Swamp grasses

[NYC_George]

My plan to put a huge swamp under the 5 arch viaduct I just completed died with the New Year approaching. The swamp, cattails and all just didn’t look right under the viaduct so I tore everything up before I wasted and more time on the project. I wanted to create that NJ Central look along I-95 but it just didn’t work. I did salvage some of the swamp though. I’ll use it some where else. The photo below is a sample of how the swamp grasses looked.

NYC_George

 

[UP2CSX]

I don't know what that 1:1 swamp looks like but those swamp grasses and cattails look pretty good to me. I have a swamp that needs to be filed in so I'll take them off your hands if you just hate them.

 

[Dominick]

Shame you did not get a few pics before you tore it up I would like to have seen it.
Being I used to live in NJ (Camden) then moved to (lindenwold) now down here in AZ.

 

[JazzDad]

You are probably going to put MANY more cattail heads in your display, right? When they grow, they usually grow really thick- and that's the trick- how to get that effect without making hundreds or thousands of individual heads.

 

[MrTrain]

I like yours

 

[NYC_George]

Creating cattails

I made the cattails by stripping down some old decoder harness wire leaving one little piece on for the cattail head. I then painted the everthing a light sand color and when that dried I painted the head dark brown. It’s not that hard to do.

NYC_George

 

[mike8693]

looks great. Something i think i might try is getting bare copper wire, and painting on liquid electrical tape for the tops.not sure how it would work but probably a little easier then stripping all those wires.