Table Top Landscaping

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I’m curious what you folks use for simulating Grass (dead or live), snow, weeds, ground, etc…[?]

I am aware of the rolls of green grass available at most hobby stores. I remember vacumming that stuff up from every corner of the house when I was a kid[V]

I’ve seen the snow wrap (xmas tree skirts) at Walmart. I’ve also checked out the snow felt at a local faberic store. That last one was really pretty, with just the rite amount of miniscule sparkles in it. It blows away the Walmart xmas tree skirts for looks. Of course at $10 a yard it better be good! HA!

That being said, what other materials have you folks come across that make good t6able top layout ground cover for holiday and non-holiday themes[?]

Thanks… Bobby

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Here are some sites that may be helpful !
http://www.scenicexpress.com/
http://www.woodlandscenics.com/

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I use a tight-pile dark green indoor carpet on my small 5x8 layout. Of course, eveything is flat…I make believe the setting is in Delaware[:D] Joe

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I first paint the surface with flat green latex paint. While the paint is still wet ,I sprinkle on woodland scenics medium turf. Csxt30 aluded to woodland scenics products above. You can’t hardly go wrong with their stuff.

George

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I did the same as George, but used dirt brown color for paint so the light spots just look like ground showing through, more like my grass at my house.

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I use fine sawdust dyed with latex paint. I just paint the are with burnt umber paint and sprinkle on with an old colunder.

Here is a recently completed area on my layout using the above method

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Hard to beat the Scenic Express product and it’s readily available. Here’s our album address, you can see how it all went together.
Jon
http://jands.logicalgeek.com/main.php

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I guess I’m a diehard.I use oil based paint and then sprinkle the woodland scenics materials on it wet.The oil paint takes longer to dry so you can do larger area at a time and not need to work so fast.There is the smell but I live with it. I’ve also used oil and latex together when necessary.I open all the paint cans and just dip a brush into each in turn and blend the colors that way.I use yellow,green and brown with a little black for rock areas,just splotching it on.With the multi-color base wet i sprinkle light brown earth over the greenish areas and burnt grass and other greens over the brown areas.By playing with the colors like this you get so many more shades and variations as the oil paint is absorbed into the ground coverings you’re adding.Here is where the extra drying time comes in handy.The effect is pretty amazing.Then I add bushes and other folliage with white glue or Walther’s GOO.
Ed