how do you make mud

Many different ways to achieve this, depending on how much mud you want.

For just bit of mud, you can apply little bits of modelling putty mixed with an earthtone paint and some white glue. Then overspray the lower part of the vehicle with Buff or another light brown. Top it off with some pastel chalks and it'll look good.

For a more heavy load (and remember your GPA wouldn't function well in heavy mud), apply larger quantities of the above putty mixture, add some course materials like coffee grounds, and something to represent bits of grass caught in the mud (I use hair).

Hope this helps a bit.

Question.... your hair?

Use the real thing, grab your self some dirt sift it to remove the big stuff then mix it with water ,white glue alittle sand and static grass and an earthy color acrylic paint. I use earth brown. Donot use enamels it will not work.static grass is the stuff for modelrailroading,woodland senic makes lots of this and other dioramic stuff.

Then aply it with a brush there is no exact way to mudding it up besides getit as little or heavt as you want it to go.

QUOTE: Originally posted by woodbeck3 Question.... your hair?

Started out using the hair of a Basset Hound that occupied my living room for the longest time. She eventually moved on to doggy heaven and I needed a new source.

I then moved on to plucking the odd hair from my daughter's brushes or on a rare occasion when I was in a hurry, right from the top of their heads.
They got smart and moved far away from me.

Eventually I was forced to use my own hair, mainly because I was told I wouldn't live long if I tried grabbing any of my wife's.

It does make great "organic" material in the mud.

robert has...........HAIR?????????

ROTFLMAO Good stuff!!

I use pastel chalks.
Shave some off the stick, and apply it with some gloss clear to fix it in place.

Worked for me!

How about achieving the slpash back from the wheels. Would using a wheel sized spinning object on the end of a low powered dremel, placed in a cup of the mud solution work? Has anyone ever tried something like this?

I have this nasty brain that tells me it would work, but sometimes it lies to me and the results are disasterous... don't even ask me about recharging 9V batteries or executing cockroaches with a 120volt electrical power cord... just take it for granted my brain said go ahead, but there are more than a couple of angels with burnt wings in heaven from those experiments. Kids, don't try that at home.

Don

QUOTE: Originally posted by paraclete1 How about achieving the slpash back from the wheels. Would using a wheel sized spinning object on the end of a low powered dremel, placed in a cup of the mud solution work? Has anyone ever tried something like this? I have this nasty brain that tells me it would work, but sometimes it lies to me and the results are disasterous...

The easiest thing to use here from my experience is a tooth brush .... load it and fire.
Once again though .... my wife says I can't use her's.

QUOTE: don't even ask me about recharging 9V batteries or executing cockroaches with a 120volt electrical power cord... just take it for granted my brain said go ahead, but there are more than a couple of angels with burnt wings in heaven from those experiments. Kids, don't try that at home. Don

Believe me .... I won't ask !!!!

I use squadron white putty, but I've heard that celluclay with static grass works good too.

Most of my modeling doesn't require a mud application but I had a roomate many years ago who used Elmer's Glue and baking cocoa. Slapped the gunk on with a long bristol brush and like somebody mentioned before a tooth brush. Highlighted with earth tone pastel chalks it looked pretty good.

I found an old post that worked well for me..
http://www.finescale.com/fsm/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=18630

Since I rarely use all of a bottle of paint, I often end up with a small amount at the bottom of the bottle that is too thick for much else but globbing it on. I use Floquil "mud" and "dirt" colors and get the thick stuff from the bottom of the bottle. If you have access to sawdust (like from under a table saw), it makes for great grass particles. Just sprinkle on wet paint. Pine sawdust looks like dried grass or hay.

I use a mixture of cell-u-clay, elmers glue, acrylic paint and water. it's worked pretty well so far. you can tint it any color you want and it really does look like heavy mud. maybe too heavy depending on the application. you might be able to throw it in a blender or something to get the paper shreds finer though.

~ Garth