| tkdguy | 31 May 2017 11:59 p.m. PST |
Ah, the joys of sleep deprivation! I just thought of some novel ways to flock your bases. I was mainly thinking of food. Uncooked rice or oatmeal would work, and crushed Corn Flakes would be great as a substitute for gravel. Or not! Has anyone else thought of some unusual materials for flocking? |
| Coyotepunc and Hatshepsuut | 01 Jun 2017 1:01 a.m. PST |
I use parsley for my Dark Ages stuff. |
| bsrlee | 01 Jun 2017 1:25 a.m. PST |
Dried used tea leaves used to be 'popular' with UK based gamers at one time for 20-28mm. Sand and paint for 15mm. |
| Allen57 | 01 Jun 2017 1:53 a.m. PST |
Always hear about using food products or real vegetation. I am concerned that such bases would attract bugs or mice. |
| Giles the Zog | 01 Jun 2017 1:59 a.m. PST |
Yes I still use tea leaves mixed in with regular flock. Any cheap tea bags I get are destined to this fate. |
| Brian Smaller | 01 Jun 2017 4:25 a.m. PST |
I hope you don't have rodent problems where you live. |
 Flashman14  | 01 Jun 2017 5:40 a.m. PST |
Pics? I'd like to see end results before I gravitate towards any of these options. Do they satisfy an aesthetic criteria centered around natural realism? |
 etotheipi  | 01 Jun 2017 5:49 a.m. PST |
I've used old, dried out spices before. No problem with vermin (other than my children). I only used old, dried out ones, so there is no smell (that I can detect). Whatever residual there is gets lost under glue and sealant. For me the value proposition is: – I already paid for this and it no longer fulfills its primary function. – There are a variety of colors and shapes. This can also be bad if you want to make more matching pieces a couple years later. I always worried about organic bits undergoing anaerobic decay while encased in glue/sealant. Not seen it yet in 30+ years. |
| jdpintex | 01 Jun 2017 5:55 a.m. PST |
I keep thinking about using old coffee grounds, but I hesitate due to the acidity. Oh well I still have a huge amount of flocking material that I bought on sale years ago. |
| wakenney | 01 Jun 2017 6:19 a.m. PST |
I use tea leaves for all of my flocking. Add some cheap craft paint to the dry leaves and mix to get colored flocking. Black tea is great as is to glue under trees as fallen leaves. No rodent issues. |
| bc1745 | 01 Jun 2017 12:06 p.m. PST |
Tea leaves and white glue is a good basis for scrim netting on modern vehicles……need to use the right combination of different brands of tea though! |
| tkdguy | 01 Jun 2017 1:25 p.m. PST |
Would coffee grounds work? |
| William Warner | 01 Jun 2017 2:08 p.m. PST |
Dried pipe tobacco makes good forest litter when mixed with assorted flock |
| Coyotepunc and Hatshepsuut | 01 Jun 2017 2:14 p.m. PST |
Parsley used as partial ground cover over painted sand:
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| Zephyr1 | 01 Jun 2017 2:17 p.m. PST |
I once flocked the 'hair' onto a few minis with the fuzz I cleaned out of my electric razor. It looked good, just a little gray… ;-) |
| 7th Va Cavalry | 01 Jun 2017 3:21 p.m. PST |
I used a dental crown that came loose as a stone on a 40mm AWI figure. Nobody was the wiser until I told them. |
| Khusrau | 02 Jun 2017 8:48 a.m. PST |
Well, that's two ways to ensure no-one handles your miniatures. I think we can stop there. |
