Civs 5th Ed Trip Down Nostalgia Lane
Flocking brilliant bases
Reserving a post about basing with a flockbox
Add link to place that sells it
Add link to flock seller
2mm flock for general base use
4mm flock for tufts
1mm coloured flock for adding to the tops of tufts to make flowers
1st step, pva covered base and tufts/rocks added
Set up flock box, models on box and sieve at the ready
Box on and 2mm flock dropped onto the sieve then shake over the models
Turn box off and tap off excess flock
Some Skink Examples
once dry (leave overnight) paint the rocks grey and lightly brush pva onto any tufts that are to be flowers, then sprinkle 1mm coloured flock on the tuft, tapping off any excess.
Reserving a post about questions on flockbox usage:
How to deal with flocking around models already stuck to bases?
Use of magnetic basing materials under the models to increase “gripability”
Layering of different materials – drying times etc?
Sealing of bases so they survive rigours of gaming?
Thank you!
@halfmileduck i’ll add some more detail to the post and hopefully remember to take some pictures when i base my saurus. In answer to your questions though: I use a brush and pva to get around models legs etc before adding the flock and/or tufts. Never used magnetic basing materials, the static grass is pretty resiliant once dry. Drying times i have to stick the stones on the night before, and create the tufts ready but otherwise its all done at the same time. In this case i covered the base in pva, put the rolled green stuff (vines) and… Read more »
I’ve never heard of magnetic basing materials
Thank you @civilcourage for your responses, I really appreciate your advice as I’ve recently invested in a flock box and my first results don’t look anywhere near as good as your work. My grass doesn’t seem to stand straight up, it looks all higgldy piggledy, so am looking forward to your next update. Thank you!
@halfmileduck I’ve added some more to the post which hopefully makes it more useful.