painting white stripes onto static grass.

drunkdwarf · Post by **drunkdwarf** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 5:34 pm

Hey all,

I was wondering - for those of you who have done it - is there a trick to getting those nice white lines painted onto static grass? I have a few figs based, but are scared to try it. I'm assuming you just run a brush of skull white over the grass itself?

Phreedh · Post by **Phreedh** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 5:46 pm

I've never really done it myself, but if/when I'm gonna do it - I'd base a piece of card the same way I'd base a mini and then try out different techniques on that first.

rabidroadkill · Post by **rabidroadkill** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 6:06 pm

I've done it on a couple minis now and the best result I've had is to water the paint down quite a bit. This lets it go down the blades of grass (not just sit on top) and looks semi realistic.

But I've just done this on my own, so there could be better ways

horekim · Post by **horekim** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 6:51 pm

I drybrush the white stripe on. I don't like the look of it when the dirt under the grass is painted white too though this may be slightly more realistic.

Melifaxis · Post by **Melifaxis** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 7:49 pm

I add a drop of water to the white and it looks ok to me. You can see how it turned out at my site....I think Some Kinda Voodoo will be the link that gives you the clearest shot of it.

ThePolo · Post by **ThePolo** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 8:01 pm

Yep... that's it. White paint, over the grass (make sure it's the LAST thing that you do to the base).

Also, make sure that you have VERY little paint on the brush.

traveller · Post by **traveller** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 8:04 pm

a strip of some waterdowned glue and very fine white sand...the fine one you will get for birdcages. Beware... not easy just to hit the gluestrip! I mostly use this technic at bigger bases or diaromas.

Traveller

drunkdwarf · Post by **drunkdwarf** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 8:46 pm

Thanks for the tips guys!

The polo -

make sure it's the LAST thing that you do to the base

Does that mean after sealant is applied?

Stu · Post by **Stu** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 9:19 pm

Probably not a good idea to use your best brush. Perhaps a flat, square tip brush might help.

Redfang · Post by **Redfang** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 8:36 am

perhaps covering the base except for where you want the stripe, and then spaypainting it would work...

Thrawn · Post by **Thrawn** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 1:53 pm

Here's another thing that you could do: use an airbrush to get the line on the base. You will need to cut out a 2mm wide piece out of cardboard.This will give you a very nice looking line on the pitch. I used that technique last week for a dirama base and I am quite happy with the result.

Cheers
Thrawn

ThePolo · Post by **ThePolo** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 9:52 pm

Sorry... i should have specified... Not, I mean before dullcoat/sealing. The only reason I say do it last is that after the white line's added, there's really no room to go back and drybrush/paint the grass other colrs...

lawquoter · Post by **lawquoter** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 10:28 pm

I only do 1 or 2 lines per team, just for the nice touch. I use white skull dry brushed with a thin brush over the base. The last thing I do to static grass is a very watered down varnish to lock in the static grass and keep it from falling out. So far, the lines look pretty good and I've never had static grass come apart.