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Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Ground Cover - Which color do you prefer?


 I've been working on a "secret" terrain project for this year's Challenge.  Well, perhaps now not all that secret. given this post.  Anyway, I'm a bit stumped on the color of ground flocking.  I've got two on hand - a dark green and a light green. Both are from Scenic Express.

I can always mix the two to create a medium green.  When mixing ground covers I limit myself to either 50/50 (pictured) or 2/3's / 1/3 to make it easy to replicate.

A picture of the three contending colors on the base ground cover.  For ground texture I use a pre-mixed tiled grout that's pre-colored, in this case its a very nice earth tone.  The tile grout dries rock hard and both clings to the surface and hardens the EPS pink foam.

I'm leaning towards a the medium green with a few patches of either color.  Part of me likes the light green as I can make the boards have an early spring feel but I suppose I might tire of that over time.  Here in the Northern hemisphere spring is a really attractive concept right about now.

One of the goals for this year's challenge is that I wanted to limit myself to using mini's and terrain supplies that I have on hand so I haven't purchased anything new since Nov'17.  This has not really proven to be such of a hardship but I am a bit limited on the scenery supplies.

Which color would you pick?
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9 comments:

  1. marinergrimFebruary 27, 2018 at 7:57 AM

    I prefer the blend and would use the individual dark or light in patches.

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  2. irishserbFebruary 27, 2018 at 7:59 AM

    I would definitely go with the mixed, medium green. It is quite attractive and allows you to create lighter and darker patches for variety

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  3. john de terre neuveFebruary 27, 2018 at 8:09 AM

    I think your plan of a mixed base with the dark green in the low points of the terrain and light green patches at the high points will work well.

    John

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  4. GregFebruary 27, 2018 at 8:31 AM

    Agreed go with the mixed one and add pathes of the light and dark one here and there.

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  5. Domesticated BillFebruary 27, 2018 at 8:36 AM

    I would go with the medium it looks a better colour and will stretch out your supplies

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  6. TamsinPFebruary 27, 2018 at 10:10 AM

    I'd go with the medium/mixture, possibly with a few patches of the two unmixed to give some variety.

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  7. Ray RousellFebruary 27, 2018 at 10:36 AM

    I'm gonna be really boring and say the mixed colour too!

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  8. MartinCFebruary 27, 2018 at 12:25 PM

    What everybody else said

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  9. jmilesrFebruary 27, 2018 at 3:17 PM

    Thanks for all of the fast replies. After carefully parsing through the responses and factor in all the variables, I think I see a trend emerging that the mixed "mid-tone" shade seems to be the favorite.

    Thanks again

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