Super Easy Hills & Mountains Video

[railfan4life]

Guys,

Here's a short video I demonstration of a technique I came up with for making hills, mountains and other terrain profiles. This doesn't use plaster, plaster cloth or carved foam but rather covers the surface in painted quilt batting. This give the scene a great base to apply scenery materials to build up a realistic looking scene. This video is just about the technique of applying the batting. I'll do a follow up one on how I applied various scenery elements (ground foam, bushes, trees, rocks, etc) to complete the scene.





Cheers,

Kevin

[mrsocal]

Thank you,I found this helpful. Can you give me a bit more info on the fabric?

[mlehman]

Scotty,
Batting is used to make things like quilts and padded jackets by sewing it in between layers of fabric. With Xmas coming, it's also used as a base for nativity scenes, etc under the tree for instance.

[railfan4life]

Oct 10, 2015 11:19:54 GMT -8 mrsocal said:

Thank you,I found this helpful. Can you give me a bit more info on the fabric?

Scotty, as mlehman said, the batting is used as the filling for quilts normally. You can find it as fabric stores or any hobby stores with a fabric department. Batting comes in various thicknesses called loft and some have additional qualities like a thermal layer. I found that the low loft works best. It is relatively cheap with a twin size sheet (70" x 90") of low loft batting being about $12. Not sure there is much else to tell you about it. Hope this answers your question.

Cheers,

Kevin

[theengineshed]

That's a really neat technique Kevin and the video is great!