HOW TO… MODEL OVERGROWTH
There’s a wonderful period in May and June where the vegetation explodes into ebullient growth and it seems that greenery is everywhere and can get a foothold. Most of us model summer because it is when we are most active outdoors and because it takes us back to our childhood memories of long school holidays.
As usual, the key to success is to model an overall effect and to just pick out a few key signature species that really define the time of the year.
Things change so fast in summer that there is a big difference between the May greenery and that of the next three months, even though it is all classed as the same season. This is an important differentiation that we need to capture.
Don’t get too hung up about scale. A blade of grass in 4mm:1ft scale is represented by a 0.2mm piece of static grass. This works out at 15mm when scaled up, however, the effect still looks acceptable. You will find a similar situation when you come to represent flowers and other vegetation. Many modellers misrepresent the height of overgrowth, which is usually at least waist and often above head height.
