Landscaping a layout can be as easy or as difficult as you want to make it. Personally, I enjoy working on scenery, so I choose the difficult option and take my time adding intricate details to every scene. However, if you prefer to spend more time on other aspects of the hobby, you can choose the easy route. As an example; you can apply ordinary acrylic house paint (using a 2” or 3” brush) to quickly cover large areas of the landscape. House paint is relatively inexpensive. A light brown or tan color would probably be a good choice – not that you would want to paint the scenery all the same.

You could then sprinkle on some fine and medium Woodland Scenic’s ground foam in various tones of green. When it is dry you could add some more ground cover and some bushes to add realism to the scene. The main thing is to avoid using dark brown’s for your base color, because soil only looks really darkish brown when it’s turned to wet mud.

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Woodland Scenic’s have a range of liquid pigments if you want to use those. They have an Earth Undercoat which you can thin with water, and they have other shades available for rock painting and other uses.

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