Author:  Created:  Rating: SCSPIEKER May. 13, 2002, 09:15AM   0 Ratings     12345     As I had worked to finish a field stone ruin, I had been perplexed on how to glue down all of the static grass which I wanted to apply - without getting adhesive all over areas where grass should not be. The answer was very simple, but I did not realize it until after I had completed the entire process in a different fashion. Firstly, I had painted the entire base with acrylic brown paint - covering much of the rubble areas as well as the edges of the base itself. After this base coat had dried, I had drybrushed the rubble with an almost white paint (ordinary flat acrylic or latex house paint). Then I went back to the brown paint - I had painted the base again in small areas at a time, careful to apply the paint in areas where grass would grow rather wildly. I then applied static grass by punching some out of the bag and then rubbing my pinched fingers together to allow some of the grass to squeeze out and drop over the still-wet paint. Much of the grass had then been affixed to the base with just one application. Once the grass had been applied in this fashion, I then was worried that it would wear off with constant handling and use/abuse during game play. So I moved the model to the garage and thought about what could be used to secure the grass to the base more securely. Then I had come up with the idea that I would use a spray, but one that would not ruin the over-all appearance of the model, then it hit me. I had sprayed the entire model with a liberal coat of Testors Dull-Coat spray. This is a matte spray used on models and figures to give them a lasting protection and offered a complete solution in one step. This is where I had learned that I could have used Dull-Coat to affix the static grass onto the base without having to reapply the paint again. As I sprayed, only a very small amount of the static grass actually blew off, thus capturing the original look and feel of the grass and it's placement. The dull coat acted like a hardener as well as an adhesive. Once the model had dried completely, I had dry brushed the grass with a lighter brown/ivory color and I was astonished that NONE of the static grass was willing to come off of the base - even with persistant brushing! The grass had developed a hard, almost crunchy, texture and layed in different patterns around the base, giving it a cold, lonely, and wind swept feel - which is what I was really going for. Now that this first project is completed, I will be starting on a couple of others with the same theme as a part of a new table I am invisioning for my Confrontation Keltois figures. SCSPIEKER - Fun gaming information and links  Public Comments Please log in to post a comment    You must be a registered member to post comments. You may sign-in Here.

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