Realistic grass!!

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

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.

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

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

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/