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How much scatter do I need?
One of the most common scatter-related questions asked in model shops around the world is - How much do I need? And that's a fair question, after all, you need to know how much to purchase, one bag? two? ten? It's almost impossible to guess when stood there staring at a bag in a shop.
Although we cannot guess either, how much of the green stuff you will need or use to create the desired effect, we can at least offer two truths. Firstly, your bag of scatter will go much further than you ever imagined, that's the good news! The second truth is not so good, because once you have discovered the effects scatter can have, it becomes addictive and you inevitably will want more and more layers, each providing a more realistic effect than the last.
That may be an arguably unhelpful, albeit humorous, way of looking at scatter, but there is a lesson in there somewhere. And that is that it really does depend on the individual and how heavily (or how many different layers) they are likely to use.
But for those who would like an actual figure no matter how rough, a good tip is to use the coffee mug method. A regular coffee mug of a medium-coarse scatter will adequately cover an area of approximately 50 cm x 50 cm. The coffee mug method is useful because when in a shop, it is easier to guess how many coffee mugs a particular bag of scatter will fill as opposed to trying to guess how many bags it would take to cover a layout. So if you have 100 cm x 100 cm of scenic area to cover, you will need four coffee mugs worth of scatter to complete the job, well the first layer anyway!
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