These are what happen when you have some spare parts and a little milliput.
I was using some milliput to fill a few gaps in a project. As usual, it worked fine. Also as usual, I had some left over. And you can't unmix milliput. So it was either find something to do with it or throw it out.
This time, I had a plan. Best of all, it would use stuff I had laying around from previous and shelved projects.
Materials:
Flat wood craft pieces with the edges cut into irregular shapes. Used as bases.
Cocktail stirrers. I used plastic cutters to snip off angled pieces. This resulted in rather sharp edges, so I gave them a light sanding. Used as the "alien crystals".
Milliput. Used to mount the plastic stirrer pieces.
Sand. Basing material.
Glue. I used tacky glue, but any PVA glue will do.
Assembly:
Step 1: Push a small blob of milliput down on the wood base.
Step 2: Push cocktail stirrer pieces into the milliput.
Step 3: Wait for the milliput to cure.
Basing:
Step 1: Apply watered down PVA glue to the base and over the milliput. Be careful not to get any on the cocktail stirrer pieces.
Step 2: Cover the glued areas with sand. Wait until the glue is dry.
Step 3: Apply a watered down mix of brown craft paint and PVA glue over the sand. This colors and further fixes the sand in place. Wait until dry.
Step 4: Drybrush some linen craft paint over the sand.
Results:
These will look good on a variety of game boards. They could be alien crystals on a newly explored world or magic crystals in a cavern deep underground. I'll have to keep a few bases and cut stirrer pieces around for the next time I have a little leftover milliput.
Flat wood craft pieces with the edges cut into irregular shapes. Used as bases.
Cocktail stirrers. I used plastic cutters to snip off angled pieces. This resulted in rather sharp edges, so I gave them a light sanding. Used as the "alien crystals".
Milliput. Used to mount the plastic stirrer pieces.
Sand. Basing material.
Glue. I used tacky glue, but any PVA glue will do.
Assembly:
Step 1: Push a small blob of milliput down on the wood base.
Step 2: Push cocktail stirrer pieces into the milliput.
Step 3: Wait for the milliput to cure.
Basing:
Step 1: Apply watered down PVA glue to the base and over the milliput. Be careful not to get any on the cocktail stirrer pieces.
Step 2: Cover the glued areas with sand. Wait until the glue is dry.
Step 3: Apply a watered down mix of brown craft paint and PVA glue over the sand. This colors and further fixes the sand in place. Wait until dry.
Step 4: Drybrush some linen craft paint over the sand.
Results:
These will look good on a variety of game boards. They could be alien crystals on a newly explored world or magic crystals in a cavern deep underground. I'll have to keep a few bases and cut stirrer pieces around for the next time I have a little leftover milliput.