Something that cracks like dry earth?

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**Aduro**

Looking for something I can spread on bases/terrain that will shrink/crack like dry earth.

**SilverMK2**

A layer of grackle glaze should help you here. The thicker you make it, the deeper the cracks when it dries.

You may have to seal it as it could be quite brittle.

Paint the base your ground colour, paste on the crackle glaze, allow to dry for a few hours, wash with wash colour, allow to dry and then seal.

**Kilkrazy**

You could try crackle varnish (craquelure medium).

http://www.greenandstone.com/v2/p/PAC.php?c=6&d=135&e=399

http://www.lionpic.co.uk/catalog/categoryinfo.aspx?cid=583&items=15&page=1&sort=1&dir=0&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1

**HoundyDog**

There are some great sparys on the market - heres one

http://www.super-spray.com/prods/67.html

it depends what on how big an area you want to cover

**Brotherjulian**

drywall mud. When it dries like that it shrinks a bit though so if the base it's on isn't sturdy enough it will warp into a curved shape

**AesSedai**

Golden makes a crackle medium. It's very much worth looking into. They have videos available so you can see if it is indeed what you need.

**Saruus**

Cork might also be worth looking into if you want something a little solid.

**warboss**

Aduro wrote:Looking for something I can spread on bases/terrain that will shrink/crack like dry earth.

just buy some GW paint in the old screw top lids and let it sit there for 6 months after opening it once and it'll look like that whether you want it too or not. grumble...grumble...

**Brotherjulian**

warboss wrote:
Aduro wrote:Looking for something I can spread on bases/terrain that will shrink/crack like dry earth.

just buy some GW paint in the old screw top lids and let it sit there for 6 months after opening it once and it'll look like that whether you want it too or not. grumble...grumble...

that's funny, I threw some of those paints away today. But I'm still using paints in the older style bottles, hex shaped with flip-top lids.

**Tek**

SilverMK2 wrote:A layer of grackle glaze should help you here. The thicker you make it, the deeper the cracks when it dries.

You may have to seal it as it could be quite brittle.

Paint the base your ground colour, paste on the crackle glaze, allow to dry for a few hours, wash with wash colour, allow to dry and then seal.

Lol, I got here way too late! I was going to post "PM SilverMk2, he uses crackle glaze to devestating effect".

**warboss**

Brotherjulian wrote:that's funny, I threw some of those paints away today. But I'm still using paints in the older style bottles, hex shaped with flip-top lids.

same here. the paints i bought with the screw top lids are/were useless when i got back into minis painting a year ago. the paints i bought with a year ago with the current lid are starting to dry out. the paints i still have with the white lids you're describing are almost good as new despite being 10 years+ old. even when they run out, i'm not planning on throwing those bottles away as i'll just pour new paint into them.