Got quite a bit done today. We'd basecoated the sand with Bleached Bone (now Ushabti Bone), but using 12ml pots was taking just too long (and too many pots!). Decided to try and pick up a larger pot of acrylic paint, and settled on this from Hobbycraft:
Really pleased with the result:
On the advice of Si A we also picked up some aquarium plants to use for foilage in the central "green" area. These packs were around £9 each, and really look the part:
We began to flock the green area but a massive miscalculation left us short, so a trip down to Total Wargamer will be required this week to pick up some more.
Did manage to make some progress on the stockade though, just a couple more walls and internal platforms left to do. So this is where we are the moment:
Really pleased with the result:
On the advice of Si A we also picked up some aquarium plants to use for foilage in the central "green" area. These packs were around £9 each, and really look the part:
We began to flock the green area but a massive miscalculation left us short, so a trip down to Total Wargamer will be required this week to pick up some more.
Did manage to make some progress on the stockade though, just a couple more walls and internal platforms left to do. So this is where we are the moment:
Figures painted in 2016: 4 
"What this game needs is a panda with a chaingun."
"What this game needs is a panda with a chaingun."