hey all well, i remembered a modelor at an expo i was at recently, telling me how to make the static grass stand up, some or most of you may have your own ways of doing this but for those of you who dont:

1. mix water with white glue 50:50

2.sprinkle static grass over glue mixture until the white glue is covered and cannotbe seen.

3. let the glue harden for 6 minutes then, get an old make up brush or paint brush, and gently brush forwards and backwards over the drying static grass therefore you will be standing up the grass with the brush strokes , and also standing them up using static electricity.

thats it, enjoy


matt

Hi Matt

That sounds like a good idea. Great timing to, I'll be laying down some static grass the first part of the week. I'll give this tech a try.

Wolfsix

thnx for reply wolfsix i am really happy some ones getting something out of this teck.

good luck, and pm me when you get the results

matt

yeah.. mthats a great tec! I´m working on a new dio, and when I move to the grass, i´ll give it a try!Thanks!

I just gently blow across it. Stands up on it's own.

I always "launch" my grass into the glue using an old shampoo bottle, after that I hang my diorama upside down...let gravity do its job. a few gentle blows when it hangs upside down and that grass stands up beautifully.

like is said , this is a technique , one of many others.

I try to blow across the grass, but i seem to do something wrong, it doesn't quite work. I'll try your tip next time matt.

Here's another technique for static grass, provided you're not bald! After laying or spraying down your static grass, pass your comb through hait a few times to build up a static charge on the comb, and then pass it closely over the grass. The static will make the grass stand straight up. You will have to comb your hair quite a few times to do a diorama, but it will improve your personal grooming.
P.S. Static grass works OK for small scales - 1/72, 1/76, HO, and even S, but I find it too short , unless you're doing a golf course diorama. It's too short and uniform for country-side grass.