rjwood_uk

Just a quick servey to see what people use for different ground effects.

for grass iv found the games workshop static grass looks the best, as does their gravel.

I cant seem to find a good snow, a friend sugested using baking powder, its come out great, has the granula effect (be careful to make sure your papier mache (if using) is completely dry otherwise the baking powder will suck all the moisture out and crack the paper) also for a reasltic effect quite a thick layer must be put down and this cant be glued, so be carefull when you move it!.

Im trying to find a nice sand, problem is sand in the desert isnt yellow like the rubish we get in england....but then again can you imagain south end having perfect white sand? HA!

iv also found for winter trees, go into your garden (or the neighbours) and break of the ends of bushes, they look great if the right scale!

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Bunkerbarge

A couple of companies manufacture snow products which basically incorporate a resin, plaster and some pigments which you mix into a paste.

I was actually looking at a snow set today but it looked a bit pricey and you could come up with the same yourself by mixing the three products above.

One such supplier of the pigments and resin is MIG Productions, but there are others.

As for bases I have seen just about anything used but a couple of things that may be of interest are:

1) Shredded green kitchen scouring pads used for grass and brush

2) I have used a number of times for vehicle diorama's wet and dry sheets glued to a base to represent tarmac, you can create skid marks easily on the surface by dragging charcoal across it.

3) Another road surface I once made was a cobbled street by using modelling clay (Das) and cutting it into slices, then strips, then bricks and rounding them off before setting them on a baseboard. It made a very realistic cobbled surface.