal of taking a cheap piece of terrain and detailing it to a higher level?  Yes I think so.  However there are still areas where the cheapness of the original shows through.  The tops of the broken columns are a bit too rounded.  The back and side walls are too uniform.  I think steps all the way around would have looked better.  However I do now want to purchase one of the larger ruined keeps/tower pieces that Amera make as I still see value in the time saved by having the basic structure already done rather than making the entire piece from scratch.  If I had all the time in the world I would buy some of the Hirst molds and make things brick by brick but that just isn't the case currently.

Front view