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[Jeff the 57th]

Hi again.

Between work and home reno's my modelling mojo has been in the crapper the past 3 months.  Way too many false starts and unfinished projects since my last completed kit..  I've been wanting to do a small Caen vignette for a while so I'm hoping I'll finally be motivated to finish something.

Anyway I'm in the planning stages and having a bit of an issue figuring out how to model rubble convincingly.  



I think I'm ok with the larger rubble and damaged structures, but I'm not sure how to model the fine crushed inconsistent rubble like at the soldiers feet.  Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks again for your time.

Jeff

[reserve]

I use lightweight hydrocal plaster available in quantity at any railroad shop. I mix acrylic paint in with it, has to be acrylic of course. I then cast it in a pan. Once dry, I remove it from the pan, put it in a double Ziplock bag, and then whale on it with a hammer until the degree of fine rubble desired is achieved. Don't use Durham's Water Putty for this as it is way too durable

Regards,
Mark

[tigrazor]

Many ways laead to Rome.

White glue mixed with shreddered cork, fine sand and stuff you find in front of your house will do too.

Example:




Once its painted, it turns out like this

[moramarth]

If that black-and-white photo is of your home renovations, no wonder your mojo has taken a dive... 

Cheers,

M

[legend]

cat litter does ok. crush it some more and mix with the uncrushed, fix with hairspray. scented or not, your choice!

bill

[John Everett]

For colorful additions, like smashed roof tiles, use some adobe colored polymer baking clay (Sculpty, Fimo or similar), roll it into thin sheets and bake. After the sheets have hardened, smash them up into debris of appropriate size.

Also have a look at non-sanded tile grout from the home center. Get an appropriate color, mix a small batch, let it set up hard and then smash up the lump. Tile grout is heavy, but has a perfect concrete texture, because it's a concrete product. You can also embed items in tile grout before it sets. This is a great way to add rebar or scale bricks to larger segments of damaged building debris.

[BJ]

second the cat litter, since we buy the clumping type for our cats anyway I use watered down acrylics as a stain/clumping medium all at once to break up the consistency of cat litter, Drywall works good also for many applications, Carving Streets, Walls, Buildings.
Then just the good old dirt from the yard.

[tigrazor]

Aug 7, 2015 13:25:12 GMT -5 John Everett said:

For colorful additions, like smashed roof tiles, use some adobe colored polymer baking clay (Sculpty, Fimo or similar), roll it into thin sheets and bake. After the sheets have hardened, smash them up into debris of appropriate size.

Also have a look at non-sanded tile grout from the home center. Get an appropriate color, mix a small batch, let it set up hard and then smash up the lump. Tile grout is heavy, but has a perfect concrete texture, because it's a concrete product. You can also embed items in tile grout before it sets. This is a great way to add rebar or scale bricks to larger segments of damaged building debris.

Now thats something very interesting. Never heard of that before, but sounds very clever. Will keep that in mind.

[Jeff the 57th]

Thanks for the input guys (& gal). Lots of good stuff to work with. I'll keep you updated with a build log when I get rolling on this in the next week or so (hopefully).

Thanks

Jeff