The parking lot again represents the "prototype" although there is room for only FOUR cars. That was measured off by putting four cars on the hill across the road from the houses and outlined with Sharpie. Also, roughed in a walkway outline.
Mixed up another cup of 50/50% white glue and water and brushed the solution over the outlined area. Tried to find some fine, gray gravel and threw in a little fine, black gravel in hopes of getting a little variety but that didn't help too much. After the glue and gravel were down, used a water-alcohol mix to wet the gravel then added more glue with a bulb-type syringe. Got a little carried away and had to mop up some glue!
Added some filtered real dirt in same manner for walkway,
along with a couple of lengths of hedge and two cedar trees at the front corners of the church. Used a scratch awl to punch the holes to plant the trees and got the holes a little too close to the church. Maybe they'll work.
Seemed to be on a roll, so chose to develop an unkempt field at the entry to the mill village. Used some earth tone-ish fine ground foam for bottom layer (with glue painted on as before followed by alcohol-water spray then syringe of more glue). While the glue was wet, used some 1.5 mm static grass with homemade dispenser for most of the field followed by 2 mm static grass as the blacktop and dirt road were approached. Threw in some wild flowers and some bushes plus one store-bought tree just for effect at the near corner.
Tried a little #4 hold hair spray and burnt grass fine foam sprinkled from above in hopes of adding some "highlights" to the tree and bushes, but about the only thing that happened was hair spray got on the road and other spots to glue static grass and foam to the dirt road. Oh well. . . .
Maybe some greener "grass" around the church and some shrubs soon.
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