How to Make HIGH-QUALITY Grass Flocking (Not Sawdust)
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- How to make high-quality grass flocking for terrain & miniatures. Cheap & Easy.
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After making the video I made another batch of a more natural-looking green with brown & yellow mixed in. I tried mixing the paints in water (about 60 paint, 40 water) and it made a huge difference, try that if you want to make your own flock. Using higher quality paints with more pigments also helps.
Have you tried dry them in microwave?
or maybe using watercolours
@@donquijotedegranada watercolours does not hold the paint well, it will go away after getting wet. plus there are few materials you can work on with watercolours
@@tiny-grimes if you use quality pigmented watercolours on natural fibers you won't have a problem, but I guess cheap dollar store watercolours on synthetic fibers can be messy, I get your point
THIS is what I have been looking for. Why didnt i think of that. I thatched a roof with hemp smh
2:22 "i then let it dry on a sheet of baking nevermind" killed me
I had to clean my screen afterwards :-D
We all have that problem right now. I tried reusing a sheet that had food on it, worst decision ever.
The usual :D
I also laughed aloud at that remark.
Yes I laughed out loud!!!! 🤣🤣🤣
At last someone who actually understands what "cheap" means, I've seen people make their own grass and the materials costs more to DIY it than to just buy a tub and I really don't want to do that, it's so expensive where I live. Thank you so much!
Agreed, I've seen a few channels advertise "how to build cheap or from trash" only to pull out a £200 tub of resin or a fancy laser cutter or some shit, do these people not understand what it is to be a peasant builder or what ? :)
Finally something who shows a cheap, easy way to how make grass
Not the first but I decided to make a video of this method
Lukes APS has a ton of tutorials on how he makes the stuff he sells.
@@patrickkeller2193 the whole point of this is "self reliance." Why buy stuff when you can make it yourself.
@@byrddmann0113 what part of "he has tutorials" did you not understand? His whole channel was based around making it yourself cheap. He only started selling the stuff, because creating in bulk makes it even cheaper and a lot of people would rather save time than money.
Why bother trying to advertise for someone else on Bard's channel. This is his show, don't like go back to that other guy.
The bright green is perfect, little bitts that weren't covered look like dead grass.
Yes, it's perfect!! Such an amazing idea!
This is very similar to how I’ve made my own in the past, one difference being the paint stage. I’d recommend soaking the hemp twine in thinned paint/ink before cutting, just dip a length of twine into your colour mix, squeeze out excess and hang to dry. Once dried you cut to size and boom, done! 😅
Genius 👍
Very smart idea! I liked the final flocking and the way the green wasn't uniform. It seems more natural. As for the "clumped" leftovers from the first, they could be used as bushes, topiaries, false entrances, etc. Where a man-made camoflague would be appropriate.
Literally one of the best flocking tutorials. Simple instructions combined with common and easy-to-obtain materials. I'm curious to see how well it stands up with a static applicator!
I'll try my best to make an applicator
Hahaha! I could have sworn I was only JUST talking to a certain someone about this a week or so ago... ;)
Using cuticle scissors is a great way to get much shorter fibres. Also, throw those larger clumps into a herb grinder! Once they are a little ground up they can make for a good leaf cover for fallen leaves or for heavier tree detailing.
Was it you who gave me the idea? If so, thanks 🙂
It was & no problem :)
Coincidentally, I use the same method as you but with dollar-store acrylic yarn. It's already dyed beforehand so I can skip the paint usually. :)
I did similar, but mine is colored/dyed twine from Dollar Tree stores.
@@byrddmann0113 Excellent ideas! I'll check dollar tree next time I'm there.
Does this method work in a static grass applicator?
@@RyanClarky use nylon. that'll give you the best chance of it working.
@@jaqssmith1666 Thank you!
I am poor and I have this diorama kept in the closet for over a year because I couldn't figure out a good coverage for my floor. I used saw dust as moss in the roof but it didn't work well on the floor and that is exactly the texture I needed. The waiting for a solution was worth it, since I have the hemp rope and I never imagined using it as flock! Thank you so much!!! My autistic adhd self that have a hard time finishing projects will be forever thankful for you for making this video!! 🙏💚
This is strait up genius, I've been struggling for the past month to find an easy way to make flock and you saved my life.
That’s so clever. That looks like a great alternative to buying it. Thanks for sharing this with us.
I use a piece of MDF that has been left out in the rain and has started to fall apart. I use a cheap coffee grinder to fluff it up and add the acrylic paint straight from the tube to each batch. When dry I put it through the coffee grinder again to separate it. It can be squirted on with a tapered detergent bottle whilst shaking it up and down and squeezing at the bottom of the downward stroke or by a static grass applicator. Can be sieved to eliminate any coarse bits. Works well.
This is super easy to follow, and the supplies are easy to find!! So glad your vid popped up on my feed!!
Exactly, what I needed. i have hemp rope lying around and only need a little flocking for a project. great tip
Thank you for this video. I have a roll of twine that was intended to be used for a thatched roof. I now use old broom bristles for my thatching, so the twine will come in handy for grass now.
Yet another use for twine - straw/hay bails, piles, flooring, roofing, and now grass/flocking!
Your videos are just awesome. You saved me a massive amount of money with your crafting skills and techniques.
I grabbed 5kg of "Sawdust Flour" from a kitchen cabinet maker. This is like a powder and is the remnants of machine sanding from CNC machining. From there I use the same method with paints or dye. Works a treat for N-scale. Highly recommend.
Looks really good. I dont see much homemade flock that I like or am willing to do. Thanks for the suggestion.
Refreshing to see someone who has such high standards of neatness, cleanliness, organization and personal appearance. Very impressive wife beater!
Not a single dislike, that's how much we love you and your oats!
Haha, that's actually a rare thing to see. 100% likes, even if it doesn't matter
I try to be serious by focusing on the actual tutorial but your humor makes me laugh!! 🤣 very helpful tips by the way! Thank you!!
The humor is only there to distract you from mistakes 😄
Finally a method I will try.
The result looks nice and I have all the resources at home. Thank you
Good luck!
This idea is awesome! When I went to buy material, I found some already dyed green. For color variation, I dipped some yarn/twine into bleach for a few minutes then let it dry. When cut up, some of the green remains in the core, so it looks like mostly dead grass with just a bit of green. The longer you bleach it, the more you rinse it, the whiter it becomes, so experiment.
Just started mini painting, and this is so helpful. All of the other DIY flocking guides i see need a bunch of things you dont have just starting out, but i have twine and scissors.
Great technique!!! I am going to use this in my classroom, I think it will be easier for kids to do rather than sawdust or pencil shavings. Thanks
Have you thought of using dye instead of paint? It should help with the clumping, and because most dyes can be made colorfast, you wouldn't have an issue with glue reactivating the paint, or with the fibers becoming brittle.
Perdón qué meta yo uso colorantes artificiales y quedan más brillantes los colores
I'm just now getting this 4 years later! Hope you are well!
PERFECT!!! I was looking for just this for my hobbit house roof! Thank you!!!
Спасибо огромное 😅 обыскала весь интернет. Везде советуют делать с поролона, но мне не нравится этот способ.
Благодарю Вас 😊 Хорошего настроения 👍
Great use of rope for flocking grass & paints watered down. Cost saving projects are best using items on hand we never think to use..
Great suggestion! I need to make some during our next snow day!
I like it. Got me thinking of what could be cut up that would get the static to stand on end. Micro fibre cloth maybe, but then it wouldn't take paint so well I don't imagine
That’s so clever! I was trying to keep the dust from cutting MDF, but it took ages. Also I tried to do sawdust, but I could acquire any, just the wood chips you find at a pet store... This is a lifesaver!
I know this is 2 years late - but there is a small chance this might still be relevant.
The best pet shop source is kitty litter. The cheap wood pellet type. Pour some in a bowl and pour on some hot water from the kettle. The pellets rapidly expand and break down into sawdust. Sieve out the larger bits and you have plenty of sawdust for flock.
You're a real Entertainer 😁✂️ thx's again for this and the other videos.
Brilliant Bard. I love it when I get a notification of your videos. Keep up the good work mate. 👍😁
This is pure genius, I have used saw dust for all my grass, yet will definitely changey method to this.
I loved it, I will be using green paint and angelus duller in a 2 to 1 mixture. The duller will tone down the shine and vibrance of color.
I love your content, you have a great mind for creation.
You can buy that twine in green from garden centres so mix the two for more natural without needing pouch paint
Thank you I was looking for something other than saw dust and this works great. If I get to much paint and it makes blobs I go get roots of small desk plants and o use the blobs for the roots glue them to the roots it makes great trees and bushes using several blobs on several branches. And by the way you are so cute . You look like my brother in a good way let me say !!
I'm having a hard time finding grass flocking, your method might be the answer! Thank you!
Awesome tutorial and great idea! You had me laughing all the way through 😂😂😂 Thank you so much for sharing your idea and your humour with us 🤪
Another great project to try!
You can also use flax tow (i think this is what ropes are made from) much easier to work with, you can paint it first, then cut it.
“I let it dry on a piece of baking...ah, never mind “ brilliant 👍🏻
Very nice. It looks less shiny than a lot of commercial static grass, which is a good thing.
This is a awesome method of making flocking as it is cheap enough to make a variety.... Also besides mixing colors to get a more natural color I found using a variety of hemp thickness gives you a really nice look as you would see in nature.... When I mix in paint I always start with a small amount ie a drop or two then go from there until you get the desired consistency... Remember you can always add more but if you add too much it's almost impossible to correct without having to add more twine base and that gets stressful as you are battling time as you make the additional material and meanwhile the first round is drying... As usual a excellent video
In the UK the string is known as jute string, in pound land stores its available in a natural colour or nice realistic light green, I will make some today as part of my lock down craft.
Oh my god u saved my maquette IT WILL FINALLY LOOK MORE REALISTIC
That's a pretty cool idea, you could also use RIT dye it'll absorb right into the twine staining it all the way through.🖖😎👍
Absolute wonder! Inspiring solutions for a better world, fictional or otherwise. Make a diorama with it, I sure will use this in my current project!
i was thinking of getting a blender and putting leaves or actual grass and blend it…Then i saw this. very convinient
Thank you for the video. I have had good results with this fibre method - I found the unpainted jute fibres are great for hay. Also, many gardening stores supply similar twines already in shades of green, so does not require painting.
A rotary cutter would make that job easier & faster; I can't wait to try it!
What a great advice. By the way this sort of rope can be bought in many colors so you don't even have to paint it. If you can't find it in colors you can also try to color the rope before chopping it.
this is literally the best way ive ever seen
What a nordic chad lord, instant subscribe.
Finally a fellow finn doing miniature stuff in english
Torilla tavataan!
Into my favorites you will go! Thank you! Off to make flocking. :)
For me, it's easier to find jute or hemp than it is to find sawdust so thank you!
hey the idea is awesome but hard work. I think dil is better for large areas, you can get something fine for basic miniatures. i think it looks like hay, you could make a good hay bale or sprinkle it on the ground. I think it is better to use dil than grass and that as hay then you have a difference. hey do something with hay eg a stall or something show what you can ^^.
I tried taking the whole roll of string and grating or different grains of sand paper for different corse it works quicker than the scissors.
You should try the spring back scissors as to not cramp your hand 😎 found in the sewing section at Walmart or craft stores
All the three are killing..ur Face..talent..n sense of humour..😃😃
This vid really helped, I just finished a Red Dead Redemption 2 Diorama and the grass is weirdly my favorite part haha, Keep up the great work💯💯🤟👌
A video about how to craft cheap bushes and trees would be great. Together with the cheap gras you'd provide us the perfect basics for basing and terrain.
I do model railroads and flocking is way too expensive and I always need tons of it. It just so happened i had some yarn laying around. Thanks for making this, you've saved me quite a bit of money
I love your do-it-yourself-clips! great work and great inspiration for me! go on mr bard's craft!👍🏼
Fantastic! Thank you for showing us how to make a cheap, good as shop bought grass.
I have thought about doing this using your method. Thanks for the idea & video. Cheers from W Rusty Lane K9POW in eastern Tennessee
I was just going to buy some grass for my first diorama, but luckily found you video. I'm even luckier, because my gf has tons of this rope, so I don't even have to go to store. Perfect
This is simply genius!
Yes, any rope works, it’ll just take a little bit longer if it’s bigger.
Also- the green is fine tbh. It looks like tropical grass!
this is very useful for my dioramas!
thanks for this tutorial I never thought of making flock this way!
Is amazing how a good fake grass make your minis look really natural.
amazing I did not know about the rope, I will see the updated versions :) thanks
The commentary was hilarious mate
Greetings!
Another great technique and video! I will try this just for the funs sake in the weekend :D I am rather curious how it will behave on the bases :)
Now, i would love to see a video on making tree leaves... :D probably i will use this to find a “new” way to do that for my bare trees.
Cheers!
Yo wait this will actually help me so much for my art project at school
Its cheap, good for beginner, appreciate it man
You could mix a bit of the light coloured flock into the dark flock for some variety in colour
Yeah that's what I have in mind,. I'll do that before applying
You can make round hay bales with clear tape by laying a stripe of tape ~20" long sticky side up. Sticking unpainted jute flock to the tape, rolling it up and then super glueing it. Finish with another layer of super glue and flock anywhere shiney tape shows.
I model on the cheap. I make all my own ground scatter (flocking) out of either sawdust that gets coloured in the electric coffee grinder my wife gave me for modeling, or foam rubber done same way in the coffee grinder. That way you can control the colours and the granularity of your finished product. I also make my own iron oxide (rust) by soaking about 4 pieces of 0000 steel wool in a quart jar with white vinegar. After about a month sitting in the window, I pour the mixture into a large pan (I use my old 11" x 14" stainless steel photo fixer trays when I had a darkroom) or baking dish and wait for the mixture to completely dry (usually about 2 to 3 weeks). Then I take a single edge razor blade and pulverize the contents into a fine powder and store it in little tins. Each batch I've done comes out a little different in colour. Then you use the rust as you would any weathering powder or chalk. It looks real, 'cause it IS real rust! I also colour my own chalk with acrylic paint and food colouring. I never buy weathering powders. Instead, I go to the dollar store and buy women's makeup in the little plastic containers. For $1.00 you can get quite a collection of different colours and they adhere better than weathering powders.
For trees, I use the Nandena bush after the little red berries fall off, it leaves a perfect tree trunk (armature). I also have a TON of lichen growing out back on the hill behind my house. When using the Nandena bush tree armatures, you can paint them whatever colour you want--even grey for aspen trees. Cover the armatures with lichen, seafoam or whatever you want, then add your own home-made flocking and you're done. For pine trees, I use florist wire (wrapped) doubled and bits of jute cut in1 to 1 1/2" laid in the wire, then using a drill, twist the wire while holding the other end in a pair of pliers.. I also use barbeque bamboo skewers with pig hair (horse hair) furnace filters (they're already green); have to paint the skewers first. And I never use spray paint since I use my airbrush for all my painting. I can use either acrylic or oil base paints; I usually use one airbrush for acrylic and the other one for oil base paints. Cheers from W Rusty Lane K9POW in eastern Tennessee
I'm glad I saw your channel, bard. This is a big help!!!! Awesome. Thank you. Keep it up.
Fantastic! Looks like real grass in miniature.Thank you for all advices.
This is better and more natural, I think. I love it. Thank you!
well this makes terrain making so much more budget friendly
This is what i was looking for!
This was a great tip - Thanks ..This is surely something i will use for my Crafts - Beard on! 🍺
Nice technique and use of alternative materials. Would a beard trimmer be faster with production ?? Might be an interesting experiment
Tried that. Tends to just chew the end of the fibres & get caught up in the trimmer.
That's actually a really good idea I have an caseload of twine bought cause it was on sale like a thousand feet of large twine for 20 bucks so maybe if I add just a tich of water it won't clump so much maybe even a drop or two of detergent as I I saw in a sawdust flocking tutorial might help but none the less gonna experiment and see what happens
That's great for my war scene brilliant
Wow this is absolutely amazing 👏 awesome results! This is so expensive to purchase for such tiny quantities so I'm definitely going to do this method! It looks superb! Thank you so much for sharing! God bless you 🙏 ❤ 🙌
Ive watched a few videos and I think this one (jute rope) is the best .
A little story...ive ordered.online a fake moss.came more of.like a grass like..was expensive too with that 1gram.lol.
I should have searched youtube first before.purchasing.lol
Thank u for.this video.
U are cute btw😍😍😍😅
Nice. Thank you. I can use them for my train diorama
it looks great, I recently bought a resin printer , and I do the bases because it 's expensive here ha , the truth is very good , it 's excellent
Love the creativity , not buying everything ready
That is the most easiest and look more authentic than another video that need saw dust,mosquitoes electric something (idk what it is) and wiring
I've seen other miniature hobbyists use this for static grass and apparently that works pretty well!
To speed up the process you could use clippers (the ones you would use to 'buzz' your hair since you probably can't go to the hairdresser's now....). I have been wondering for a while: if you shave or cut your hair, could the cut off hair work as grass too? Similarly to these hempen fibres?
I think hair is too thick, the hemp fibers are much likely better
Thank you, I will give it a try. Looks real good.
Thanks Bard! As a scratch builder I like the idea! I'm always looking for new use of materials. Hemp-based rope I've never used, although sisal-based rope i'v used for bushes ...