Gerry Can Show You Tips For Upgrading Your Textured Bases
September 1, 2022 by avernos
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the tin foil on its own makes for a nice pattern … perfect for clay houses and the like.
I think I’ve seen similar tips for adding texture to that foam stuff.
Striations have been rather irritating and I think that the alcohol route now makes sense from seeing all the Japanese sculptors making custom pieces and smoothing their work with it.
A very simple but useful video with a great hints and tips
Nice one Gerry, just the tinfoil technique may be great for standard roadways after a quick paint job.
Nice one Gerry @avernos
any warping in the baking process?
none, it suggests 15 minutes per 6mm of depth. Mine are 1-2mm so I did them for 10 mins knocked off the oven but left them inside until it cooled and they were fine. I was more worried about cooking/bubbling with them being so thin but didn’t have any issues with that
A good idea. What I’ve done in the past is to gently smooth out the laser lines with a wet finger. It works but you have to be careful you don’t do it too much or you’ll loose that actually patter.
Nice tip, I hadn’t particularly noticed striations with my GSW rollers but I like the effect of the tinfoil anyway so definitely looks like a worthwhile step.
Nice tutorial @avernos how did you cut these bigger pieces into smaller squares with such nice straight edges?
I’ve recently had a play with air dry stuff and it just cracked when I tried cutting it post cure and pre cure it was too soft to handle.
it’s thin enough at 2mm that I just flipped it over and drew a square on the back. The a sharp knife and several light passes as if I was cutting sheet styrene.
The baked clay is much more forgiving than the air dried
good idea with ball, I was also stippling my bases till now