The Green Green Grass
I decided I wanted to have a whack at ballasting, and whilst I was at it, I may as well try out other scenic techniques. In the past I’d made some very bad ‘grass’ areas using the basic scatter material, so this time I thought I’d see if I could do better.
I had a Noch starter kit, which included scatter, static grass, a grass mat, lichen, trees, and other random stuff.
So I took a spare bit of Plywood, and started work.
First of all, I glued down a piece of spare track, and painted it with my airbrush. I used some acrylic Burnt Umber, which was lightened down a touch to make it look more rusty.
Next, I used the age old method of PVA and Water in a 50:50 mix, with some isopropyl alcohol to make it flow.
Next up I laid some static grass. On one side I painted the base first a brown shade. The other side I didn’t bother. I basically wanted to see if it made much difference. It seems it did to a certain degree, but I think the shade of brown I used was a bit too brown, and not sufficiently earth-coloured. The reasoning behind doing it was that it gave a nice base, and didn’t show through as much as just plain baseboard.
I also stuck down a section of Scalescenes road, and edged it up roughly with static grass. Plus I stuck a couple of trees in.
On the whole it looks OK, and makes a good starting point. As it stands, it’s a bit sterile, and needs detail. The details should make it look better.
Not bad for a first attempt though!
