this maybe one of the best tips ever Mel!

Thanx for all the great tips. And the way you deliver your tutorials.

That was really frigging cool. And just what I needed to see for my next project. Genius.

I know this wasn't meant to be a model train tutorial but I liked it and found that it is going to be of use to us model train people. Thanks for the idea.

Brilliant Mel!! Thanks for continuing to find ways to keep this hobby of ours to drive me bonkers.

Fantastic. I've never seen that idea before and it's a great one. Makes getting the varied lengths along the top much easier and more controlled. Will be doing this in the future. :) Thanks.

Really good idea and very well presented! For my next diorama I will try out the variant right away. Your positive lifestyle is contagious! Thank you very much!

No worries mate, happy to share :o)

'Tis brillig! I've just started fighting with this stuff for the first time and now I think you've won the war for me.

This just made my hobbying so much simpler

Great idea. Love it. Easy. Keep coming

Typical of my luck/timing, that I find this video AFTER I've breen struggling with a hot glue gun to stick clumps of this stuff on my first ever [modular] terrain gaming boards! Still, this excellent tip will be put to good use, as I prep up and am more organised for my next terrain making escapades! As always Mel, you are a shining light within this hobby; a beacon of practicle ideas! 💡👍

Genius, I think I've got some binder clips somewhere, thanks mate

this is a splendid idea and will work well for my train layout

This... this is a beautiful thing Best. Channel. Ever.

Brilliant tip! will definitely be making use of this one! Thanks for sharing!!

Thanks mate. Really good and just what I was looking for to complete my WW2 diorama.

Brilliant! Thank you so much for sharing! Will be definitely using this in the near future.

Excellent tip! Thanks for sharing.

Great job. Another freaky idea. Greetings from the Čech Republic 🇨🇿.

SUGGESTION: Use twwo sets of lollipop sticks on the grass material. Cut through to the chosen length. Now, you have two strips ofgrass ready for glueing. This saves lining up the end of the off-cuts for a second batch. Your idea is great.

Absolutely Fantastic Tutorial!!!! Simple n Easy to follow. Thanks for Sharing:).

Cracking job, great ideas mate

Great simple video makes doing long grass so much easier

Genius. Thanks for the Idea!

Great idea, love the videos...thanks for posting these...looking forward to checking out the rest...cheers

Simply brilliant. Thanks Mel.

VERY uselful! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!!

love it. I tried fiddling with individual tufts and hot glue. well I know my project for tonight. thank you

Always something handy to learn!

Brilliant! Thanks Mel.

Thanks Mel, I'am making a diorama which has long grass in a Kursk scene, having just got ready to cut up my Wilko brush I remembered seeing this video weeks ago. Its great, now I can contain the grass it while I glue up . John

To hold your sticks together, you could also use the large clip type paper clips. The type of clip that has to rotatable handles that you pinch together to open and then clip them on to the sticks. That would make it easier to clip on and reduce the movement of the sticks quickly and easily.

Awesome thank you so much was having a problem with that now sorted thanks to you

Brilliant!!! I'll try it! Thank you!!!

I have been looking for a video that is this direct for a long time. Great work and I am following you if they are all this direct.

this was really helpful. Thank you so much

Great method. I use clothes pins and it works just as well and a bit easier. Thanks!!!

That's neat...yeah. Think I'll try it soon...yeah. Thanks for the tip...yeah.

Instead of rubber bands, try small spring clamps. Great idea. Thank you.

Great ideas, thank you

in America they are called popsicle sticks & rubber bands. cool video,

Brilliant this will help alot thanks for sharing 👍

Perfect idea. I can see using sisal for this.

DYNOMITE! Thank you so much for sharing!

Great video thank you very much

Great idea! Thanks 😊

That is brilliant! Thank you!

10 years later, and I finally get to see this gem. i've been mucking about with superglue, trying to make these clumps, and it's basically the reason my bases are not getting finished: too much hassle. Going to try this tomorrow, I'm confident that this will be a gamechanger for me, thanks for sharing!

Brilliant! Doing this today.

Thank you, so easy to get control the unruly bundle

Great video

Great tip, I will have to try it!

I know this video is 7+ years old, but this has helped someone! Me!!!

Great tips 👍🏽👏🏽👏🏽thanks

Great tip - cheers.

That's pretty cool!

Thanks sir.well done

Good tip cheers for sharing

A great tip matey 🤟

Actually for wargamers this is a much better tip than the usual way of placing a rubber band around the grass, cutting it to length and then dip the end in glue. Although for your tip I would replace the rubber bands with bulldog clips. It would be much easier.

Great Idea!!!! Thanks for ur Tutorial:)

Brilliant! Instead of buying the tall grass, I will try this with a short bit of jute rope teased apart into fibers. Thanks for the tip, mate.

great tip. I wish I knew how to do that a year ago, could have saved a lot of time and had better grass clumps !!

thank u........great stuff ........as always

I'm late to the party but this was outstanding!👍

Yet another case of "why didn't i think of that". I knew we kept you around for a reason ;)

good way,thanks

excellent thanks

Dam that is a lot better then what I've been doing im Hanna try that thx

Brilliant!

Nice very useful

Excellent 👍👌

nice tip... can I suggest you try using simple bulldog clips to hold the ends of the lollipop sticks together... it makes it a lot easier :)

Awesome as always thanks bro :-)

Very smart!

Awesome!!

Excellent vid M8 for my model railway SUPERB.I also use cheap hanging basket liners from the £1 shop. Glue them down under some weight, with PVA leave to dry for couple of days (depends on temperature) rip them off and wala long rough grass of the correct colour

You could also put a second set of sticks along the bottom to hold the excess grass together instead of throwing it in a pile. Then you can neatly store it away.

thanks

What a great tip Mel! At the moment I'm building a three foot by four foot scaled Civil War period Diorama for the National Parks service here in Fredericksburg, Virginia. As you might be thinking that will mean a huge amount of natural looking grass, etc. I will be using my just learned tip from you to cover this area. WOW! BTW, I'd like to know from what supplier you bought your huge graphed cutting/ work board. I can't find one anywhere to buy from in this area, or anywhere. It's just the size that I'm looking for.--- Sam

U genius ! 10x from Kyiv/Ukraine !

nice tip thanks

Let me know how you get on when you do mate

I'm goona use this for my project

Just Brilliant! Great tip. If you ever visit Northern Virginia look me, I'll buy you a pint.

Great..!

ingenious!

oh I like it!

If you take away the lollipop sticks, this is how we make wefts for wigs for action figures and dolls. I knew you were going to do that but obviously we want the hair all one length but I get the principle here!

Just a thought. Prior to cutting, use 2 more sticks and rubber bands on the other end leaving room for your cutting device. After cutting you won't have that unmanageable clump left over.

Cool vid

Great idea, but why not use those office paper clamps that you have to squeeze open instead of rubber bands?

I like it when get back to working on my Civil War game( American).

Little squeeze clamps may be quicker and easier than trying to wrap rubber bands.

Great idea, instead of elastic bands try paper bulldog clips might be easier

Great video, sorry I am just stumbling on it now..lol Anyway, quick question, could you use this to create a large meadow of tall grass? Any suggestions how to do something like that?

I want to make my first diorama but I don't want to buy unnecessary stuff that's expensive. Easier than buying that tall grass from woodland scenic, Take a little twine, (coloring it and then drying it Is optional), and then unravel it. Cut a long piece, pinch it in your hand or whatever way you do it, and then add glue to the end and place it on the preferred area. Cheap, long grass that can be made into any color and shortened or lengthen to desire. I hope this makes sense and I'm going to try it out soon (hopefully) :)

Cool idea! Have you tried doing two pairs of lollipop sticks next to each other and cutting between them? If it works you could do two at once with minimal effort.

Nothing against Woodland Scenics - they're a great manufacture of scenic materials but they are also pricy as well. The part of doing scenery is to do it as cheap as possible without having to spend a fortune on small packages of this or that! Doing so only takes the enjoyment out of the hobby! It's a "Creative world" we live in!