Wild Tuft – Light Brown

Dried grass at the end of summer

Light brown growth matches grass that has had no water for a month. That is exactly what the edges of field tracks, field margins, stubble after the harvest and the areas along a railroad track look like in August. Combined with green tufts it makes the mosaic a real meadow has in a dry spell, and the scene gains a definite season at once.

Dimensions and the contents of the package

The individual tufts have fibers 6 mm long and there are 35 of them on the carrier film. This tone is a fairly rare one, because most brown variants lean either toward rust or toward beige. Here it is a warm, slightly grayish shade exactly between them.

Use with vehicles and figures

Dry grass has one practical advantage: it works splendidly as a divider. A few tufts along a tank's tracks, at a vehicle's wheel or under a figure's boot explain that the machine has just driven through unkept terrain. It serves just as well on the roofs of ruins and in cracks in concrete, where self-seeded weeds hold on. The shade also responds well to painting: a drop of thin ocher wash moves it into a more parched position, while a weak green filter at the roots imitates growth that is only starting to dry out. A final fixing with a matte coat prevents the fibers from fraying during handling. For scenes from the Mediterranean and from the Balkans this tone, together with beige, is the most natural choice. This tone also goes well with wood. Along fences of unplaned laths, by piles of firewood or around barn doors the grass stays uncut and turns brown earlier than in the open. It is precisely such small things that give away that nobody is looking after the land.