How to make diorama grasses and shrubs, the Wesardry way..

DIY grasses and shrubs from paint brushes, twine, and scouring pads
#dnd #dtnt #miniature #miniaturepainting #ttrpg #sculpting #3dprinting #nightmarelandscapes

[@emilflognoid1532]

I love the irony of painting a paint brush 👍

[@Wesardry]

I’m glad you liked it and thank you for watching and commenting

[@rolandhersom239]

I agree that huge savings can be made by using stuff that is laying around. I used a worn-out house broom for my reeds. I used badly weathered MDF to make my own static grass. I broke up the fluffy stuff and put it into a small cheap coffee grinder, have it a whizz, add artist's acrylic direct from the tube mixed to whatever colour you want, give it a whizz and there you have it. After it is completely dry,give it a light whizz again to separate any fibres. It can be rubbed through a sieve to separate different lengths. Apply as usual.

[@Wesardry]

Hey thanks for watching and for your input. I like your ideas! I do more diorama building than I do terrain that is related and has to have continuity. I have “one off” tricks and techniques that I haven’t put in a video but plan too and if I use your techniques I’ll not forget to mention where they came from. Thank you again

[@rolandhersom239]

Thankyou. Most of us manage to come up with unique ideas at times and it is great that we can share.

[@davidc3150]

You are quite resourceful. Great suggestions. Hope you have an incoming video on how to make affordable trees and other scenery items.

[@Wesardry]

Thank you very much. Actually I’m working on a couple ideas

[@cleof1503]

These are some great ideas, they come out so well. Wile I have used brush bristles, I hadn't though of using the foam base and baking soda.

[@Wesardry]

Thank you for your comments and support

[@w.rustylane5650]

Pretty cool. I hadn't thought of using old paint brushes. That crushed crayon idea is terrific for flowers. You've given me a couple of ideas I can use on my HO & Lionel 027 layouts. Cheers from W Rusty Lane K9POW in eastern Tennessee

[@Wesardry]

Hey thanks for your comment and compliment. I’m glad you enjoyed the video and could take away a tip. Thank you so much for watching your support is deeply appreciated. I just dropped a snow effects video Thursday night and should have a new Gaslands build this weekend.

[@ratsika3]

I LOVE the sponge flowers

[@Wesardry]

Thank you

[@agentk4314]

Brother, very cool, simple and a major wallet saver! I appreciate you 🤜🤛

[@Wesardry]

Thank you and I appreciate you for watching I hope to make content that you’ll continue to enjoy

[@courtneyoverbey3300]

Never would I have even considered this. Nice.

[@Wesardry]

Thank you

[@clivemahony9827]

Thanks man using the scoring pad now sick with COVID and making base for my tau eterial handy tip

[@Wesardry]

You are very welcome. I’m glad to hear that, but am sad to hear you are sick. Get better soon and thank you so much for watching.

[@rolandhersom239]

It is advisable to wear a mask when whizzing up the MDF as the dust has formaldehyde glue in it. My preferred choice for applying the grass is a tapered plastic detergent bottle(not my idea). Put the static grass into the bottle, put the cap on, shake the bottle up and down to charge the grass and at the bottom of the stroke, squeeze the bottle to expel the grass. You can easily direct it into areas where static grass applicator cannot reach. Ok for large areas too. Useful for blending colours also as it is shaken.

[@Wesardry]

Hey Roland, not sure if you have seen my last video, but I gave you a shout out on this technique. But… I screwed it up somehow and just ended up with dust?? Maybe I blended it too long or maybe because I used water damaged MDF?

[@rolandhersom239]

@@Wesardry my MDF had been standing in the rain and whatever for about 18 months. The fibres do have some variation in length and by seiving it you can get various lengths which is useful. I don't have it on my coffee grinder for very long Just long enough to separate the fibres. Maybe some forms of MDF are composed of shorter fibres than the one I used. Mine was a very ordinary stock standard sheet I inherited. I add the artists acrylic paint directly from the tube onto the fluffed up fibres in the coffee grinder. It doesn't take much. Generally I use around 5 drops of ultramarine blue to 2 drops of bright yellow. I do not measure the drops and this can give rise to slight colour variations which is good because when the batches are mixed together and applied to the area being modeled, the result is not an unnatural all one colour. A mask is advisable when applying the grass because, although the paint has sealed the fine glue dust to the fibres, when using the squeeze bottle applicator, some fibres do tend to become airborne. Don't give up, try it again. Experiment with colour mixing of the acrylics to get the desired shade.

[@jwhsp]

Great video. I am always looking for inexpensive or free ideas for scenery as buying it can get expensive and I figure spend the money where it is needed like track and trains. I am excited to try some of your ideas. Just starting an o scale layout. Keep up the good work.

[@Wesardry]

Thank you very much I really appreciate your comments and support and am so glad you could find something useful from my work. I hope I can continue to inform and inspire you in the future.

[@elizabethmilward8301]

Yeah, that sounds awfully familiar, only I'm saving my money for wargaming miniatures rather than trains.

[@bobo327]

😊😊😊 super filmik 🖐️🖐️🖐️ pozdrawiam serdecznie ✌️👏👏👏

[@Wesardry]

Thank you very much

[@sheldonparry3272]

Fantastic

[@Wesardry]

Thank you very much I appreciate your support

[@ianr94]

very usefull many thanks

[@Wesardry]

Thank you, you’re very welcome and thanks for your support

[@frescobaldohokuto3650]

U GODDAM GENIUS! THANK U!

[@Wesardry]

Thank you!! Genius? You don’t know me well. Lol I appreciate your support greatly

[@frescobaldohokuto3650]

@@Wesardry i'm gonna up my dnd terrain game! nice content dude, and how nice to hear WALK by Panthera in a short on y.t., refreshing!

[@Wesardry]

Thank you. I want The Wizard by Black Sabbath to be my theme music but licensing and all that jazz. Nice to hear another metal head appreciate my choice

[@dndforbeginners]

awesume

[@Wesardry]

Thank you so much. I have had many positive comments on this video so I will definitely continue to do more content on repurposing materials and making homemade versions of store bought products. Again thank you for your support I appreciate it greatly.

[@garyscheer350]

You seem vary familiar to me. Almost like we knew each other in a past life or something.

[@Wesardry]

Crazy huh? How have you been?

[@stoppgamer4353]

Sorry, why bakin Pouder? I don't understand this.

[@Wesardry]

Just works as an amazing accelerator to harden the glue

[@stoppgamer4353]

@@Wesardry Tank you 🙂👌

[@Wesardry]

You’re more than welcome. I use it alot on my Gaslands builds. It can make very convincing weld lines on those conversions

[@deepseaminingsyndicate]

Thank you man for this video - I watched like 20 videos and everyone starts off so promising like “ok today is a DIY GRASS VIDEO” but then half way through the video these guys pull out pre brought stuff? Bags of flock using coffee grinders etc, or a $100 static grass tool… I live in the middle of nowhere, not only is all this store bought stuff expensive but also takes so long to get to me. You even covered flowers and more advanced looking stuff!! I’ve been looking for something very professional looking but actually diy and these techniques are exactly it. 🎉

[@Wesardry]

You are more than welcome! I’m glad I could provide you with some useful information and I REALLY appreciate your comments and your support. You’ve made my week that is for sure!

[@timeenuf4200]

Great ideas from products I never suspected would yield such amazing results. Thank you for sharing.

[@Wesardry]

Thank you for watching I’m glad you enjoyed it

[@einherjer6293]

This is amazing. I am looking for DIY stuff because the stuff from.the Storys is so damn Expansive and i need it for Table Top Scatter Terrain. As this is so affordable and most importantly flexible i can make now all Kindstod of stuff for very little Costs. Thank you so much.

[@Wesardry]

You are more than welcome and thank you VERY much for your feedback, support, and positivity it is so very much appreciated!! I have received other comments similar to yours and I aim to include a lot more of the repurposing and homemade solutions in my videos for just that reason. Again thank you so very much.

[@nicolatarantino2877]

Complimenti bellissimo tutorial. Grazie 😉

[@Wesardry]

Thank you thank you and you are more than welcome. I appreciate your comments, encouragement, and support so very much

[@samuel-mj8ov]

Great massage

[@appleoneill5135]

They are brilliant ❤

[@Wesardry]

Thank you very much I appreciate that

[@goforitpainting]

Cool tutorial.

[@Wesardry]

Thank you

[@Unkorps]

Cool jop!!

[@Wesardry]

Thank you

[@rolandhersom239]

I have a worn-out house broom for the same purpose. No need to spend your hard-earned cash buying materials. Certain types of weed and grass seeds are also useful for dried stalky small clumps.

[@Wesardry]

Hey thanks for responding I read your response before work this am and was happy to hear from you, and you and I think ALOT alike I have a couple of old brooms that I have yet to tap into their “raw potential “ Just curious, are you in USA?

[@rolandhersom239]

I live in Brisbane Australia Roland

[@Wesardry]

@rolandhersom239 Sweet! I’ve always wanted to visit Australia, and of course New Zealand after LOTR and Weta workshop. The snakes in Australia I find fascinating.. but having arachnophobia you all can keep those freak ass spiders you have! Good news is, if I ever get to travel there I now know someone who’s a fellow nerd 😁 I live in Iowa “The Heartland” of America. But make this clear although Trump has huge support in this state I’m NOT one of THOSE people😂😂 I’m sane

[@rolandhersom239]

Yes. One does tend to wonder about the sanity of that person. It's all about him and him only as far as he is concerned.

[@rolandhersom239]

I believe that there is only one good kind of spider and that is a dead one. In my shed where the railway is, spiders are inevitable but I have a couple of Gekkos that take care of the spiders and as a result the layout is free of webs on top and especially underneath where a spider's web problem used to exist before they moved in a few years ago. Having to pickup a few little white hard dropping pills is a small price to pay for their services. They come out and chirp and we have a short conversation and they moved their little heads around looking at me as I talk. You should talk to your friends and they certainly are mine. Better shut up now or you may begin to wonder if I have all my marbles like someone else we mentioned before😊