Creating realistic scenery part 1 - Ground coloring and grass - Detailed tutorial

This video present ground covering fundamentals for diorama and model railroad. How to establish and produce color references to maintain consistent and realistic ground coloring through the build. It also presents materials and techniques for the first ground layers of the landscape.

Link to the video "Ultimate guide to Static Grass application":

Link to the video "Realistic Mountains":

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[Bigbuddyandblue]

Misunderstood: my ground-cover smells like oregano, and my spaghetti sauce is crunchy 😮

[tvtoms]

I have a metal sheet pan to which I clip parchment paper. Black spring metal office supply clips are fantastic for this. Then I attach the ground wire clip to one of those and it helps tremendously with the grass standing up on it's own.

[melkitson]

As always a really good instructive video.

[mrlsbennett]

Danke vielmals! Thank you a lot! I build terrain for my villages and learned wire a few tips with this one!

[GiantBoarMonster]

Didn't know about the brush stippling trick on the turf, it really does help transition between the colors.

[bradcraig]

Very useful video, full of great tips and techniques. Looking forward the the rest of the series.

[MegaTurbolol]

Very good advices ! But I would seal it by spraying "wet water", then a mix of PVAglue/water/drop of dishwash, as for ballast. This allows all the work to stay well in place, and be able to be vacuumed later for cleaning

[ericsainte]

Although I am an experienced modeller it is always useful to review the basics. And here again I learned new tricks (mainly about chinchilla sand). About static grass glue, you can make your own cheaper one diluting matt mod podge. I use it now as my only scenic glue, reserving PVA for wood or card assemblies and gloss mod podge to create water effects over a resin base. The advantage is that for the cost of a 250 gr of Noch glue you can make thrice the quantity using 500gr mod podge plus water and a bit of IPA or dish soap. Also you can apply it thick or dilute it to a runnier consistency to spray or soak a surface with a spray bottle or a pipette.

[ArcadiaJunctionHobbies]

super video - it really brings home the very real art of this wonderful hobby.

[momandsontrainrailfans]

Thank you so much for sharing your expertise 😊

[maciejzielinski]

Super video 👍dziękuję bardzo i pozdrawiam serdecznie 😃

[lindaoffenbach]

I suppose observation of nature itself and its colouring profoundly for the erea one wants to model, would evidently be a solid starting point. For us, the next decision was what materials to use, as it can become very costly. We've decided to use as much from real nature as possible and to filter it, treat it for hygiene, apply it, conserve it and then make sure that the end result can be vacuumed of course. You'd be surprised what real nature can provide, even different colours of sand, stone chips which can be grinded down, small woods, et, etc... Static grass and building materials are a different matter of course. We are lucky to live near a forest and nature all around us but most certainly, the 'need' for commercial products (and cost) in all cases can be greatly reduced by thinking alternatively...

[maxbrandt]

You have good info, I'm aiming more for 1/24 scale automotive dioramas so some of this will work for me.

[DreamBigBuildSmall]

Great video. As a new diorama builder these videos are invaluable.

[whatacrazzydude]

I've been making dioramas in different scales since I was a kid. I'm 55 now and always interested in how others create their landscapes and which colors they like. Great video! I am anxiously awaiting the next videos. 👍

[hovermotion]

Superb information and video as always...

[thaidyed]

Speaking of Mars... has anyone ever made a Martian layout? I'm thinking maybe draft & print up some futuristic car bodies and swap onto an COTS train set, some domed cities, spice up the track with some LED's that track with the train... it's coming together in my mind.

[mooglesmodelrailways]

Good video Martin, informative as always. Some people use tiling grout instead of chinchilla sand but I would say the sand is easier to get. Easiest place for cheap pigments is eBay.

Hardest to model rocks I've ever done were red sandstone (South Devon, UK) ones. For a start they're not red, more a reddy brown but in some light appear more red!

I ended up making a wash to go over the red/brown base colour out of red and brown inks. Seem to remember the red being about 60% of the wash. The pigment in ink being stronger than paint hence it's use.

Photos are invaluable as you said but allow for the conditions the photo was taken in, especially if off the web!

[devisschergeoffroy]

Great video! I can’t wait for the 2 next ones!

[kylevezie]

I can’t seem to make my stati grass stand up right for the little patches on the wax paper-( am I doing something wrong?