Bank holiday Monday saw me take a little time to devote to creating bushes. These use rubberised horsehair as the basis, teased out and shaped, then sprayed firstly with hairspray to make sure it was sticking together, then matt brown aerosols (Halfords and Humbrol) to give it a natural colouring. Foliage mats from both Woodland Scenics and Skale Scenics were then used as the initial covering, followed by a blend of finer scatter materials, using some of the same colours as used in the grass to maintain a degree of tonality.
The bushes have been positioned and stuck in place with plenty of PVA, aided by some strategic upright pieces of cocktail stick spray painted brown to blend in. At the far end space has been left for some fencing along the back edge. This will be the three panel length of concrete fencing initially put together for the micro-diorama created a month or so ago.
Studying the image above something was troubling me about the bushes and I realised that it was their neatness, as if they had just been neatly trimmed. I therefore opted to add some extra material sticking out from the basic shape of the bushes to add some extra texture. The extra material was created from sea foam (actually recycled from the winter diorama), sprayed with the same two shades of brown used on the horsehair and when dry sprayed with hairspray and the same scatter mix used on the the main parts of the bushes. Fixed in place with PVA they really make a difference.
In the back left corner of the scene I have added in a raspberry bush from the Tasma Products pack that I used on the Old Quarry Line. Although sold for HO/OO it has worked well in 7mm scale.
Of course, in the long run, this will all be in the background!
Colin
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