I’d say look at you local railroad hobby shop for some ground stuff that would look the part. In 1/35 simple paint will not do it, either dirt or grass. 

Thanks for the response. May check out hobby lobby or Michaels this weekend.

Hobby Lobby in our town carries a lot of good material for ground cover, bushes, trees, etc.

Recon89

Hobby Lobby in our town carries a lot of good material for ground cover, bushes, trees, etc.

 

yeah i got a hobby lobby near base that i go to once in awhile. I’ll check it out this weekend.

I have not built any of the mini art buildings or dio sets yet, but have to ditto what Stik said. In this scale, paint just won't look right. There is a wide rtange of gound materials out there and if done right they can look very realistic.

Is this the one your doing.

If so, for that area at the front, i think i would use some grass tufts.

Bish

I have not built any of the mini art buildings or dio sets yet, but have to ditto what Stik said. In this scale, paint just won't look right. There is a wide rtange of gound materials out there and if done right they can look very realistic.

Is this the one your doing.

If so, for that area at the front, i think i would use some grass tufts.

 

no my kit is this one 

https://www.amazon.com/Mini-Art-Plastics-Village-Section/dp/B003S2A9QW

I like the cobblestone section but it looks like it needs to have grass sections. I have some of the Vallejo weathering dirt which i may add to this kit. I used Mig earth and Mig dust for the dirt section as just a paint on.

This is the village scene I did.

I guess I dont know how to post pictures. I used the instructions from a forum post. Computers and I have a love/hate relationship. They love to mess with me and I hate them.

Hello!

So you mean this one:

I can recommend a product Heki 3385 for the smallest vegetation. Glueing small amounts of static grass would work here, too - and it's good to mix more than one length of it for interesting variation.

Hope it helps - good luck with your dio and have a nice day

Paweł

I am still very much a beginner when it comes to groundwork.

in this case, I used sifted dirt and static grass for most of the roadside area. Some fine gravel in the ditch and foliage deadfall was made from crushed seasonings like oregano or some similar looking stuff. The shrubs are railroad scale foliage from Hobby Lobby, as is the basic wood plaque that I made this upon.

Longtime railroad modeler here.

I'd warn against using any "edibles" in dioramas. It will attract critters who will destroy your diorama.

A good source of mineral materials is the aquarium store. The good ones usually have a wide range of gravels that they sell cheaply by the pound.

When you look for grasses, avoid the ones that are ground up foam rubber. It doesn't ever look quite right. 

Yeah, static grass is cheap and simple to use. Just smear some white glue like Elmer's where you want it, sprinkle on the static grass and then blow on it to remove the excess and get it to stand up. 

Only cavert is don't buy the super green stuff unless you're modeling a golf course. The more yellowish 'grass' looks better. 

Yeah I’ve had some good grass and bad grass. Sometimes it’s either too thick and ruff and won’t come apart or it pulls apart perfectly. Im looking for grass that’s more yellowish in nature just cause it’ll be a summertime diorama 

Thank you. I have often wondered about using anything that could decompose. 

stikpusher

I am still very much a beginner when it comes to groundwork.

Dunno, that looks pretty spot on to me.  (Other than it does not have the ubiquitous German road pylons.)

CapnMac82

 

 

stikpusher

I am still very much a beginner when it comes to groundwork.

 

 

Dunno, that looks pretty spot on to me.  (Other than it does not have the ubiquitous German road pylons.)

 

I debated putting those in or not.... decided to stay with just the location sign...