Scratch Pads Hedges

Published 4 May 2021

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This is a set of hedges I made for my Zombicide Green Horde game.

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My first implementation was pretty rough. I started by cutting strips of cork to act as bases. I painted them black, dry brushed gray and applied a wash, for the usual stone texture.

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I then glued scratch pads on it. I tried to cut the pads in an irregular fashion, but I think it looks pretty weird.

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Functional, but not very pretty.

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To make them look a bit more realistic, I sprayed glue on them with a glue spray I had. This was very messy and did not smell good. I do not recommend that.

I then sprinkled a mix of leftover flocking and various cooking herbs on them.

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I waited for them to dry, then dipped them in modpodge to seal the herbs. When the modpodge cures, it stays invisible, but keep all the tiny herb pieces in place. I kept them upside down in various containers to have gravity spread the modpodge evenly. The upside down part wasn't even necessary as the thing stayed mostly in place.

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No worries, this will be transparent once cured.

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And the final result. This still does not look very good, but it's better than raw scratch pads. But more importantly, I won't be spreading cooking herbs everywhere when playing this them now.

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This size of this batch works well with the size of the miniatures.

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As you can see on those close up pictures, the original scratch pad can still be seen underneath. I wanted to add a black undercoat (or a very dark green), but couldn't find a reliable way to paint the pad.

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