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mouse

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I still recommend...

not sure about the miliput stuff but green stuff is expensive. Corvus, if you\'re going for green stuff, try plumber\'s putty/resin first. It differs from green stuff in that it doesn\'t sculpt very well (actually almost impossible) and hence it\'s cheap. But to make the tiles that you presented in the pic, it\'ll work. :)
 
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Errex

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Originally posted by Corvus
Anyway, can you tell me how thick this plastic card is? As far as I can see, it\'s about 1mm...
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Yes, I\'d say it\'s 1 or 1.5 mm thick. I often use pins to attach the mini to the base, so it\'s firmly anchored to the surface.

Plastic card you can come upon real easy. I cut mine from an old \"We\'ll be back\" sign. Sometimes, whenever one of my credit cards expires, instead of throwing it to the trash can, I cut it and use it as well.

There is no reason you could not use even thin sheets of balsa wood for tiling, since most of the texture is achieved by painting (the granite tutorial over at Hot Lead is the best!!!). These days, I can even find pre-cut plastic tiles within wrappers of fruit bars, as they are currently giving away these cheapo puzzles inside!!!.
 
Corvus

Corvus

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Well, I took a look in our ready-for-recycling bag of plastic and discovered something useful :): an empty butter cup.

The plastic is less than 1mm, but is very easy to cut. I used some sanding paper to make it rougher so that the glue would attach better. I then cut it into shape and glued it to the base with superglue.

The result does not look as good as those green-stuff (or whatever it\'s made of) tiles, but it\'s ok for a first try :).
 
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finn17

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Tiles. green stuff etc..

From looking at the image I would guess that the tiles have almost certailnly been made from greenstuff/ milliput or some other two-part epoxy gunk. It has been said that GS is expensive, but you can shop around and get it cheaper than GW charge. There have already been threads discussing this so I will not repeat the information, other than to say that the source I use \'Heresy\' sell fresh GS by the yard much cheaper than GW. GS is definitely worth experimenting with in it\'s own right because it will give you a feeling of what the original sculptors felt when making the original models and is the basis for almost all professional conversions. Try it, you\'ll like it:flip:
 
Corvus

Corvus

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Heya Lurch, thanks for the link!

As I said before, I didn\'t use paper, but plastic card (from a butter cup). The unpainted result looks nice, with different sizes of stones. I have tried it on a base for one of my Tau Crisis Suits, and the (unpainted) result looks very good. I\'m going to try to give those stones a very worn look, because they\'re meant to be from an ancient alien temple :).

I might give the paper a try for smaller cobblestones (to simulate a human road, like on the webpage). Green stuff tiles is another thing I\'m going to try sooner or later.

Thanks everyone!
 
freakinacage

freakinacage

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you can used textured plasticard. it\'s quite thin and can be glued to the base so that when the mini is glued to it it is really strong. you can buy it from www.plastruct.com people in the uk, be warned - they will send you the american catalogue (catalog) so call the number for ema model supplies (i think it\'s on the website) and they\'re really helpful. you can get loads of other really cool stuff there as well
 
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finn17

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Looks like a good link...

That looks like a good link. I haven\'t had time to explore it yet - but I will! Thanks.
 
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