Reddit mentions of Gale Force Nine Hobby Scenics: Green Static Grass

Green Stuff is your friend.

Basically you take a little green and a little blue, roll it up into a ball until it is play-doh consistency and use it as tack. It is great for attaching arms/legs/weapons to models, but also for sticking them to bases. I do not prefer going straight super glue to model as the joints will be weaker, but pinning a model with soder or a paper clip is kind of a pain the butt. Green stuff is a happy in between method. Good joint strength easy to use.


Regarding bases specifically, I always fill in the gap of the base with green stuff before proceeding. Roll out a small line, then superglue it into the gap. Smooth out the underside of the base and scrap away excess. You need to work fairly quickly as the green stuff starts to harden after about 5 to 10 minutes. You’ll have enough time, just don’t go walk away and bake cookies or something.


Next decide if you want to keep the flash on the base of the model (rectangle attaching the feet). Some models, Obulous or Brisket for example, should keep the flash because their models will be less stable as they only stand on one foot. On a normal model, standing on two feet, I prefer to cut the flash off.


If you kept the flash on, glue up the flash and just stick it right into the green stuff you used to fill in the base, then remove any excess from both the top and underside. If you removed the flash, roll up two tiny balls of green stuff, super glue them to the feet, then superglue that to the base. Its ok if it is a little sloppy or some of the excess is left over because you'll want to cover it up with a good flock.

Easy peasy!

This one!

Static flock - pretty easy to find and comes in many varieties. Here's stuff like what I used at Amazon.

I like the Gale Force 9 static grass. It's a good generic blend, with a nice variation of colors.
https://www.amazon.com/Green-Static-Gale-Force-Nine/dp/B001N1A7EO

If you take a look at my progress posts

One;
Two and
Three

you can see that getting to the state right before this update can be done with stuff that costs next to nothing. If you replaced all the stuff I've done at the last stage with just one bag of static grass, it would still look quite good - and probably be quite enjoyable for your players.

I'm using a Gale Force 9 static grass blend. This might not be my exact blend but I think it is (they offer several color blends): https://www.amazon.com/Green-Static-Gale-Force-Nine/dp/B001N1A7EO

You can get a better deal if you get a huge tube like they sell at hobby/train stores but I went with the smaller amount because it was my first time doing this and I wasn't sure if it would work or if I'd like it.

I made my own applicator following this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSr2ZNOn4yc

The video quality isn't the best but I found this tutorial to be the best. It was short, to the point, and got me what I wanted. I built mine for about ~$10. I'll snap a picture of it later when I'm home. The one thing I did different was use alligator clips on my two wires. The solder didn't want to stick to my sifter but alligator have worked perfectly. She also has two more videos on using it that I would watch. Again they're short and to the point, but they clearly show how to use it and get good results: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsjv17SDjVw & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8b32zzFZCI.

For glue I just use regular PVA cow glue. I brush it on where I want the grass, apply grass, and then flip my bases over to shake the grass I don't want on there off.

Even without liability it just doesn't seem worth it to my non-weed experienced self. I know you mentioned you're growing it yourself but the price of static grass is relatively insignificant. Like really, even name brand hobby grade like GF9 will run you $10 for enough to base multiple squads if you're only using grass:

GF9 Green Static Grass

And that assumes you're not using sand on the base as well, which you really should both for cost efficiency and to make the base look more diverse. Do you live near a beach?

There are companies that make basing supplies like https://www.amazon.com/Green-Static-Gale-Force-Nine/dp/B001N1A7EO