Static Grass Help!

[Genom]

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.

[Fenton]

I mix mine with flock seems to stand up ok when I do this, but still not happy with the results

[goat major]

I use a puffer bottle like this 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....

[Leon]

Nik's got a magic trick involving your TV screen, I'll let him elaborate when he pops by... 

[nikharwood]

Nik's got a magic trick involving your TV screen, I'll let him elaborate when he pops by...  

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  

[fred.]

Does this work with new LCD screens, or do you need an old CRT one?

[goat major]

if you do it with a 3D TV does it give the grass more depth ?

[FierceKitty]

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  

180 degrees, surely?

[Charon]

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  

That's genius! Will give it a go at the weekend

[Kiwidave]

What 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) have these as well as flock.

[nikharwood]

180 degrees, surely?

Doh!  

Yes, of course. Mea culpa - long day yesterday & neurons not firing on all cylinders by the time I came to this one...

Does this work with new LCD screens, or do you need an old CRT one?

Dunno...have only done it with CRT...

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...

[Orcs]

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?

[Hertsblue]

180 degrees, surely?

You could do it at 90 degrees if you wanted a wind-swept look. 

[Techno]

Doh!  
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.

[nikharwood]

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!