Hello all, I'm building my first diorama (which is more of a display stand) and I was wondering how one would go about making long grass like in a field. tnx

Woodland Scenics makes a nice selction of grasses which can be used from 1/35 on up. Woodland Scenics can usually be found in the Rail Road section of the hobby shop.
They type I'm talking about are longer field grasses. they're realtively cheap and one packgake will go a long way, though I advocate getting both a green one and a brown one and mixing the strands together, it looks better than one uniform color.
HTH

I use the bristles from an old shaving brush or a paintbrush (not the ome to paint the models, the big ones you buy at hardware stores...
Ciao

The above posts are great methods. Another one is to get a section of twine (the rough stuff you used to see packages tied together with). It may be called Hemp roap or Hemp string. It's twisted thin strands of material. Untwist and trim to length. You'll want to paint it first. Let it soak for a while to get the color deep in the material.

Main point - be creative and use whatever you have available.

I used Sloder's idea. It worked really well. I did not paint it though since it was already the color I wanted. I'll have pictures of the finished product in the Rivet Review Board very soon

Take a look at My Gallery below. You'll see long grass, as well. as turf. Both are Woodland Scenics. The base was painted and rocks and other details fully painted. The turf wa attached with white glue. The long grass was attached by drilling a hole thorigh the white metal base before anything was done to it. Then a thin wire loop was pushed though from the bottom. A clum pf grass was eased through the loop and this was pulled back through the base unti I was happy with the length of the grass. Super glue and accelerator were applied from under the base. When I had altached all the clumpes, I shave off the excess from underneath. The final touc was a bunch of Woodland Scenics foam based shrubbery pieces.

I got some Sisal moss from a florists it can be cut to any length its already green but can be tinted easily. :-)

I'm in the "bristle brush" following. i take a 2" wide brush (about $1), and soak it over night in a light green (summer) or beige (winter) acryllic wash thinned with water. This stains the hairs on the brush in a very realistic way. While i usually cut small "clumps" to make weeds, you can bunch them together or cut wider clumps to make a wider path of growth.

You can see the effect in the picture below from the Feature>Diorama>Hall of Fame "Coloring a Church Ruin". Look near the iron fence or the corner of the church near the front door.

Machu:

I've attached a pic that shows a couple of the methods suggested above. The green grasses on the left are bristles from an old paint brush, and the grass clumps to the right are the Woodland scenic products mentioned by Porkster.

Not the best pic, but it shows the difference in the two methods. Good luck with your project.
Steve