Miniature Garden-Base

 I had a cheaply made wooden table but the legs were on badly and i had planned to reassemble it. However after consideration I thought it would be better if used for something else.

 Luckily this all coincided with getting a few other dollhouse items. Including what i can only assume if a balcony railing.

I decided to use it as a garden example, just to practice what sort of things work with each other. I drilled holes in the base and painted it with a thin coat of brown acrylic. Then traced the outline on thick card and drew sketched some crazy paving on it







 I knew roughly what i wanted to do and used a few pictures from google for texture and colour reference. Drawing out each individual stone like this worked really well and meant i had more control over the arrangement.  

Each piece was glued down as they were cut out and only a couple were cut down. I had made sure to keep the hole for the trailing which meant pocking a small hole in the of the back stones 

I used Flower Soft high tack PVA glue for between the stones as this stayed exactly where it was put, didn't absorb into the wood instantly and dried relatively quickly. The moss was collected from my allotment and all i did with it was cut it into little pieces so they'd fit in the gaps. 

The rest of the wood was covered in chunks of moss and I used a thinner pva as it was a larger space.

I fastened the railing to the base with thin wire (most of which was cut off or hidden later). Then on the mossy end and backside I put a thick blob of hot glue to further secure it. All the hot was covered in moss once it has completely dried