More Plaster Basing

The Scibor Snail people are coming along. So it's time to work on their bases. I'm trying out some cobblestone/brick work.

I think the trick is to be careful, but not too careful. I want a more organic look that's not overly regular, because cobble isn't perfect. 

The various levels of free form are obvious here. Top left is rectangular brick, where the main vertical lines were scribed first, then the horizontal cuts were added with care. Top right is similar to the top left, but here individual bricks were cut with less care. Bottom left was generated completely free hand, the look is very organic.

Since all the snails are a going together they need to have matching bricks. Given their gnarly nature, im going to go fully free hand. Im going to mount these cunks for other pieces. 

I went for a large cobble look here.  By using a single sheet the models should tie together  well. 

The whole family!

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First Diorama

I dont love the final results, but it's not terrible. The grots dont pop off the surface enough, so thats a problem. I went a little nuts witht the grass, but its too uniform so ill have to paint it in the future. 

For now im calling it done. Maybe I'll re-try the whole thing at some point. 

Basing With Plaster

In a continuation of my last post... I made a round plaster base with foil and a container. After it set up I removed the mould and trimmed off the excess plaster. It doesn't need to be perfect right now, because we'll finish with a second cast to clean up the edges and make them sharp (right now it's got a bit of curvature). Be sure to save the off cuts as they make great rocks.

Grots live in caves (I think) so most of the ground should be rocks and gravel. I'm going to simulate this using old coffee grounds. Trader Joe's French Vanilla to be exact.  

After taking off the excess, priming with gray, and the first wash.

 

Here's a quick shot of the type of thing I'm going for. basically a bunch of random stuff all going on at once. Grot's aren't known for being big planners, and once the magic mushroom stew hits....

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