anyone have any tips, techniques, or materials for building 1/35 scale hay bails??

Try the Craft section of Wally world........

ive read that some people use diffrent shades of sewing thread to simulate hay but are there any otehr materials that people use to simulate this stuff. what im actually looking to do is make hay bales as cover for a tiger in a small town scene

http://www.bjcraftsupplies.com/miniatures/images/Miniatures-c-h/BaleOfHay.jpg
http://www.bjcraftsupplies.com/miniatures/hay01.asp

very interesting. thanks for the link. any idea what material they use for that stuff. i was kinnd of hope to scratch build these things on the cheap. if you know what i mean

Are you actually thinking bales or mounds of hay? either way hay can easily be created using cheap bristle brushes, I am not sure if you have the countless Dollar stores back East as there are out here but you can pick up the brushes cheaply. They don't paint worth a damn but make good long grass and hay

Ahh.... the China Bristle brushes!!

thats a geat idea!!. the trick is to maybe get some brushes with diff size bristles so it doesnt all look too uniform, and waly world im sure has some of these things for pretty cheap

if you mean the rectangular 'blocks' , it might not be cheap, but I'd use the Noch 'straw' grass sheet glued onto a tan painted block of styrofoam or insulating blueboard.

Mike

Mike
yes i do mean teh blocks but am not sure what you mean by Noch 'straw' grass sheets. can you elaborate?