Charon Yellow 6mm

Charon Yellow 6 mm – grass tufts from Paint Forge

This is scenic material for creating terrain, not a kit or a part for a model. The tufts are stuck onto the base of a figure, onto the board of a diorama or onto an open area beside a model of hardware, and they give a scene the height and irregularity that scatter material alone cannot achieve. The figure of 6 mm from the name corresponds to the length of the fibers, so a tuft stands for taller, overgrown vegetation.

The shade and where it suits

The name carries the color designation Yellow, that is the yellow part of the range; judge the particular tone from the illustration on the box. Yellow, parched-looking tufts come into their own in summer and late autumn scenes, on the verges of roads, on rubble and also on fantasy bases, where the growth is meant to look unusual. A combination of several shades looks natural — a uniform area of a single color looks artificial.

How the tufts are worked

Seat a tuft with a drop of PVA glue or with cyanoacrylate glue and hold it for a few seconds. Trim the silhouette with small scissors into an irregular shape and comb the fibers out with your fingers, so that the tuft does not sit on the surface like a button. The transition to the surrounding terrain can be fine-tuned with static grass, fine gravel, small leaves or a pigment worked in at the roots. Do not spray the fibers with thick paint — it would stick them together; any unifying of the tone should be done only with a light breath from a distance.

Who the material is for

• Builders of dioramas and display scenes in the usual modeling scales
• Figure painters who want to bring a base to life quickly
• Modelers of hardware who display a model on a terrain base
• Beginners — the tufts work even without a static grass applicator

It is scenic material for creating terrain, not a model. Glue, paints and a base are not included in the package, unless stated otherwise.