My 28mm/15mm haystack project

[Mark McDaniel]

Good Morning,
     Today my project was to make some haystacks for my Saga games, and decided to do some 15mm stuff for BC, while I was at it.
Took about an hour  list of supplies:4
Plastic easter egg tops
Small fishing bobbers
PVA glue
White Primer
Woodland scenics static grass
Tamiya dark yellow (airbrushed)
Let me know what you think.

[Mark McDaniel]

Her is a picture of my start:

[zizi666]

Looks good, but wouldn't it have been better to use the dried grass variant given it already has a pale hay-like color ?

[Mathyoo]

Those are really nice and grassy!

Have you thought about putting a vertical pole in the middle?

Like this.

[Mark McDaniel]

I thought about some lighter flock, but I had a few beers and didnt want to drive to the store, maybe today I will stop by the train shop today and touch them up.

[zizi666]

I thought about some lighter flock, but I had a few beers and didnt want to drive to the store, maybe today I will stop by the train shop today and touch them up.

Good thinking (about the not driving)

[Papa Spanky]

Sissel rope, untwisted and cut into small (5-10mm) pieces makes excellent straw or hay.

[Vonkluge]

Hey Mark,

Nice stuff! Wish you were closer to So Cal as we could do some SAGA together! If you are every down this way give us a shout! 

Meanwhile since I see you have an "airbrush" try doing this to give the hay stacks a bit of "definition", divide the stack into thirds horizontally and do a few darker rings around it then dry brush a light straw color above it. This will give the illusion of successive bunches of hay piled up. I did this on my Dark Age huts because the sculptor left the lines out and I painted them in.   Bill W



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