Just experimenting with various basing ideas at the moment. I'd quite like to create some cobbles/stone pathways but don't currently have any green stuff etc.

So blue tack seems like the next best thing... Would I be right in thinking that if I seal it all over with either PVA or superglue after I've finished the sculpting, that it'll keep its shape and go solid?

Anyone done anything similar before?

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Check milliput. The cheap one is also effective and very realistic for bases.

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I've no experience with blue tack, but I have with Milliput which is a must. It is cheap and sets solid so you can file, sand etc.
It also acts as a great fixative for things like rocks, trees etc. once the Milliput is moulded around the object and is allowed to set then it won't be going anywhere in a hurry.

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Umm its not cheap. Try using air drying clay like DAS (TM) it is much cheaper than milliput and about the same to sculpt with.

You know the old paper mache can work well if you get your paste to paper mix right.. and you can emboss pattern into it. That is cheap. And if it
gets damaged you can throw it away and not have to cry about it too much.
Suppose someones going to tell you to paint your terrain with GW paints next... instead of craft paints.

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In the US the sell a product called Plumbers Putty which is essentially the same thing as milliput only half the price for twice the product.

It's real use is to seal joints in pipes, so you can imagine how tough it is.

I use it for loads of things.

This post is a couple of months old, so I doubt that it is still relevant, but somehow I missed it so i'll post an answer anyway.

I doubt many people have tested this idea. I think that it wouldn't work all that well either. You would need to use a pretty large amount of PVA for it to seal right I think, otherwise a little bit of pressure and you have a thumbprint for a base. The amount that you would need would make it look very glossy i think at best, otherwise a clumpy glue mass at worst.

You would be better off using polyfilla, which you can get at hardware stores and is used for filling in gaps covering screws etc on walls.
Otherwise use Green Stuff/ Milliput by finding alternative sources, not from GW.

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