11-20-2010, 12:07 PM
Good afternoon... haven't had time to post much or work on the layout for the past few days... 12+ hour days at work 
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Anyway, I figured I should get the scenery on the bayou banks done before I put the gloss gel and varnish on the water. Here is the look I am trying to get:
I decided to jump right in and try some stuff with static grass, hoping that it wil look okay. First, I painted on a layer of Alene's Tacky Glue on the area under the abutment, and sprinkled some sandy dirt into the glue. Let it dry for a bit, and brushed the excess off.
Next, applied some glue in spots, at random, over the area.
Used the rebuilt GrassBlaster to put down various colors of static grass, this is the shorter stuff from Woodland Scenics, I think it is 2 mm length. Note that the static probe is just pushed into the foam, not necessarily where the glue is. The foam has a propensity for static already, and since the grassblaster is based on the phenomenon of capacitance, the conductance of the materials don't appear to be that critical.
And what I have so far. The glue isn't dry yet, but will shrink and become clear as it dries. I'll add some more photos later once the glue is dry.
.Anyway, I figured I should get the scenery on the bayou banks done before I put the gloss gel and varnish on the water. Here is the look I am trying to get:
I decided to jump right in and try some stuff with static grass, hoping that it wil look okay. First, I painted on a layer of Alene's Tacky Glue on the area under the abutment, and sprinkled some sandy dirt into the glue. Let it dry for a bit, and brushed the excess off.
Next, applied some glue in spots, at random, over the area.
Used the rebuilt GrassBlaster to put down various colors of static grass, this is the shorter stuff from Woodland Scenics, I think it is 2 mm length. Note that the static probe is just pushed into the foam, not necessarily where the glue is. The foam has a propensity for static already, and since the grassblaster is based on the phenomenon of capacitance, the conductance of the materials don't appear to be that critical.
And what I have so far. The glue isn't dry yet, but will shrink and become clear as it dries. I'll add some more photos later once the glue is dry.
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