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Im thinking of starting a skaven army and I am going to buy a box of their stormvermin soon but for their bases i want to have pieces of wapstone on them, ive tryed cutting bits of sprue with the hobby knife but it doesnt seem to actually be sharp enough (its a new blade) are their and other materials that can easily be cut and used as warpstone?

Yeah, sprue is pretty thick plastic. You can use clippers instead but it will probably warp the end of the sprue. As for a better material to use instead, there really isn't anything as nice and cheap as sprue. You could always paint actual rocks as warpstone. Also some crushed quartz would be fairly cheap and look cool as other various crystals.

I'd say sprue is ideal, actually. If you can't cut through the sprue, chances are it's a matter of how you're trying to cut it. Remember, blades are a wedge - if the material on the sides of the blade has nowhere to go, there's going to be resistance. It's much easier to shave thick plastic with a knife (with shallow cuts, the plastic on one side can just curl away) than to chop through it.

Try using a saw or clippers to rough out your shape, then do the final shaping and finishing of the facets with your knife and/or files. I think you'll have a much better time of it than trying to find perfectly shaped rocks.

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Ill give it a go thanks

I used brownstuff/greenstuff leftovers. Gather enough greenstuff to build a cube of about 0.5 centimeters and let it cure and dry. The next day just cut corners with a hobby knife until you are satisfied with the general shape.

Then just paint them green, mixing yellow as you come closer to the corners

I made objective markers for my Mordheim warband that way

For warpstone bases, I just used actual bits of slate, painted up.

I'd go for the slate or GS options if you're having trouble cutting the sprues. Failing that.. larger sized aquarium gravel might work.