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This tutorial originally came from WD 327, except the painting bit


Part 1 - Modelling the Sandbags

Stage 1
Roll out a sausage of GS, roughly 6 mm in diameter, then flatten it



Stage 2

Cut the GS into sections about 12 mm long



Stage 3

Score them down each side with a sculpting tool, you can then do whatever you want with them! I made this little wall



Part 2 - Painting the Sandbags

Stage 1

Undercoat the Sandbags with black primer, a hairdryer can be used to speed up the drying process



Stage 2

Paint the Sandbags with an even coat of Dheneb Stone Foundation paint (again, hairdryers are your friend)



Stage 3

Wash the Sandbags with Devlan Mud, do not ue a hairdryer this time as it will blow the wash out of the recesses.



Once this dries, you're good to go!

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Good tutorial. Sandbags are your friend.

This is such a good and easy idea! I was just thinking about this today actually. Thanks!

I love to make these, I just hate the amount of GS that they take to make.

Super Sculpey is your friend in that case, GitD.

Thank you for the tutorial, P4|\|(4K3, that looks great, and seems like an excellent way to make easy terrain. Are you familiar with the chewing gum method?

One easy way to get nice surface detail to sand bags made this way is to use an old t-shirt. Just press the t-shirt to the sand bags to give nice textile surface.

captain.gordino wrote:
Thank you for the tutorial, P4|\|(4K3, that looks great, and seems like an excellent way to make easy terrain. Are you familiar with the chewing gum method?

Nope

Excellent way of using spare GS from previous modelling projects. Thanks for this Mr Pancake.

So this isn't exactly on topic, but where's the best place to get greenstuff? I don't use it much but I'd like to start... Any suggestions?

Wow, that looks great, yet it also looks really easy. I am definitely going to try this out in the near future!

Grunt_For_Christ wrote:So this isn't exactly on topic, but where's the best place to get greenstuff? I don't use it much but I'd like to start... Any suggestions?

Hardware store. IIRC, greenstuff is really some sort of plumbing putty, designed to seal leaks. It's much cheaper at hardware stores, and you get more!

Really?! I actually used to be a rep in the plumbing industry but I never thought this was the same stuff. Is greenstuff epoxy based? If so, it probably is the same stuff (or mostly similar). I should check that out because I know really good places to get sealant or caulk based adhesives. Thanks for the tip!

http://www.warehouse23.com/item.html?id=PSI000-23
This is a good place for green stuff.

You can also use Crayola air-dry clay. It's like play-do but better. And a lot cheaper than green stuff.

Grunt_For_Christ wrote:Is greenstuff epoxy based? If so, it probably is the same stuff (or mostly similar).

Indeed it is epoxy based. There are several similar modelling products that vary a bit in how elastic the final product is. Brownstuff that makes sharper edges for example, other versions that you can sand down etc.
For more on greenstuff, check out this dakka-article: http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Dakka_Modeling_FAQ:_Green_Stuff

if your using gw gs , then this could be expensive. any cheap alternatives?(in the uk)

captain.gordino wrote:Super Sculpey is your friend in that case,

It's nice, but I would prefer to make them larger.

sonofruss wrote:http://www.warehouse23.com/item.html?id=PSI000-23
This is a good place for green stuff.

bottbott wrote:if your using gw gs , then this could be expensive. any cheap alternatives?(in the uk)

Grunt_For_Christ wrote:So this isn't exactly on topic, but where's the best place to get greenstuff? I don't use it much but I'd like to start... Any suggestions?

daloonieshaman (greenputty.com) is, unfortunately, going out of business.
He's running a HUGE sale right now.

He posted an ad about it over on bartertown (which, as of posting this is down for updates, though).
Some of his prices were INSANELY good.


Eric

Site's back up:

http://www.bartertown.com/trading/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=83996

Thanks for the link! I've actually done business with him over ebay before. This is exactly what I'm looking for!

That totally worked fantastically

Metsuri wrote:One easy way to get nice surface detail to sand bags made this way is to use an old t-shirt. Just press the t-shirt to the sand bags to give nice textile surface.

Another way is to lay them out on a piece of cheesecloth. Gives a nice burlap texture.

The cheapest I find and super fast delivary , and has everything for our hobby .
http://thewarstore.com/kneadatiteputtyandsculpting.html

theres no such thing as left over gs

Thread necro, but I have something to add for anyone looking for GS.

Here in the US there's stuff called milliput. you can get it at Hobby Lobby or some similar stores.

They produce several different recipes for different dried harnesses and working textures.

I use the rougher stuff for scenery/bases and for rough detail before I let it dry to use GS over the top of it.

Best of all, its about 7$ for roughly 5 times the amount you get in GS.