DES Posted August 20, 2014 Report Share Posted August 20, 2014 Second post on a forum to beg. Oh dear. On a more serious note, I've just got my faction based on some dessert looking bases. Well done me. I'd really like to add tumble weed to a few. Has anyone got any good ideas on how to build a small and decent looking tumble weed? I'd quite like it to be my scheme markers. Cheers boys and girls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaiuri Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 Not tried it myself, but first thoughts are wire wool or reindeer moss? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DES Posted August 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 Cheers. What's reindeer moss? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Math Mathonwy Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 There was a thread about this previously here: http://wyrd-games.net/community/topic/101808-sagebrush-and-tumbleweed-bases/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengt Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 Cheers. What's reindeer moss? A type of moss. In Sweden people use it for some Christmas decorations so it can usually be found in stores then. Or you can go searching in the woods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaiuri Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 I got acres of the stuff from a craft shop, they often have bags dyed all different colours. It is very squishy though, maybe a few coats of watered down wood glue would stiffen it up a bit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DES Posted August 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 Cheers Chaps. I now realise my problem was more to do with my image of a tumbleweed rather than what it actually looks like. Plato couldn't model it but a photographer would have more chance of getting it right. Maybe I could varnish a dandelion seed head? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcticPangolin Posted August 25, 2014 Report Share Posted August 25, 2014 I was going to try some rolled-up grass roots for a tumbleweed but they were a bit too big and hard to keep in shape. I live in the sub-tropics and lichen is a little hard to come by round these parts, but I found some seed pods that made for some great cactii. If anyone could post up some pictures of a convincing tumbleweed on a model and what they used that'd be downright gangbusters! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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