celluclay where do you get it?

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I am just planning out a base for my latest build. I am thinking of using celluclay. What I plan on doing is a field with two ruts that my Ferdinand is making. I have figured out how to do the mud on the ferdinand. What would be the best way to use celluclay for this idea?

Thanks in advance for any ideas and help.

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As for where you get it, most hobby shops carry it. A 1lb. bag will run about 5 bucks, more than enough for 1-vehicle dio… As for how to use it on the Ferd, add a good-sized dollup of white glue to it, goop it around the suspension, and the lower part of the final drive cover… Use it inside fenders, on the hull above and behind the roadwheels, in between the track cleats, etc… Be careful with thickness though… 2 inches of mud in 1/35th scale is only about a 16th of an inch. Color it before you apply it, push some grass and pebbles into it, then after it dries, paint and drybrush it same as your groundwork… keep in mind that the tread of the roadwheels won’t be caked in it, but will have some of the color of it, as will the inside of the track where it comes into contact with the roadwheels.

One of my old “mud” tricks was to use real mud, making a puddle (or waiting until it rained) in the ground a little bigger than the model and pushing the completed model down into the mud and swishing it a bit, to the depth that I wanted the vehicle to be muddied… Then I’d spray the dried mud with a heavy coat of clear varnish to lock it down. You can then paint it to look “wet”…

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I buy it from a local crafts and fabric store.
Styrofoam is built up to a general under shape then the celluclay spread and sculpted over the top.

The WIP pics are of a small dio that I’m working on.
The ground work and paint is not applied yet.

While it is still wet, cut a piece of plastic food wrap and place it (one layer sheet) over the surface and then you can squish tank tread or wheels in it to make impressions.
The plastic wrap keeps the model impression maker from sticking.

This is one of several techniques. I like the stuff.

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I got mine at Michaels arts and craft store. I hate that place, always stinks (they call it popouri, I call it dead fermenting yard mulch) and It produces estrogen like new jersey produces bad drivers (I feel my masculinity slipping away with every second spent in there)

BUT they have celluclay there, in abundance.

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Thanks guys for all the tips and where to find the stuff. Great news, there is a Micheals on the way home from work. That and Friday being payday, I guess a stop there is in the making. Will keep you guys updated on the progress this long weekend.

Thanks again for the help

Kim