Looking to model asphalt?

[Pastor Prime]

Hello,

I\'m looking to make a base that has the look of worn-out, cracked asphalt. Like an old street that hasn\'t been fixed in ages. Have any of you had good results with this?

The only thing I could think of was a thin broken up layer of fine cork (the kind with lots of small particles.) Anyone have any better ideas or know where I could get a thin sheet of tightly packed cork?

Thanks.

- Q

 

[Modderrhu]

How about pouring a thin layer of plaster-of-paris over some fine gravel? You won\'t have to model cracks, as much as just make them.

 

[nosirrahkcaz]

ive made something similar with the plaster of paris. I took a plastic plate and poured an extremley thin layer let it dry then broke it up. I suppose that looks more like concrete, but to make it look like asphalt just sprinkle some fine gravel in it, like the stuff you can buy for model trains. that seems like after it was painted it would come out similar to ashpalt

 

[Dragonsreach]

Thin Cork broken into sections to resemble the under asphalt layer. Cover the top with sections of 160 grit Sand or Glass paper cut to fit.

 

[Pastor Prime]

thanks!!

can always count on coolmini.

-Q

 

[Modderrhu]

Originally posted by Dragonsreach
Thin Cork broken into sections to resemble the under asphalt layer. Cover the top with sections of 160 grit Sand or Glass paper cut to fit.

And paint with a brush whose next job will be mixing paint, not your finest Kolinsky sable.

 

[Dragonsreach]

Originally posted by Modderrhu

Originally posted by Dragonsreach
Thin Cork broken into sections to resemble the under asphalt layer. Cover the top with sections of 160 grit Sand or Glass paper cut to fit.

And paint with a brush whose next job will be mixing paint, not your finest Kolinsky sable.

Tesco\'s are selling a range of \"Artists\" brushes for a £1 (12 per pack). This kind of work is all I would use them for.

 

[Modderrhu]

Niiiiiice...

Quick, someone let GW know that Tesco\'s hijacked their brush supply!

 

[Ulrak]

I tried using some lasagne sheets for a similar tarmac effect.
First I broke off a piece a bit bigger than my base,
then placing it on a flat surface I used a spoon and broke up the pasta.
(you could just break it once or twice and make bigger cracks)
Then got my usual sand/pva mix covered the base and then pressed
it into the pasta. turn em over and leave em to dry.
For some of the larger cracks I used a sculpting tool and dragged
it through the pva underneath to make the cracks deeper.
Primed em black then drybrushed em with some greys.
They looked pretty cool but after a windfall of slate (been stormy this year )
I\'ve sorta relegated em to the bits box.