"Textured material used for larger bases" Topic

So….I've bought some "For Sale" signs at Lowes and I'm going to use them as a base for multiple trees. What sort of material is good to used to put on the base to give it texture?….caulk?

What do you use?

Thanks!

Are they metal or plastic?

I tried Crayola air dry clay on metal and it didn't work too well. It did not adhere, I ended up regluing the pieces onto some cardboard.

I used spackle on a plastic sign once, and it worked, but it chips pretty easily.

I would use a caulking compound – it's more likely to stick than clay or a hard-setting filler. It's also more flexible and if you use a brown, already heading in a good direction for your base colour. Perhaps a light sand of the 'sign' surface would help adhesion too.

It's not great, but here's some 6mm terrain I used brown caulk on.

This was on very flexible plastic base and has never looked like coming off.

Liquetex Resin Sand modeling paste.
Cheap (Michael's 40 % off coupon)
Acrylic paint mixes right in. No more white spots where it chips.
Add some sand, RR ballast and so forth to make great ground cover.
Sticks to everything.
Water clean up.
If it dries out, tap water brings it back to life.

My home grown recipe is on here somewhere. I've used it for as long as I can remember without ever having a single problem.

I'd second the Liquetex. I use it for basing figures and have used it on metal, plastic, wood and vinyl tile. It sticks, and works very well. That said, a light sanding of the sign plastic would help it stick better.

nevinsrip is spot on with the Liquitex suggestion.