How to make easy tall grass bushes
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Here's a real simple way to speed up your terrain building by making simple tall grass bushes in advanced. .
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this maybe one of the best tips ever Mel!
That was really frigging cool. And just what I needed to see for my next project. Genius.
Thanx for all the great tips. And the way you deliver your tutorials.
Brilliant Mel!! Thanks for continuing to find ways to keep this hobby of ours to drive me bonkers.
Cheers matey :o)
This just made my hobbying so much simpler
'Tis brillig! I've just started fighting with this stuff for the first time and now I think you've won the war for me.
Awesome mate
No worries mate, happy to share :o)
Really good idea and very well presented! For my next diorama I will try out the variant right away. Your positive lifestyle is contagious! Thank you very much!
It's what I'm here for buddy!
This... this is a beautiful thing
Best. Channel. Ever.
Thanks
Typical of my luck/timing, that I find this video AFTER I've breen struggling with a hot glue gun to stick clumps of this stuff on my first ever [modular] terrain gaming boards! Still, this excellent tip will be put to good use, as I prep up and am more organised for my next terrain making escapades! As always Mel, you are a shining light within this hobby; a beacon of practicle ideas! 💡👍
At least you know for next time bud
Fantastic. I've never seen that idea before and it's a great one. Makes getting the varied lengths along the top much easier and more controlled. Will be doing this in the future. :) Thanks.
Glad you found it useful mate
Great idea. Love it. Easy. Keep coming
Genius, I think I've got some binder clips somewhere, thanks mate
Thanks Mel, I'am making a diorama which has long grass in a Kursk scene, having just got ready to cut up my Wilko brush I remembered seeing this video weeks ago. Its great, now I can contain the grass it while I glue up . John
+tomrace16 Make sure you check the other grass vids mate!
I know this wasn't meant to be a model train tutorial but I liked it and found that it is going to be of use to us model train people. Thanks for the idea.
Modelling is modelling mate ;-)
LoL as I read that I was thinking the exact same thing Mel.
Simply brilliant. Thanks Mel.
Great job. Another freaky idea.
Greetings from the Čech Republic 🇨🇿.
Thanks mate. Really good and just what I was looking for to complete my WW2 diorama.
Great simple video makes doing long grass so much easier
+John Fletcher make sure you check the cheap and easy long grass clumps vid mate
Brilliant! Thanks Mel.
this is a splendid idea and will work well for my train layout
digger evans Glad it helped matey
Cracking job, great ideas mate
Genius. Thanks for the Idea!
love it. I tried fiddling with individual tufts and hot glue. well I know my project for tonight. thank you
+Benjamin Hegtvedt hope it helps bud
Brilliant tip! will definitely be making use of this one! Thanks for sharing!!
Anytime mate, glad you found it helpful
I have been looking for a video that is this direct for a long time. Great work and I am following you if they are all this direct.
check my playlists mate
Excellent tip! Thanks for sharing.
Always something handy to learn!
Absolutely Fantastic Tutorial!!!! Simple n Easy to follow. Thanks for Sharing:).
Great idea, love the videos...thanks for posting these...looking forward to checking out the rest...cheers
Perfect idea. I can see using sisal for this.
10 years later, and I finally get to see this gem. i've been mucking about with superglue, trying to make these clumps, and it's basically the reason my bases are not getting finished: too much hassle. Going to try this tomorrow, I'm confident that this will be a gamechanger for me, thanks for sharing!
To hold your sticks together, you could also use the large clip type paper clips. The type of clip that has to rotatable handles that you pinch together to open and then clip them on to the sticks. That would make it easier to clip on and reduce the movement of the sticks quickly and easily.
Brilliant! Thank you so much for sharing! Will be definitely using this in the near future.
Hope it helps you matey
Brilliant!!! I'll try it! Thank you!!!
Great idea! Thanks 😊
That's neat...yeah. Think I'll try it soon...yeah. Thanks for the tip...yeah.
Great method. I use clothes pins and it works just as well and a bit easier. Thanks!!!
Great ideas, thank you
DYNOMITE! Thank you so much for sharing!
That's pretty cool!
VERY uselful! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!!
Great video
A great tip matey 🤟
Brilliant! Instead of buying the tall grass, I will try this with a short bit of jute rope teased apart into fibers. Thanks for the tip, mate.
this was really helpful. Thank you so much
Brilliant! Doing this today.
+Evolved Creations Awesome sauce
That is brilliant! Thank you!
Great video thank you very much
Brilliant this will help alot thanks for sharing 👍
great tip. I wish I knew how to do that a year ago, could have saved a lot of time and had better grass clumps !!
At least you know now ;-)
Awesome thank you so much was having a problem with that now sorted thanks to you
Instead of rubber bands, try small spring clamps. Great idea. Thank you.
Great tip, I will have to try it!
Thank you, so easy to get control the unruly bundle
Great tips 👍🏽👏🏽👏🏽thanks
I know this video is 7+ years old, but this has helped someone! Me!!!
nice tip... can I suggest you try using simple bulldog clips to hold the ends of the lollipop sticks together... it makes it a lot easier :)
I'm late to the party but this was outstanding!👍
Great tip - cheers.
thanks matey
Actually for wargamers this is a much better tip than the usual way of placing a rubber band around the grass, cutting it to length and then dip the end in glue. Although for your tip I would replace the rubber bands with bulldog clips. It would be much easier.
James Evans Cheers mate, your not the first to suggest bulldog clip but I've ended up using clothes pegs, as I didn't have any.
It's just me, elastic bands and I are never a good thing. ;-)
Thanks sir.well done
Brilliant!
Yet another case of "why didn't i think of that". I knew we kept you around for a reason ;)
I have my uses :-D
Excellent 👍👌
Great Idea!!!! Thanks for ur Tutorial:)
Excellent vid M8 for my model railway SUPERB.I also use cheap hanging basket liners from the £1 shop. Glue them down under some weight, with PVA leave to dry for couple of days (depends on temperature) rip them off and wala long rough grass of the correct colour
+Roland Long A few people have mentioned those for a few different things mate, gonna have to get me some ;-)
have a look at thebig61 vids this American guy is brilliant
cheers
Ro
thank u........great stuff ........as always
You could also put a second set of sticks along the bottom to hold the excess grass together instead of throwing it in a pile. Then you can neatly store it away.
+mailperson That's dedication
in America they are called popsicle sticks & rubber bands.
cool video,
Good tip cheers for sharing
+kevintregunna no worries matey
Awesome!!
Dam that is a lot better then what I've been doing im Hanna try that thx
Good luck!
Awesome as always thanks bro :-)
No worries
excellent thanks
Very smart!
good way,thanks
Nice very useful
U genius ! 10x from Kyiv/Ukraine !
Just Brilliant! Great tip. If you ever visit Northern Virginia look me, I'll buy you a pint.
Jeffrey Gruntz If I ever am, I'll take you up on that offer matey :-)
What a great tip Mel! At the moment I'm building a three foot by four foot scaled Civil War period Diorama for the National Parks service here in Fredericksburg, Virginia. As you might be thinking that will mean a huge amount of natural looking grass, etc. I will be using my just learned tip from you to cover this area. WOW! BTW, I'd like to know from what supplier you bought your huge graphed cutting/ work board. I can't find one anywhere to buy from in this area, or anywhere. It's just the size that I'm looking for.--- Sam
Let me know how you get on when you do mate
ingenious!
Thanks mate
Great..!
I'm goona use this for my project
Crack on
Just a thought. Prior to cutting, use 2 more sticks and rubber bands on the other end leaving room for your cutting device. After cutting you won't have that unmanageable clump left over.
thanks
oh I like it!
Cool vid
Thanks
nice tip thanks
Great idea, but why not use those office paper clamps that you have to squeeze open instead of rubber bands?
Little squeeze clamps may be quicker and easier than trying to wrap rubber bands.
If you take away the lollipop sticks, this is how we make wefts for wigs for action figures and dolls. I knew you were going to do that but obviously we want the hair all one length but I get the principle here!
I like it when get back to working on my Civil War game( American).
Great video, sorry I am just stumbling on it now..lol Anyway, quick question, could you use this to create a large meadow of tall grass? Any suggestions how to do something like that?
+MuttModeler Teddy bear fur, cut into patches, stained green/yellow and glued down mate
Cool idea! Have you tried doing two pairs of lollipop sticks next to each other and cutting between them? If it works you could do two at once with minimal effort.
+Penjacker Rekcajnep I likes that idea! cheers bud
Great idea, instead of elastic bands try paper bulldog clips might be easier
I want to make my first diorama but I don't want to buy unnecessary stuff that's expensive. Easier than buying that tall grass from woodland scenic, Take a little twine, (coloring it and then drying it Is optional), and then unravel it. Cut a long piece, pinch it in your hand or whatever way you do it, and then add glue to the end and place it on the preferred area. Cheap, long grass that can be made into any color and shortened or lengthen to desire. I hope this makes sense and I'm going to try it out soon (hopefully) :)
what scale trains is this for? O or G? Im running HO so its a bit large for me
+5dmc1 What ever scale you cut them too mate :-)
If you’d done two rows of sticks that clump you cut off would be a second one ready to go. Great tip man x