need to stick to a piece of card with the hot glue. Holding the
bundle, apply a small blob of hot glue the trimmed base of the
bundle, and then quickly stick the bundle down on the card,
holding the bundle upright for a few second while the hot glue
cools and sets, do not touch the hot glue. Then repeat the
processes, a lot. I made about fifty grass bundles, which I
thought was plenty and turned out was only just enough! Please
do remember hot glue is extremely hot and will not only burn
you badly but will stick to you while it does it, so be extra
careful!
Painting the Long Grass
Fortunately elephant grass comes in a whole variety of colours
from yellow, to purple, to green. I looked at lots of pictures and
asked someone who has seen it for real, and went for a faded
straw colour “stem” going to green as you go up the stem to the
grass blade. This sort of natural flora always looks better with a
degree of colour variation in it, just like real life. The straw
colour is the original self colour of the Corn Reed, which is
handy, for the green I used Greenskin brushed on quite dry,
with a massive flat brush snappily titled the Wargamer: Vehicle
& Scenery Brush. I then dry brushed on a lighter green
highlight of Army Green with the same big brush, this only
going near the top of the grass. It is quite fun going at
something with a great big brush for a change!
bundle, apply a small blob of hot glue the trimmed base of the
bundle, and then quickly stick the bundle down on the card,
holding the bundle upright for a few second while the hot glue
cools and sets, do not touch the hot glue. Then repeat the
processes, a lot. I made about fifty grass bundles, which I
thought was plenty and turned out was only just enough! Please
do remember hot glue is extremely hot and will not only burn
you badly but will stick to you while it does it, so be extra
careful!
Painting the Long Grass
Fortunately elephant grass comes in a whole variety of colours
from yellow, to purple, to green. I looked at lots of pictures and
asked someone who has seen it for real, and went for a faded
straw colour “stem” going to green as you go up the stem to the
grass blade. This sort of natural flora always looks better with a
degree of colour variation in it, just like real life. The straw
colour is the original self colour of the Corn Reed, which is
handy, for the green I used Greenskin brushed on quite dry,
with a massive flat brush snappily titled the Wargamer: Vehicle
& Scenery Brush. I then dry brushed on a lighter green
highlight of Army Green with the same big brush, this only
going near the top of the grass. It is quite fun going at
something with a great big brush for a change!
Above. Holding the bundle, apply a small blob of hot glue the
base of the bundle.
Below. The straw colour is the original colour of the Corn Reed, for the green I used Greenskin brushed on quite dry, with a
massive flat brush.
