Realistic grass!!

I made a thing for putting in tall grass. It should work in any scale. I use tall grass from Woodland Scenices or bristles from really cheap paint brushes. Maybe this will help.

http://public.fotki.com/daveinthehat/how-i-make-stuff/grass-putt-er-in-er/

Thanks guys....

I looked at static grass and thought that it didnt look quite real, but once it was on the base with an earth colour underneath it looked good.

Cheers

Mark

Do you have a Michaels in the area? If so then go back to the craft section where they have the terracotta pots. There is a product there called Pot Toppers. The are the best looking grass I have ever seen.. It has a variety of height and the color is near actual color but it will require painting. Just separate the mat so that you only use the outermost green layer. It has a layer of cotton and a backing of red wood chips. Trust me.. It's good looking stuff..

Here is a link: http://ardleybridge.fotopic.net/c1501517.html

I have some of the Silfor and vairous grass mats and they don't hold a candle to this stuff for variety and cost.. A Silfor mat is very expensive but the Pot Toppers are $3

rescuehawk wrote:

I don't know if this is much help, but here's a picture of a project I did using static grass. It was drybrushed with some yellow paint to tone down the green a bit. Pete

This looks like its from an episode of the Twilight Zone! Nice grass BTW.

daveinthehat wrote:

I made a thing for putting in tall grass. It should work in any scale. I use tall grass from Woodland Scenices or bristles from really cheap paint brushes. Maybe this will help. http://public.fotki.com/daveinthehat/how-i-make-stuff/grass-putt-er-in-er/

Dave

That is an excellent idea. Are the holes in the base pre-made and thus filled with glue before pushing in the loaded grass-putt-er-in-er?

Cheers

Mike