does anyone have a good idea for making groundcover, bushes, and undergrowth? i need something other than woodland scenics static grass and tall grass. Any ideas? pics would be nice.
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ian

I used for my latest dio garden moss. Here are some pics. Teh left one I used for the underground. The right one I used for my tree.


For my T-55 underground I used sand mixed with some PVA glue. When it was dry I painted it with sand colours
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Hi Ian,

There are a lot of guys here that do excellent groundcover and I'm just a novice compared to them but here's goes. Are you looking at temperate or tropical? I work with a lot of natural stuff, after all what best to imitate nature than nature herself.

If your'e into torturing yourself with scratchbuiding which I am, then grass can be simulated with hemp or hair from paint brushes. I find the brushes used for wood varnishing the best as they're relatively cheap, long enough to cut into the lengths you want and absord paint well. I'm also experimenting with preserving some live vegetation (in my gallery).

Additional groundcovers can consist of dried vegetation that resemble ferns and broadleaf covers you get from the florist. You might want to avoid the plastic stuff especially the ones you get from aquariums as the size is usually a bit off. Dried leaves on the ground can be simulated with dried tea leaves which incidentally make fairly good leaves for small bushes. Paint as desired.

The pic below has grasses made from coconut fibres (found on welcome mats and some sofas) and the varnish brush I mentioned. Forest litter is from tea leaves.Sorry the pic is a bit grainy.



Should have more pics if I get off my butt and finish my 3rd. dio based on a secondary jungle scene sometime early August.

A few months ago a made the perfect mistake. I collected some twigs and that kind of stuff in my garden for my dio. When my dio was finished I put all the twigs in a bottle. Nothing special but I forgot to make the bottle dry after I washed it. So I put everything in and sealled it off. After a month or so I took that bottle and it was a living nature inside Some twigs had the most beautiful moss and stuff on it. But I throw it al away because it was full of mildew and raggs. Now I am trying it again:) If nature do her job, I will make some photo's.

You can also have a look here...
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Here are some ideas too
https://armorama.kitmaker.net//features/389&page=1

or head to Michaels to the dried flowers section and check out some of the bundles there.

thanks all for your posts, ill definetly try them!!
cheers
ian

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hi ian, its like jurjen said gargen moss.but my view is make sure you dry the moss out over night & shake any bits off you can also paint over the moss has in time to come the moss goes dryed up light brown (great for the jungle) ok ian HAVE FUN warzone

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