Adding grass

I use celluclay and while still damp add the ground covering. I use static grass and tamp it down a bit into the wet celluclay. With shrubs and such, you can either add while still wet or drill small holes and glue into the dried plaster. I think while its damp you can make it look more realistic by working the plaster up around the shrubs base. Anyway, hope this helps.

if you're going to use plaster, id make sure to paint and weather it first, for dirt, then spread a thing layer (diluted with water) of elmer's white glue. then sprinkle the static grass down on that. personally i also use celluclay, as its easier to work with has a longer drying time, and is less likely to shatter than plaster (if you use it though, make sure to add a few drops of dish soap to the mix, it helps keep it from shrinking and warping when it dries).

the technique JGAGS mentioned works well for taller grass, not so much for the small stuff. i also find though that gluing grass right to the celluclay after the grass in the holes sets, provides a more realistic look, and the dried grass acts as a stabilizer for the grass being glued on

hope it helps

Thanks for the help guys. I ended up just coloring the plaster, adding some trees while it was still wet then add the ground cover after it had all dried. I would use celluclay, it looks good to work with, but i can't find it anywhere. Might have to bye it over the net next time.

Thanks

Im not sure what they call it down under wrc51 but celluclay is nothing more paper mache (ground up and pulverized paper product).

I use Celluclay for al my ground work, either directly on a base with holes drilled into it or over styrofoam for a deeper effect. I mix it with white glue and brown acrylic paint and throw in som HO railroad ballast if I'm doing bare ground. The easiest gras in 1/35 scale is Woodland Scenics fine turf. After your shaded and highlighted the dried celluclay, apply a thin layer of white glue and pour on some turf. If you want clumps of taller grass, drill some holes inthe dried celluclay and fold over some Woodland Scenics tall grass and insert these into the holes with white or superglue and trim to height.

I tend to add grass after the groundwork has dried and has been painted.