Umber Peat MOSS

Umber Peat Moss: scenic vegetation from AMMO of Mig Jimenez

The accessory belongs to the group of vegetation for dioramas. It is neither a model nor a paint: it is an element of a scene that you shape and set into the terrain so that a model or a figure stands in an environment rather than on an empty board. Check the contents of the package, the size of the growth and its composition on the packaging.

Shaping and setting it into a scene

Vegetation in a diorama is built up in layers rather than laid down all at once. First you decide where the growth should be dense and where the ground should show through, then the volume is established, and finally the fine detail is added in the foreground, where the viewer looks first.

• Tear it off in small parts and loosen the tufts with your fingers, so they keep a natural shape.
• Glue with thin PVA glue applied to the terrain and fix small items with a drop of cyanoacrylate glue.
• Build the growth in two or three layers, from a coarser bottom one to a finer top one.
• Unify the tone with the scene using pigments or a light overspray from a distance; the texture has to stay legible.
• Leave gaps and bare ground, as growth with no gaps looks like a carpet.
• Judge the coarseness of the texture against the model, not against your own scene, as the model sets the scale.

Who the accessory is for

It suits builders of dioramas and vignettes, figure painters working on a base and modelers who want to place a vehicle or an aircraft in a landscape. This line of vegetation accessories comes in several variants named by color, so they can be combined, and growth made of two or three tones looks livelier than a uniform area.

Store in a dry place and out of the reach of children. Ventilate when gluing and overpainting. Take the details of the package contents and the recommended handling from the manufacturer on the packaging.