Warren Branch

[KNP]

Looking much better.

Here is a picture I took about 10yrs ago of the canal at Cropedy.

I reckon about half that need on your one and don't forget this would all be cut with scythes (if at all) so would be uneven.  

 

 

PS

I was standing on a bridge before some bright spark reckons I was walking on water!!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 1, 2023 by KNP

[chuffinghell]

the aerial shots made it look uniform so I’ve tried to take a photo to show just how ‘messy’ it really is

 

I’ve used as many different materials I had to hand

[longchap]

57 minutes ago, chuffinghell said:

the aerial shots made it look uniform so I’ve tried to take a photo to show just how ‘messy’ it really is

 

I’ve used as many different materials I had to hand

 

Wow, you're a right messy lad Chris. Welcome to the messy boy's room. That's looking really good 👍

 

Edited January 1, 2023 by longchap
Apostrophe catastrophe

[KNP]

Welcome to the world of messy and the dishevelled.

Great effort and those boundaries are being pushed away.

Looking forward to seeing the end result.

 

[Adrian Stevenson]

Looks great 👍 

[Fishplate]

Looking great 👍

[MAP66]

Excellent work Chris, your leap of faith has paid off - welcome to the messy Universe. 

[NHY 581]

15 hours ago, chuffinghell said:

the aerial shots made it look uniform so I’ve tried to take a photo to show just how ‘messy’ it really is

 

I’ve used as many different materials I had to hand

 

 

Tidy

 

 

[St Enodoc]

9 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

 

 

Tidy

 

 

Well, tidily untidy, if you get my drift.

[chuffinghell]

Made a start on the embankment, base layer of 2mm static grass added

 

 

I’ll build up the layers over the coming  evenings I generally use four different colours in three different lengths 

 

Got a little glue on the towpath unfortunately but it might be okay, if not I’m sure I can sort it out.

 

I’m still not sure how to weather the towpath but I am considering making a few potholes and filling with resin as puddles…..maybe

[NHY 581]

And there it was........green. 

 

Adding the static grass really brings a layout to life.

 

Top job, Chris. 

[Winslow Boy]

Are now we are getting there. That's really, really has made one heck of a difference.

 

I wouldn't worry to much about any spillage onto the tow path  Chris that'll just add to the air of neglect your after.

[chuffinghell]

I think I might have overdone the static grass 😫

 

I’ll take a photo tomorrow evening but if it doesn’t pass muster I’ll get the beard trimmer on charge 🙄

 

Maybe the clumpy, rough,  none standy-uppy will look better once dry

[NHY 581]

Hi Chris, 

 

Perhaps I'm the wrong one to comment, given my predilection with unkempt, overgrown, all consuming,  hippy grass but.............

 

If your fibres won't sit erect on first application, get the hoover out, before they realise what's happening.  Holding the nozzle about an inch above will generally get things standing to attention. No closer though as the nozzle can get drawn down and you end up with crop circles. 

 

I know this..............

 

 

Rob. 

Edited January 5, 2023 by NHY 581

[chuffinghell]

8 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

……..Holding the nozzle about an inch above will generally get things standing to attention. No closer though as the nozzle can get drawn down and you end up with crop circles…….

I’ve done that before but I get crop rectangles

 

24hrs later and it doesn’t look as bad as I thought

 

 

 

[chuffinghell]

 

The light/white patches are touch ups I’ve done this evening

[Rowsley17D]

Looking good so far, Chris. It would have been a rough piece of ground.

[NHY 581]

11 minutes ago, chuffinghell said:

24hrs later and it doesn’t look as bad as I thought

 

 

 

 

 

Chris, that looks fab. Good mix of colours. Excellently random. 

 

You should be very damn er.......... chuffed. 

 

Rob. 

[57xx]

11 minutes ago, chuffinghell said:

 

The light/white patches are touch ups I’ve done this evening

 

Looks good so far, don't forget to get that edge of the path next to the embankment unkept and not razor straight.

[Tortuga]

51 minutes ago, chuffinghell said:

I’ve done that before but I get crop rectangles

 

24hrs later and it doesn’t look as bad as I thought

 

 

 

Looks like a rough unkempt grass embankment to me. I didn’t even notice the neat edge to the towpath until @57xxpointed it out.

[chuffinghell]

I still need to add the bushes and weeds along the towpath to soften the edge the same as I did on the left hand side…

 

 

I won’t do that until the static grass adhesive has fully cured and I’ve addressed the odd bald patch

 

Edited January 5, 2023 by chuffinghell

[John Besley]

What Static grass applicator do you use?

[chuffinghell]

3 minutes ago, John Besley said:

What Static grass applicator do you use?

I use the WWS Pro (the big one)

 

 

I bought it when they first came out so there might be better ones available now

[John Besley]

On 03/01/2023 at 19:52, chuffinghell said:

Made a start on the embankment, base layer of 2mm static grass added

 

 

I’ll build up the layers over the coming  evenings I generally use four different colours in three different lengths 

 

Got a little glue on the towpath unfortunately but it might be okay, if not I’m sure I can sort it out.

 

I’m still not sure how to weather the towpath but I am considering making a few potholes and filling with resin as puddles…..maybe

 

For another alternative method on scenery check out Nightshift Modeler...

 

He primes all his scenery including grass in black primer for shadows and the paints all the details back in

 

 

[SimonDCC]

On 01/01/2023 at 18:01, chuffinghell said:

I’ve probably gone too far
 

 

 

that’s looking great & KNPs words spot on. 
I’m liking both colour & texture variation & also that some bank sections have overhanging foliage & others do not - seems right to me