The Effects of the Wildfires out West

   We of those in Minnesota are feeling some of the effects of the Forest Fires their having out West and in Canada. We are hundreds of miles from these disasters going on. There is an Air Quality Alert for the state. being out side for any length of time will make feel like you have a small choking effect and coughing. 

For the weekend they are predicting the smoke problem will only be come greater as the wind change and will be blowing in more smoke. Currently we can smell like a combination between the flavor of burning wood from a campfire and that Yuk of a heap of garbage being burned. 

I can only imagine how bad the air is for those much closer to these events.

Here is a few pictures of around here right now.

I truly hope the West gets the rain they need to help quench the fires. 

 

Some New Terrain Painted

 I made some Polymer Clay terrain pieces some time back and finally got around to painting some. These are just some random terrain items. However I do want to make some as points of interest later on. These are going to look really good on the Gaming Table and can be use in other genres of gaming. 

I have some other items I wish to make copies of I am waiting for some reusable molding to come in the mail in the meantime.

Here is the first one.

Using purple and white side by side to make streaks then a black wash followed by white highlights.

 

This was it before.

Next up is..

Here I did blue and purple to form streaks.

Here's the before

I have to have some pointy crystals too.

and before..

I also have to have some vegetation too..

the before...

These were all with Scuply Clay on fender washers then baked as directed, and then painted. I placed a drop of each color mentioned side by side and just let the brush make the streaks. I then painted everything else around the base, the base and rocks. Ones dry I gave everything a black wash and let dry then finished with a white highlight on the crystals and other lighter tones on everything else. I sealed everything with a brush on acrylic sealer and then coated all the crystals with Mod Podge to give them a shine to them.

All in all they came out great. They will make for some duck and cover terrain on the table or even points of interest.