Anyways, I'm finding that greenstuff easily gets too bulky and thick for the cloaks, as I want them flowing out behind the Warriors as they charge forward, so I went through many of Copenhagen's hobby stores, in search of an alternative. In the end, I was lucky enough to find me some sheathes of plastic card - on sale no less - a mere two danish Kroner pr A4-sized sheath (that's roughly €0,25 or $0,35)!
Now, why would I want plastic card? Well, I did recall seeing a tutorial some time ago of how one could heat plasticcard to make rather convincing banners, and so I thought to myself, that cloaks and banners should be about the same thing. The author of the tutorial is doing something which I'm not a fan of, namely warming plastic over an open flame - that's got to produce some nasty fumes! So instead, I've opted to use boiling water, which seems to do the trick - although I havn't had the time to find any good technique yet, but if (hopefully when) I get the hang of it, I'll make sure it gets posted here in detail! I'll do some testing the coming days, and we'll simply have to see.
In addition to the plastic card, I got myself some yellow-grey milliput - and frankly I understand why it's so much cheaper than GWs greenstuff. It might just be me who's using it wrong, but to me it is a lot more sticky, acts differently in contact with water, and doesn't seem suitable for detailwork. It's too grainy and seems to rupture if treated too hard. That being said, I think it can serve its purpose at larger and more rougher things, eventually at bases. I do not recommend it for small detail-work, however - at least, greenstuff is much more to my liking. I've placed an order for some brownstuff and some procreate, and when they arrive we'll see how they fare in my eyes!
Owh, but look here! I have found some use for the milliput:
A slightly irregularily shaped ball!This (when painted) will be my entry in Massive Voodoo's competition: "Show Some Balls!", with a final deadline on the 10th of march - so hurry and sculpt your own ball or eventually make a pair, there's still time to join! I have yet to decide on what I'll paint onto it, but I do have some ideas...
Yeah Milliput isn't designed for small detail work, makes great rocks and a good gap filler on larger models, or as a base for a sculpt. "brown stuff" or Procreate is better for fine details,
ReplyDeleteI have yet to try it, but I have heard that a hair dryer set to high can warm up the platic enough for it to become pliable. Might want to give that a shot?
ReplyDeletePlas-card is the best thing that ever happen to the hobby. That stuff is so much fun to build with.
ReplyDeleteCoolest irregular shaped ball...ever.
The hair-dryer trick will work with really thin card, but still has issues with cracking.
ReplyDeleteBoiling/hot water works but is hard to keep at an even temperature.
Instead, have you tried heating salt in a pan? Works great for repositioning miniatures. Just make sure you get fine grain table salt and not rough grain kosher or sea salt. (Well, unless you're doing Orks or Nurgle and want that "pitted and worn" look.)