Hello there!
I’m currently almost done with quite an ambitious conversion of an old kit into something possibly very exciting. I’m almost done with the natural scatter effects and i was wondering if there’s a good way of replicating broken bricks, rocks and rubble on top of the tank, so it looks like it’s fresh out of an urban sortie.
I’ve used Juweela products before which have been pretty good.
You’re probably not after half a kilo of building rubble though so I’m sure there’s a process whereby you could stain some modelling clay, roll it flat in a tray, texture it with a texture roller, bake it then break it . I’m pretty sure Nightshift uses texture rollers over a foam
That sounds good, if i could find something already made like the one you linked that would be awesome. Sadly they’re not in stock. I can try using clay, but I’d also have to buy a texture roller. Oh well, maybe it can come in handy. If i could find something similar to the loose bricks i guess i could just put a few in a bag and crush them to have various sizes of scatter, or just 3D print some and do the same, but that would be incredibly tedious for painting. Thanks for the input!
Dioramist Paul Keefe, Jr uses real brick, for brick rubble. He takes a piece of brick, sticks it in a strong cloth bag, and smashes it with a hammer. The small pieces work well, because they look like, well, brick. Same thing for concrete rubble. The beauty part is that the material is free. He picks up bits of brick or concrete in walks around town.
Another modeler in our club, Martin Orlando, uses textured rollers and 2-part epoxy putty. He will roll out a large piece with brick, cobblestone, or other textures, in the putty. When it has cured, he breaks up the slab into small pieces.
Textured rollers are available from GreenStuffWorld:
You can buy direct from GSW or from hobby vendors like Last Cavalry.
For whole bricks (in scale), Tamiya sells packs of them. Verlinden did, too, and they are available on the second-hand market.
Hansa Systems is another maker of bricks, blocks, and other construction materials, in 1/35 scale:
If you wanted to, you could build a 1/35 scale house from the ground up with their products.
