the best basing material?

[absolutrudy]

I heard using Plaster a paris is one way to sculpt bases, but I\'ve not personally tried it. I have tried Green stuff, which was difficult to use. (I tried sculpting a cobblestone base.) Any tips on which material, or one that I did not mention, works best?

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[StarFyre]

not sure for cobblestone...

but here, this article talks about using super sculpey...

http://coolminiornot.com/article/aid/105

Regards,

Sanjay

 

[Ritual]

That depends on what you want to do! For cobblestones I\'ve had some success by using green stuff flattened out to a thin sheet which I covered the base with. With a modelling knife I sculpted the shape of the cobblestones and made a few cracks in the stones. I then took a flat stone and pressed it onto the green stuff to make a textured surface. Some tidying up with the modelling knife and then it\'s done!

Otherwise, cork is good for rocks, real stone is useful, tree bark etc. You can use a harer putty, milliput for instance, and make a flat disk out if it, then smash the disk into small pieces (once it\'s fully cured) and use them as jagged rocks.

 

[Jabberwocky]

Here are a couple of links to good basing articles.

Slate bases

Rock (cork) bases

Hope this helps,
Jabber

 

[Legacy Account]

Go for a mooch in your local woods or park. Bark is great. Slate, stones, smashed breeze block, rotten plywood, rusty metal, burnt stuff (in my local park anyway ), shells from the beach, driftwood... I\'ve used all that in the past. I picked up a few chunks of bark in the playground of the school I was at today. It\'s beautiful stuff - think its from a silver birch???