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Hi there!

As the title mention, I am basin my daemon army and some problems are coming up.
Mainly because of painting as I AB the base and than dry brush it. Beside the fact that cork is brittle by nature, I can't really manage to brush it without chipping it.
I was thinking about wash it with pva+water but I wonder if that wouldn't create a glossy layer.
How did you people fixed this problem?
Cheers

I usually just give the cork a good hard brush/rub around the edges before I put any paint on it...that way, any little bits that are likely to come off during drybrushing will already have come off

a coat of watered-down pva could help to seal it though...but do it before you paint it, or yes, you will get a glossy finish

For cork, I douse it in thin superglue (the water-consistency type). This hardens it and retains the cork texture that you want. You'd be very hard pressed to chip it after that.

Zach beat me to it.

Buy some of the really cheap and nasty super glue as its like water.

Put a few drops on the cork and it soaks in and turns it to stone.

Yep, one thing I forgot to mention is depending on the content of your cork you might get a brief heating/smoke discharge that can catch you off guard. Just dont inhale it or get it near your eyes (as with all things vapor) and make sure you have adequate ventilation.

This is what I use.

http://www.amazon.com/Bob-Smith-Industries-INSTA-CURE-Refill/dp/B014RXHMH4?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00

oh man...yeah, I totally forgot about that superglue-soaking method...I do that all the time too!

Would pva also be a viable option? It's pretty good for sealing most other surfaces/materials.

 D4V1D0 wrote:
Would pva also be a viable option? It's pretty good for sealing most other surfaces/materials.

pva should work...though it might gunk up some of the fine roughness of the cork...I haven't tried it with pva personally, but if you decide to use pva, I'd suggest watering it down quite a lot before applying

What are you using, a yard brush? Ive never ripped Cork while drybrushing.. Put superglue over it and sprinkle some Sand on ot too, will toughen it and improve the realism too

 D4V1D0 wrote:
Would pva also be a viable option? It's pretty good for sealing most other surfaces/materials.

Yeah, it works well if you thin it down with some water. When and if I base with cork, I always seal it with thinned down PVA glue.

If you're going to use watered down pva (which is what i typically use to seal cork) I would add a wee bit of dish soap or flow aid which will help the glue seep into the first few layers of the cork and help with not obscuring any detail.

I have personally used the watered down pva solution to some success (works better on the outside, but can mess up details on the inside of the cork). You'd have to do some other stuff with it like joseph_curwen and others suggested if you want to go full on that route.

The superglue method also works well in my opinion.

By far my favorite solution to this problem (although the most time and work intensive) was to make molds of the cork on the base (along with rocks and other stuff) and re-create the bases as single pieces using milliput/greenstuff. I made my molds with some stuff I can't remember the name of, but I think I bought it off of CMON. It's like a clear putty that you put in hot water to mold, then it cools into a solid piece. With enough pressure when molding, it got 95% of the details on my cork bases super crisp.