Is there a trick to using static grass as my first attempt looks nothing like what I see in pictures. What I'm looking for is when it looks like it's standing up in tufts. All I seem to get is a matted weave stuck to the base.
So is it just a case of layer on some glue,
sprinkle static grass over the top or dip it in?
Anything extra to be done to make it stick up?
Any help welcomed.
I mix mine with flock seems to stand up ok when I do this, but still not happy with the results
I use a puffer bottle like this http://www.newmodellersshop.co.uk/noch/n08100_static_grass_puffer_bottle.htm (http://www.newmodellersshop.co.uk/noch/n08100_static_grass_puffer_bottle.htm)
You can get them from most model shops
It works best when about 2/3 full, put the pva glue on your base, puff like crazy, pick up your figure, hold it upside down, tap it to release loose grass and then blow lightly to make it stand up....
Nik's got a magic trick involving your TV screen, I'll let him elaborate when he pops by... :D
Quote from: Leon on 10 October 2012, 09:18:14 PM
Nik's got a magic trick involving your TV screen, I'll let him elaborate when he pops by... :D
Yep - not for the faint-hearted though, this one...
Forget PVA - you want cheap, thin superglue [the kind you get in packs of 10 from Tesco for £1 every so often] - drops onto the base, sprinkle static grass on heavily, blow excess off quickly & then hold the base at 90 degrees to your [turned-on] TV screen...and watch those strands attract to it...
Simples. Mad, admittedly, but simples :d
Does this work with new LCD screens, or do you need an old CRT one?
if you do it with a 3D TV does it give the grass more depth ?
Quote from: nikharwood on 10 October 2012, 10:09:22 PM
Yep - not for the faint-hearted though, this one...
Forget PVA - you want cheap, thin superglue [the kind you get in packs of 10 from Tesco for £1 every so often] - drops onto the base, sprinkle static grass on heavily, blow excess off quickly & then hold the base at 90 degrees to your [turned-on] TV screen...and watch those strands attract to it...
Simples. Mad, admittedly, but simples :d
180 degrees, surely?
Quote from: nikharwood on 10 October 2012, 10:09:22 PM
Yep - not for the faint-hearted though, this one...
Forget PVA - you want cheap, thin superglue [the kind you get in packs of 10 from Tesco for £1 every so often] - drops onto the base, sprinkle static grass on heavily, blow excess off quickly & then hold the base at 90 degrees to your [turned-on] TV screen...and watch those strands attract to it...
Simples. Mad, admittedly, but simples :d
That's genius! Will give it a go at the weekend
Quote from: Genom on 10 October 2012, 08:49:34 PMWhat I'm looking for is when it looks like it's standing up in tufts.
They may well be tufts - the premade stick-on ones made by Silfur (sp?)
The bases here (http://kiwidave.pbworks.com/w/page/39365416/BKC%20-%20Japanese%20Infantry (http://kiwidave.pbworks.com/w/page/39365416/BKC%20-%20Japanese%20Infantry)) have these as well as flock.
Quote from: FierceKitty on 11 October 2012, 06:49:37 AM
180 degrees, surely?
Doh! #-o
Yes, of course.
Mea culpa - long day yesterday & neurons not firing on all cylinders by the time I came to this one...
Quote from: fred 12df on 11 October 2012, 06:38:27 AM
Does this work with new LCD screens, or do you need an old CRT one?
Dunno...have only done it with CRT...
Quote from: Charon on 11 October 2012, 09:58:03 AM
That's genius! Will give it a go at the weekend
Thanks - be sure to have the vacuum cleaner ready though as you will, most likely, get some on the floor...
Quote from: nikharwood on 11 October 2012, 08:02:16 PM
Thanks - be sure to have the vacuum cleaner ready though as you will, most likely, get some on the floor...
Vacuum Cleaner - Whats that? :-\.
Don't you just mention it to the resident cleaner?
Quote from: FierceKitty on 11 October 2012, 06:49:37 AM
180 degrees, surely?
You could do it at 90 degrees if you wanted a wind-swept look. ;)
Quote from: nikharwood on 11 October 2012, 08:02:16 PMDoh! #-o
Yes, of course. Mea culpa - long day yesterday & neurons not firing on all cylinders by the time I came to this one...
Strange thing is, I read Nik's post as "
Turn the base at 90 degrees towards the screen."
Made perfect sense !
Talk about seeing what you expect to see. :-[
Cheers - Phil.
Quote from: Techno on 12 October 2012, 08:20:47 AM
Strange thing is, I read Nik's post as "Turn the base at 90 degrees towards the screen."
Made perfect sense !
Talk about seeing what you expect to see. :-[
Cheers - Phil.
Yep - you're right y'know...maybe the neurons
were firing on all four after all, Phil! ;D
;D ;)
Cheers - Phil.
Unfortunately it would appear that my old CRT was new enough to have an anti static filter on it and there's nothing on my nice new LCD.
Though after a conversation with the wife tonight about it, I'm actually considering buying some ballons to try the static trick out. I must be nuts!
Quote from: Genom on 16 October 2012, 11:15:37 PM
Though after a conversation with the wife tonight about it, I'm actually considering buying some ballons to try the static trick out. I must be nuts!
Well, you're posting on this forum - so you must be fairly divorced from reality. 8-} :O)
Anyone had any experience using those electrified things that make static grass stand up via putting a small current through it? Made for train layouts so for static grassing a large area liek a field or soem such. Looks impressive but also a weird one. You can also get static grass applicators that run a charge through the material making it stand up on end. Again look fun but a little expensive. You could just rub a balloon on your jeans and hold that to it...
Considering the prohibitive costs (90 €) I would advise against them.
I use the balloon method, does work. Balloons free from your local McDonalds :D
Mine stands to attention with just a shake of the tub of static grass before I put it on-never had to use any fancy static devices. Trick is to use thinned PVA.
Hi,
somebody used a puffer bottle to put of the static grass ? What's about the FMR - Static Grass Applicator, cheaper than a static grass applicator.
I use liquid Vynilic glue.
You don't want it to be too much "creammy" but more "Milky".
Then, the grass is pressed against it, not just poured like salt.
Let dry.
Then take the excess off.
What is the balloon method ?
google static grass applicators there are several how to make your own and how to use it. I made one from an electric fly swatter from a bargain shop (B&M) cost about £3 need a few other things some old electric wiring fro a cable, a crocodile clip, and a metal tea strainer. in all would cost about £5 to make it works a treat too.
PS suggest you buy two swatters as the wiring in them is so fine it took a second attempt before I managed to assemble one. I also found you didn't have to actually nail/stick a pin into the base being flocked a stiff piece of wire gripped in the crocodile clip and propped so as to touch the glue works equally as well.
Quote from: BH62 on 20 February 2013, 10:30:33 AM
What is the balloon method ?
Rubbing the inflated balloon on your jumper to produce a static charge to make the grass 'stand up' ?
(Said he guessing wildly.)
Cheers - Phil
Or hold it in front of the telly. Like what Nik said
After my 10mm lads have trampled all over the stuff with their great hobnail boots there ain't much standing up anyway. :d