Cobble stones

[Stern Kestrelmann]

Looking for some quick but effective techniques on making cobble stone bases.

 

Any ideas?

 

SK

[Enchantra]

To make cobblestone:

 

Grab some silica gel pellets.  These makes great stones in any context.  Apply them to the mini's base using a glue that dries water-resistant.

 

First, make sure the base is clean, the  brush on a coat of glue and litterally pour the "stones" over the base, make sure they are all sticking into the glue and fill in any gaps with more stones, then allow to dry.  Prime the "stones," or paint them as it in browns, greys, and other rock colors, then to give a mortar look use a dark grey toa  black wash over the rocks and let it fill in the gaps between the stones and dry.  

 

Once dry seal with sealant.

 

Voila!  Cobblestone :)

[Stern Kestrelmann]

Grab some silica gel pellets.

 

Sorry, but I don't know what these are?  

 

SK

[Enchantra]

The best way to explain what these are.  

 

You know when you get new electronic equipment or get things shipped to you and sometimes you find these little packets in the bottom of the boxes with labels on them that say something to the extent of "Dessicant, do not eat," or "poison, silica gel?"

 

Those packets are what you want.  Cut them open and inside are numerous small pellets that make kickin rocks :)

 

Saves the environment too by keeping them from going into a landfill.

[sc hobbies]

A few other methods might include using styrene strips cut in irregular patterns and then glued to the base, using epoxy putty (kneadatite, a & b putty, etc) or there are commercially available ones on other sites.  Might be a good idea for Reaper to think about these as well.

Hope this helps.

Steve :O

[Enchantra]

A few other methods might include using styrene strips cut in irregular patterns and then glued to the base, using epoxy putty (kneadatite, a & b putty, etc) or there are commercially available ones on other sites.

Considering a lot of the epoxies out there in the market, and maybe even some of the epoxy putties have a tendecy to eat through styrene, I wouldn't suggest using styrene, or if you do, don't use epoxy but use a waterbase glue that dries water resistant and is safe for foam.  I've seen what epoxy and other solvent based glues do to foam.  It isn't pretty.

[sc hobbies]

Usually, i base my figs on metal discs.  I did not think about using the styrene bases like the GW ones.   Using the styrene strips has done well for me.

Steve

[smokingwreckage]

Heresy miniatures does flagstone/paving bases that might do the trick. Heresy

 

They also seem to have a lotta sculpting/converting tools....

[Stern Kestrelmann]

Great link.  Thanks man.  Those flagstone bases look cool.  I like that Boris model too.

 

SK :)

[Gobbo]

You can find a product by Plastistruct for model RR.  It comes in sheets of pre-textured cobble stone, bricks, and all kinds of other textuers.  cut to size of base, glue in place and paint.  It really can be that easy.

[NymMoondown]

look at the saucy wenches page. i thaught that the base on that looked pretty cobblestone like.i t seems to be grey with a black wash. this will only work with a reaper or similar broccili base

[sc hobbies]

Gobbo,

Great idea.  All these years of using A&B putty and the answer is as simple as that.

Thanks

Steve  :)

[Steven Page]

Hirstarts has several different sized cobblestone and fieldstone molds. They could be cast in resin.

[Gobbo]

I have some hurst molds, and used resin in one.  It is possable to do, but it is really hard on the molds.  you get a lot fewer castings out of them if you use them to cast in resin.

[Errex]

Well, I use plastic card bits for paving. Glue them with regular styrene cement to affix them to plastic bases, and superglue whenever the base is made from other material.