"Re-Applying Static Grass to Bases?" Topic
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Prince Alberts Revenge | 25 Apr 2021 6:03 p.m. PST |
Noticed some of my bases don't have quite the same density of static grass as others. Is there a preferred method for re-applying static grass that already has figures on it? I used thinned woodlands scenic glue and a puffer bottle for initial application. thanks! |
CeruLucifus | 25 Apr 2021 10:24 p.m. PST |
I imagine the thing to avoid is accidentally gluing to the grass. Scrape a bare spot large enough to lay a patch of glue without getting much on the grass. Re-apply with your puffer bottle. If you're not already doing this, first, paint your base earth color before applying grass. Then when some grass comes off the base, it just looks like a bare patch. |
Colonel Bogey | 26 Apr 2021 3:16 a.m. PST |
Matt varnish can work well as an adhesive for flock. So when it falls off, there is no shiny surface (which you can get with PVA-type glues) showing. If you use an electrostatic flock box in the first place (which can be a messy process), I find you get a much denser set of "grass" in the first place, which can afford to lose a few hairs. |
Prince Rupert of the Rhine | 26 Apr 2021 4:11 a.m. PST |
Depending on how much flock you've put on (patches or the whole base?) and the size of your bases (individual or impetus style multi basing?) the least messy way I can think of touching up the bases on individual miniatures is just to use self adhesive grass tufts to patch up the gaps/thin areas. You don't even have to worry about matching the tufts to your original grass as different shades of grass wouldn't look unnatural. If you want to re-apply using glue and a puffer bottle I wouldn't worry about covering up the grass you already have. Model railway guys, who produce some fantastic looking grass scenery, frequently build up their static grass in several layers, of different lengths of static grass, on top of each other with no issues |
Given up for good | 26 Apr 2021 12:14 p.m. PST |
The issue I find with the layers is having to use a spray glue and keeping it off the figures but on the grass. Could you get away with using a selection of tufts rather than grassing them? You may have to 'trim' some of the figure bases you are happy with and flock them but removing grass and tufting is easier in my mind than adding it. |
Herkybird | 26 Apr 2021 3:59 p.m. PST |
I nowadays just brush glass polyurethane varnish over the painted base, stick it in a box with flock in, while I varnish the next base, then take the first figure out, and gently shake of the excess flock. When they are all dry I seal the bases with a matt varnish (Xtracolor XDFF). I replace bald or thinned areas with XDFF on a brush, pick up some loose flock on the damp brush, and work it in on the base. |
Anthropicus | 26 Jun 2021 6:33 a.m. PST |
Adding additional layers of static grass on top of already placed grass is actually a core technique for model scenery! This lets you give it more variety and texture, making it less uniform with some sections standing higher. Brush thinned PVA glue over top of the static grass that's already there. Avoid saturating it, just try to hit the grass so the water doesn't seep into the glue holding the existing static grass and release it. |
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