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I use dyed sawdust. If you have no sawdust at home, go to a home products store or a lumber yard, and you can get all you want free. It doesn't take much. Redwood, fir, pine, and other woods will take dye differently, adding to the variety. I use water-soluble craft paints and blend various greens, yellows, and tans as the mood strikes me. Begin with about a half-cup or so of sawdust in a margarine tub or equivalent, and in another container mix up a thin mixture of color. Blend it together with the sawdust, making sure the sawdust is well soaked. Spread on a newspaper for drying. Use white glue cut 50/50 with water, and paint it over the area on your layout you want covered. Sift the sawdust over the landscape and lightly pat down (not too much: you don't want it flat). Add touches of yellow, red, or blue for wildflowers, and various tans and browns for dirt showing through. Plain sawdust works well as earthtones as well. <br />Mountains? I make mine out of layers of cellotex (ceiling tile) glued together, then stressed and gouged to make cracks, erosions, and other features. Wear a dust mask.
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