| Battlescale | 08 Feb 2012 4:43 a.m. PST |
Does anyone have any ideas for making hedgerows that are both cheap and effective? I'm looking to make a load for use with 20/25mm figures but don't fancy spending a fortune but wouls like some near looking hedges.
Any suggestions? Cheers, |
 Editor in Chief Bill   | 08 Feb 2012 4:45 a.m. PST |
Sponges covered in flock? |
| MajorB | 08 Feb 2012 4:51 a.m. PST |
Pan scourers, cut to size.
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| Malibu Max | 08 Feb 2012 4:55 a.m. PST |
Contact a local upholster or upholstery supplier. They will probably sell sheets of rubberised horsehair quite cheaply and may even be willing to part with scraps etc. Cut to size/shape, brush with PVA glue and sprinkle flock etc on the top. Allow to dry and away you go. Max |
| Angel Barracks | 08 Feb 2012 4:58 a.m. PST |
Horse Hair Here> link Tis the way forwards as MMax siad.
If you slap dark brown paint on first any gaps made when flocking will look like branches. |
| Dynaman8789 | 08 Feb 2012 5:16 a.m. PST |
Furnace Filter Bocage. The Furnace Filter Itself costs a couple bucks for a BIG one. link |
| NoLongerAMember | 08 Feb 2012 5:29 a.m. PST |
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| Malibu Max | 08 Feb 2012 5:38 a.m. PST |
Buy the rubberised horsehair from an upholsterer – they will charge for a large sheet which should give you more than enough material. Model companies will charge pounds for a small pice less that 1' square… :-( Max |
| Battlescale | 08 Feb 2012 5:39 a.m. PST |
Cheers Fred. They look great! |
| VonTed | 08 Feb 2012 5:54 a.m. PST |
Good one Fred. I go pretty much this route for 15mm, except I start with a 6 foot length of half-round molding. |
| SgtPerry | 08 Feb 2012 6:33 a.m. PST |
Rubberized horse hair, lichens on a base, then glue small leaves, scatter. Glue static grass on the base. Tutorial
link Result
Olivier |
| Cornelius | 08 Feb 2012 6:37 a.m. PST |
For bocage hedges, I use expanded polystyrene as the earth bank painted and then mount on top a mixture of flocked horsehair and lichen. Get a variety pack of colours for the lichen: it looks much better. I also add in some small twigs (e.g. birch) to represent trees etc. The only thing that costs much is the lichen. |
| Pizzagrenadier | 08 Feb 2012 8:10 a.m. PST |
Try this. You'll never do them any other way after this :) link |
| VonTed | 08 Feb 2012 8:54 a.m. PST |
Bingo! This is what I do, without the extra flat base. |
| jgibbons | 08 Feb 2012 4:42 p.m. PST |
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| Given up for good | 08 Feb 2012 5:32 p.m. PST |
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| skinkmasterreturns | 08 Feb 2012 7:58 p.m. PST |
If you do use pan scourers,cut irregular chuncks out of them and pull at the fibers.Then use a spray adhesive and add flock,etc.Its a very effective way to do it.If I knew how to post pics up here,I would put mine up.I've got them in 3 different scales. |
| Patrice | 09 Feb 2012 10:31 a.m. PST |
Thank you guys! I was asking myself the same questions :) |
| bodie1252000 | 09 Feb 2012 10:53 a.m. PST |
did this not long ago, cut strips of foam core for a base and place toothpicks cut to size about a half inch apart in the base, then use white glue to attach cloth rag cut to size to the toothpicks. once it is dry paint the cloth a dark brown and when that dries slather a good bit of white glue on the cloth, liberally stack lichen on it and press flat using wax paper to keep whatever you are using to press from sticking to any glue that bleeds through. when the first side dries do the same to the other side. bare spots can be patched later or odd bits trimed with scissors. I used spackling to give the base a rock texture. |
