"How do YOU make sandbags?" Topic

Hmmm…
I don't know exactly what board to put this one in! Feel free to move it and put it wherever you think is more fitting, Dad.

I have been giving a Bin O'Bits, leftover from FoW modellinmg by a friend. Included were some leftover Cullin hedge cutters. So, I had another friend pick up some M4 Shermans for me. I have decided to really pimp out these tanks, with all sorts of "stowage".
A common theme in pictures is sand bags, piled up in front.
How would you go about making them? I guess that Green Stuff or sinilar would be the starting material.

In 15mm I would go all green stuff, but considering I have a bunch of the old Battlefront Shermans with already sculpted on sandbags I will avoid the whole issue! 8)=

It is good to find a piece in 15 to look at to get the scale. Then one easy way to do it is lay out a piece of the green stuff and cut and shape to size. if you find it sticks to your tool use a bit of Vaseline. Practice a few times until you are happy. Remember make them droop a bit, not puffy but a bit droopy. They shouldn't look like balloons or stones but like pillow cases with sand in them. Think grain sacks or Home Depot sand backs or cement bags or even big ol rice sacks you can get in Cotsco as a mental idea of how they should look like.

…or Fimo, or Milliput.

Just roll out "rolls", flatten slightly, and snip them with a knife.

Allen

I've always just made a roll using a 2 part putty. then while still soft i cut it using a pair of cutters. the cutters pinch the end and kind of flatten it out. when doing larger scale I'll take an exacto and put in a stitch line on both ends. also i use drywall sandpaper to give the bag texture by lightly depressing into the top. kinda makes it look like burlap.

I use Crayola Model Magic. It's much easier to work with than putty, but the technique is pretty much the same as described above, though I use tissue paper to give texture.

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My son made a bunch for me using a simple mold. He uses clay as a base, bakes this in the oven and then casts the mold out of a rubberized material. This stuff comes with the resin IIRC. Took him all of a couple hours all told.

mjc

I find rolling out Brown Milliput and snipping the ends with nail clippers looks good! Brown Milliput also has a fairly rough texture as well.

Chicklets.

Modelling clay, rolled out then cut with an E-xacto knife.
Painted, washed, dirtied.

One usually asks the enlisted men to prepare the sandbags my dear OFM.

"Ask" them?

No, you ask them. I don't need the sandbags right now, do I?

"Chicklets."

That's fine for the bigger scales, but this thread is about 15s. You could hide a whole squad behind a single chicklet…