I’ve heard a lot about Celluclay, and I am going to use it in my next dio. I picked up a pack at Michaels, but the package says “Celluclay Instant Paper Mache”. Is this the right stuff, and will it work? Thanks
That’s the stuff!
Thats it. Mix it with a little water at a time and get it to the consistency of moist cookie dough. If you add some white glue to it as you are mixing it up it will help with adhesion to your base. Spread it thin and you can “float it” like cement. That is as you smooth it, excess water will come to the surface making it look wet. This will help you form it and feather it around. Don’t pile it on thick or it will take forever to dry and may curl on you. Build up your contours underneath and then spread the celuclay. Add your ground detrious (rocks, sticks etc. ) and do your final forming and smoothing. Just before it dries, place your vehicle or figures on it so that they look like they have some weight or are on the ground and not floating.
I mix a little plaster in with mine and it makes for a little faster drying time and for some neat ground effects. Once dry, paint and or add your static grass, snow, resin etc.
Good luck.
Mike
This is just what you want to use in every diorama that you make!
thanks a lot! I’ll try using it by experimenting on little dios with figures.
DDR,
The second picture in this link is a detail shot of the ground material I described above.
http://www.finescale.com/fsm/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=13761
Mike
yep, thats the stuff. and renarts has got u covered. i printed his procedure out when i asked a few questions about it. worked great. good luk [;)]
Also, it’s a good idea to drill a few holes in your base so the Celluclay will have ore to bite into. (I learned this from one of my figure mentors and it works quite well.)
Celluclay!? Veeery interestink.
I to am building a diorama. It is based in a little town in Tunisia. I am going to have dirt roads and fake cement platforms. Should I use celluclay?
Also, does anyone know how to create fake short, fake grass like what you would find in a park for a diorama?
Thank you very much.