Let's Make - Cheap & Easy Hay Fields & Hay Stacks Scatter Terrain

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In this Let's Make, we look at adding a little spin to the traditional squares of door mat hay fields with a few techniques to create larger hay fields that roll in from the table edge!
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@griflet1 7 жыл бұрын

hay fields really depend on the time, now they're huge, in the middle ages the whole countryside was divided in small patches that could be worked by hand by a couple of people

@robertspears8301 7 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial. I appreciate the way you demonstrate the method but don't make the viewers watch as you do each step to every piece. Jumping ahead to show the result and starting the next phase. Love it. Wish more tutorials were like yours.

@thekameleon9785 4 жыл бұрын

The man. The myth. The legend.

@jackcough4149 4 жыл бұрын

"They go on forever" *slaps doormat on table* lol Loved the video but just had that image in my head when you said that.

@demos235 5 жыл бұрын

You should make another hayfield with crop circles in it. Just to mess with your opponents.

@mikewyant6919 3 жыл бұрын

That’s what my 16 year old said when I bought a new mat for terrain

@jeffkeffer3012 7 жыл бұрын

I said it before and I will say it again you are the Boss Ross of models (Easy to follow and easy going ) ...Love your channel man have learned a ton and a lot of this will go onto my model Rail Road and my war game table

@TheTerrainTutor 7 жыл бұрын

High praise indeed, thank you :-D

@LittleWarsTV 6 жыл бұрын

Nice haystack method here. I made haystacks for our club by carving 2" thick polystrene insulation board, but this method gives a really sharp final product. Never thought to use the door mats like this!

@TheTerrainTutor 6 жыл бұрын

Hope it helps you buddy!

@zakhoskins6404 7 жыл бұрын

I've seen the fields before, as well as round bales made out of clear tape and chopped twine. But I did like the hay "mounds" for a lack of a better term. Never thought about using the coconut hair. Good idea.

@halfmileduck1911 7 жыл бұрын

Brilliant video Mel, love the techniques and tips. Looking forward to seeing how you approach walls & fences.

@dancarson1479 3 жыл бұрын

Love the hay stacks!

@adt70hk33 5 жыл бұрын

Yet again another great tutorial!! Very well done!!!

@thehastyterrainmaker9485 7 жыл бұрын

I cannot wait to try this! Thanks Mel!

@seansquires2115 7 жыл бұрын

Good stuff Mel. I'm really enjoying the videos.

@Nobleshield 3 жыл бұрын

Love your videos. Clear and concise and generally not too difficult even for novices. I'm looking at making some terrain that can easily be transported to and from the game store for historical gaming and your videos have been invaluable with ideas.

@Tev_N 7 жыл бұрын

I honestly don't understand how you only have 33k Subs. We need to get you to at least 100k for the effort and helpful information you provide. Do you know any web/graphical designers for your pages and possibly video's. Also, painting tutorials will give you a nice boost, especially with models. Keep up the great work.

@TheTerrainTutor 7 жыл бұрын

One day I'll get there mate. I'll probably not go down the route of model tutorials, I'm a terrain guy, I'm not good enough for model tutorials and it's not what I want my channel to be about bud

@tristanbissell5126 7 жыл бұрын

TheTerrainTutor what scale do you think this would be?

@TheTerrainTutor 7 жыл бұрын

Tristan Bissell No idea matey

@brightonbegole5459 4 жыл бұрын

We’re there now! 125k baby!

@grimdesaye6534 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the Great info. Nice looking terrain. :)

@IvarrtheSpineless 7 жыл бұрын

Very nice work, some great ideas there!

@TheSuburbanScumbag 7 жыл бұрын

great video Mel great technique

@jjab99 7 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial Mel. That was very interesting and so useful too, many thanks mate. Joe

@tmagz6622 7 жыл бұрын

i think making a barn outta popsicle sticks and laying htat type of doormat down would make a great piece of rural farm terrain, even more so would be washing the planks in a dark brown type of colour

@TheTerrainTutor 7 жыл бұрын

it's on the list mate

@dmjamesplaysosr 7 жыл бұрын

Great vid, I have been trying to decide how to build a few hay fields for my bolt action games. Thank you for this.

@jacobrichards8359 7 жыл бұрын

I love these!

@Kili121416 7 жыл бұрын

Look great. Inspired to make some myself.

@terrain-hardy 7 жыл бұрын

I really really like the Hay stacks ... DAMN ... there a cool and a great idea many thanks for showing and keep up the good work. ;-)

@johnrugman52 7 жыл бұрын

just found your channel excellent for railway modeling keep up the good work

@JasonSkee 7 жыл бұрын

Brilliant, thanks mel

@antevans908 7 жыл бұрын

shopping list made..... nice one Mel ;)

@peterderry9426 7 жыл бұрын

This is brilliant very informative .

@Hobbyrepubliken 3 жыл бұрын

4 years after I first watched this I finally have some cheap coco fibre mats to work with!

@woodyfx 7 жыл бұрын

Great work bro.

@eekbeatsofficial Жыл бұрын

Youre a legend for these tutorials

@thomasmunk7941 7 жыл бұрын

Thx so much Mel. I learn alot from you.

@TheTerrainTutor 7 жыл бұрын

It's what I'm here for!

@marktaylor4674 7 жыл бұрын

Nice job. Very useful..

@joncignatta8660 7 жыл бұрын

I've watched several of your videos now and I have to say, Brilliant job! Never disappointed and I enjoy your British humor... 👍🏻😁 #weamericans Lol

@TheTerrainTutor 7 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it mate

@IDICBeer 7 жыл бұрын

Good stuff Mel

@marksmangaming9306 7 жыл бұрын

i am now on the hunt for coconut fibres, looks like a trip to a florist for me.

@georgetaylor5482 7 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial Mel,I just found coconut fiber at the dollar store,I'll put it to good use.

@brickstorm9747 7 жыл бұрын

Realy nice!

@NinjaTactiks 7 жыл бұрын

GW came out a while ago with a terrain tutorial book and one of the suggestions they made for hayfields was to not glue the base and hay field so that you could remove them and give it the impression that it's been trampled over when units walk over them.

@barryslemmings31 7 жыл бұрын

My background is in newspaper/magazine layout and design. Back in the day when large qualities of spray adhesive were being used (Spray Mount etc) there were numerous warnings that all such spray adhesives are carcinogenic (cancer-causing) if inhaled. Inhaled spray adhesive is in the same category as inhaling MDF dust or any spray paint. As well as being a fine aerosol it also contains some nasty hydro carbons. The industry warnings, at the time, were it should not be used indoors without strict precautions. The industrial standard was a 'glue booth' which sucked air away from the work piece and absorbed the glue/air into a replaceable filter. Other suggestions are do it outside or use a personal mask but only use masks in an exclusion area where others cannot breathe it. Regard it as a 'persistent agent' in still air. Well ventilate and/or do it outside.

@barryslemmings31 7 жыл бұрын

These are glue booths: www.graphicsdirect.co.uk/spraybooths/simair/simair-spray-booths.html It IS a problem! Good luck and stay safe! :)

@TheTerrainTutor 7 жыл бұрын

That's for the heads up mate

@barryslemmings31 7 жыл бұрын

I enjoy the video lessons. Many of the things you do now with modern materials I was doing in 1/200 or 15mm scale with cardboard and plaster 25 years ago. And... before you ask… I 'set' the thick cardboard with polyurethane varnish to make it hard and waterproof before I used a fine sand, plaster and PVA mix on it. No warping! Keep on trucking and work safe! :)

@Craz38 4 жыл бұрын

They look great Mel. Well I looked through all the comments and not one person mentions you quoting Tommy Cooper all the way through, lol. "Just like that...."

@MiniGamePainter 7 жыл бұрын

Super cool for bolt action or something...

@davefielder4411 9 ай бұрын

Great stuff and easy to follow instructions. This looks like it works really for 25/28mm. Do you have any tips / tutorials for smaller scales?

@loupiscanis9449 7 жыл бұрын

Thank;s .

@WhitehouseFilms 7 жыл бұрын

I've never heard of using doormats to make haystacks. I've seen them used for thatched cottages for garden ornaments but not for this sort of modelling. Must give that a go for one of my layouts.

@fatu6613 7 жыл бұрын

Play some ww2 skirmish games, it's every gamer's instant bocage!

@Cyriakx 3 жыл бұрын

that is fucking bloody brilliant.

@billd.iniowa2263 7 жыл бұрын

Best line of the whole video: "... Left over from when I savaged a 4Ground tree"... You do realize there are folks out there that didnt see that one right? Right now somebody out there is trying to figure out why the heck someone would "savage" a tree. lol!

@TheTerrainTutor 7 жыл бұрын

We have our ways .....

@Simoncressey99 7 жыл бұрын

Hay Mel can ya do an extra bonus vid on how you would go about doing a crop circle style field thanks nice vid fella

@TheTerrainTutor 7 жыл бұрын

Now that'd be interesting lol

@johnlamprecht7523 Жыл бұрын

Not really sold on the Tacos, but great video as usual

@atomstrom 7 жыл бұрын

I reckon you could use steel wool for the haystacks as well, can't you? I sprayed the wool on my test tree with a few different coats and it made the fibres noticeably thicker, so it can be quite close to what you get out of the coconut. Maybe a little less in scale. I think there's also something called wood wool used in decorating (and packaging back in the day) that could be useful, but honestly I haven't touched any for ages. Nearly all my at home clothes are hobby soiled, mate. Honestly, I don't care much. It's just easier to wipe something on your shirt if you need it to be done quickly than doing yoga exersises to reach a bloody towel around the corner. It also creates nice patterns, especially with the occasional paint accident. I'm more worried something's sticking in my beard. You know, I've seen guys wearing a tie under an apron at the bench. That can't be normal.

@TheTerrainTutor 7 жыл бұрын

I will never wear a tie in the studio! Not sure on the wire wool, give it a go and let me know how you get on mate!

@seemoon6338 5 жыл бұрын

Please tell me what green material is used?.. or How to make it

@roundhousetrainspotting 6 жыл бұрын

I would recommend thinning it out to give a more realistic look. You can also add a light sprinkling of a yellow flock to replicate the ears of corn.

@annoyingewok 7 жыл бұрын

Crack on! Great stuff!

@giglionero5961 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, can you help me? My english is not good. What he use for the straw pile?

@ShipWreck68 7 жыл бұрын

Well done. Do you have any winter scenes or terrian features.

@TheTerrainTutor 7 жыл бұрын

Snowy playlist bud

@johnmonroney8614 7 жыл бұрын

Here in the states they roll hay into big round tubes as high as they are wide. Post harvest

@johnmonroney8614 7 жыл бұрын

Wrap green twine around and you got a hit mate.

@TheTerrainTutor 7 жыл бұрын

We have the same here but that's modern industrial methods, guessing we have similar machinery

@jackhartford521 3 жыл бұрын

Thumbnail looks like a cheese quesadilla lol.

@TheDeinonychus 7 жыл бұрын

I would have drybrushed the bases earth tones to get a good compacted dirt look, then rather than using flock, I would have more finely chopped the left over coconut fibers and sprinkled that on like flock. When you look at hay fields after they've been bailed, it's usually more dirt that green grass. Of course, for edges you could sprinkle a bit of green flock to match them to the rest of the table, but to me, hay would have looked better on more bare dirt.

@TheTerrainTutor 7 жыл бұрын

Reckon it'd look good like that mate, post you pics to the terrainiacs group :-)

@TheDeinonychus 7 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately I have neither the space nor the funds to work on terrain anymore. Else I'd be working on a lot of projects >.

@TheTerrainTutor 7 жыл бұрын

TheDeinonychus Shame bud

@thomaspasieka1311 5 жыл бұрын

The image for this video makes it look like you are making Tacos 🙂

@siddis772 7 жыл бұрын

hay now hay now, don't dream it's over

@mikeylindseysadventures4212 7 жыл бұрын

I use natural material i heat my soil and dirt at 350 for an hour and i preserve branches off bushes and dry out fresh grass clippings and mulched leaves and red sand and all natural that I've gotten even better results than store bought foliage.

@TheTerrainTutor 7 жыл бұрын

All the soil around here is clay type so that's a no-no for me bud

@mikeylindseysadventures4212 7 жыл бұрын

i love baseball diamond red sand, i havethe store bought andhonestly like naturalbetter I bake my dirt for 1-2 hpurs at 350 degrees F. I use natural bush branhes lawn and leave trimmings hay, thorn trees, Ive became a huge fan and watched so many of your videos and have learned so much. my friend makes tiny dioramas for his tank models but i just cuts 8, 20'x18" plywood boards i have surgery in 1 day and a wake up. ill be in bed for 2 weeks and no physical activity for 90 days after that, ive made alot of pva i have modge podge my glues my material foam board my foilage and pigments hot glue gun and so much more. To much to name lol i have 2 deasks by my hospital bed in my room so i can easily access everything. if its ok my first board i will make a video of the finished product, ive bought and got so much material for 3 and half months its crazy. Ill comment link to video if you could give me a few pointers on the first board i make, they will not be for war games just for my projects i have a reallly creative mind and love how you also use your imagination alot as well as i do to get what you need done. i even have 2 bags 200 soldiers at a 1:35 scale. my first scene will be an irag type setting, if you could give me a few pointers ill send link to my first board finished video in a week or so, i also have came to love a product in the USA called ProFrom Joint Coumpund you can mix and water it down and i love how you taught about making the rock walls and terrain with the aluminum foil technique 50lbs of proformjoint compound is only like $12 U.S. dollars per 50 lbs which is alot if you think about it and it stays wet if you dropabout a half cupof water to bucket before put lid on will last like over a year ive read on blogs. thanls a lot for responding

@emmitstewart1921 7 жыл бұрын

After mentioning hay bales so much, you should make a video on making them.

@TheTerrainTutor 7 жыл бұрын

I will at some point

@peterderry9426 7 жыл бұрын

I think he meant hay stacks, he gets a little flustered at times. Bales would be cool though.

@dezmo1218 7 жыл бұрын

"Said the actress to the bishop..." Nice.

@jackpenn2956 7 жыл бұрын

These are great! Reckon this would work using fake grass for. Jungles?

@TheTerrainTutor 7 жыл бұрын

Yep ;-)

@semaneta 7 жыл бұрын

Hello. Congratulations on your class of great quality. I love miniature toy soldiers and I'm learning how to make dioramas. A tip: put subtitle of his speech in the video and a description of the materials list to be used, even in English. This helps me - and others - to understand your description. My understanding of English is not so good as to be able to understand everything you say, you are too fast ... Congratulations! Sidnei, from Brazil.

@TheTerrainTutor 7 жыл бұрын

Oh, nice idea mate!

@ThePlacemat 6 жыл бұрын

great video. but would it not have looked more 'correct' unflocked as it would should that the hay had been recently reaped. posible just fix some loose hay on the ground

@TheTerrainTutor 6 жыл бұрын

Fresh sprouts mate ;-)

@siralda8309 7 жыл бұрын

Could you please make thatched roofs??

@TheTerrainTutor 7 жыл бұрын

We'll cover it as some point mate

@johnphilippatos 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Mel, what would have happened if you had drybrushed the hayfields quite a bit with a yellow, or some ochre or something? I'm asking 'cause I think hay is a bit more yellow than coconut fiber, what do you think? Thanks anyway, quite a tutorial mate. Subbed.

@mechanicalturk5202 7 жыл бұрын

What is the bases material and where would I find it online? I never quite catch what you say when you mention it :)

@TheTerrainTutor 7 жыл бұрын

Expanded PVC foamboard

@mechanicalturk5202 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks champ! You're an inspiration.

@KevinZucht 2 ай бұрын

@greedo-diedforusall 7 жыл бұрын

said the actress to the bishop. HA!

@kivati 2 жыл бұрын

I can't seem to find any plain or cheap door mats, any ideas?

@TheTerrainTutor 2 жыл бұрын

Amazon mate

@ernestoordonez1022 Жыл бұрын

👍👌👍👌

@DrPatANelson Жыл бұрын

But hay, until it is cut, is GREEN, not brown. It turns brownish as it dries in the sun, after it's mown. These look more like ripe fields of small grains.

@ElizaberthUndEugen 7 жыл бұрын

looked better before you applied the grass flock, especially because the earth tone was so nice. Imo grass flock always looks terrible though.

@26snoopy82 6 жыл бұрын

In NC we have hay bales in circles kind of the candy rolos. Show how to make some hay like that.

@TheTerrainTutor 6 жыл бұрын

got a pic?

@26snoopy82 6 жыл бұрын

TheTerrainTutor www.google.com/search?client=safari&hl=en-us&biw=1024&bih=672&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=mdbCWdvtHKC9gAa38LG4BA&q=hay&oq=hay&gs_l=mobile-gws-img.3..0i67k1l5.11213.26804.0.29732.20.19.0.0.0.0.350.4877.0j3j12j4.19.0....0...1.1.64.mobile-gws-img..14.6.1366...41j30i10k1.0.eETL3CUP5gU

@gregholt5471 6 жыл бұрын

what is the pvc you use for the base?

@TheTerrainTutor 6 жыл бұрын

Expanded PVC foamboard mate

@jasonstevens2984 4 жыл бұрын

What the name of type of door mat is used?

@Hobbyrepubliken 3 жыл бұрын

Coconut fibre

@danbuman5726 7 жыл бұрын

What product in the US would be the equivalent to Das air dry clay?

@DaytonaRoadster 7 жыл бұрын

you can get it off amazon, its even on Prime. I think Michaels sells it or something like it too www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_1_8?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=das+air+dry+clay&sprefix=das+air+%2Caps%2C142

@Stargate404 7 жыл бұрын

Das is available here in the US, I see it at Michael's and Hobby Lobby all the time but for this type of usage (not expecting it to hold good detail) you can use crayola air drying clay which can be found pretty much everywhere

@danbuman5726 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@chrisshaw451 6 жыл бұрын

What was the scatter you used ?

@TheTerrainTutor 6 жыл бұрын

Javis mate

@airbrushingbynick6071 4 жыл бұрын

That’s a bloody chicken burger🤣

@redgreen09 7 жыл бұрын

well like em. To day most weat fields go 100s miles say like ones hare IN U.S.A .That go to canada will see more .

@ElizaberthUndEugen 7 жыл бұрын

err... wot?

@redgreen09 7 жыл бұрын

well TROLL whar do think your food come from or cant read or did boter one thing did not do TROLL

@ElizaberthUndEugen 7 жыл бұрын

tard

@redgreen09 7 жыл бұрын

W T F ? TFULL?

@arathaemaxus5250 8 ай бұрын

Said the actress to the bishop lol

@genmasaotome3503 7 жыл бұрын

Yeah?

@ProfessionallyIdiotic 3 жыл бұрын

Baaby XD

@johnmonroney8614 7 жыл бұрын

Looks more like a taco and a tenderloin

@TheTerrainTutor 7 жыл бұрын

I keep hearing that taco comment, must check them out

@SilkeJuppenlatz 2 жыл бұрын

It's... straw. Not hay. :) Great tutes, but yeah. Straw. Hay is green.

@johnmonroney8614 7 жыл бұрын

just saying that your KZfaq photo looks like a taco and a tenderloin sandwich. actually I seen a video I think it's called making realistic hay bales. they're round you'll find the video. have a great day Mel

@TheTerrainTutor 7 жыл бұрын

Ah, they're modern hay bales bud ;-)