The homemade crafting part of miniature gaming always interested me. As a kid I tried making a river crossing out of cardboard and foam. Never had a mentor to guide me tho, which youtube has helped with. I looked up homemade grass recipes and found a few for sawdust as a base. One trip to the hardware store to scoop some off the ground later I was ready.
The recipe is simple, paint, wash stock and sawdust mixed up and left to dry.
While this application worked, the grass is still liable to come off if you touch it. My thought to solve this was to put a second layer of pva on top, diluted with water this time.
I did one test model with a mix slanted more towards pva and the result was sturdy but had a gloss finish. Didn’t think to try different ratios with these models besides 50/50. either way i think i can matte it down with the drybrush i want to give the grass anyways to elevate it with contrast. I also bought a thing of matte medium at the art store awhile ago so maybe applying that over top will do the trick?
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