xzeo90
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Post by xzeo90 on Oct 1, 2014 16:45:33 GMT
I don't have pics atm, but I will post to show what I have done. Im aware of how to make flock with sawdust, but couldn't find any within a 30 mile radius of my town. So, I needed to get a little more creative. Your local dollar tree sells reindeer moss. I bought a bag and just put it in my blender. Just like that! I have flock. Its not as fine as sawdust, but creates a wild grass look. Which I look a little more authentic to me. Also, save a LOT of time in the making process. If u guys have other little ideas for flock. Please post. Im interested in other ways for different textures.
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Post by Erasmas on Oct 1, 2014 17:31:28 GMT
We bought a used spice rack years ago (either in a garage sale or from a resale/thrift store) and it had all of the glass jars with it, including the spices. My wife didn't care for the jars themselves and we definitely didn't want to use the spices since we had no way of knowing how fresh or safe they were. But, some of them make fantastic flocking! I use dried bay leaves to break up and do cobblestones with, for example, and they work just like the cardstock except that they break into more interesting shapes and have more of a natural non-flat surface. Coriander seeds are good for small rocks, random baubles, etc.
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Post by dungeonmistress on Oct 1, 2014 19:11:50 GMT
I drink a lot of tea and people are always giving me sample packs of various types of tea. I drink the ones I like and use the rest for flocking. Makes for great rubble strewn pathways and different types of dirt.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2014 19:13:42 GMT
I grow veggies in my back yard and i usually start my seeds (when applicable) in a peat moss pellet. The garden nursery i shop at sells them for $.25 a piece or 5 for a dollar. They're these little compressed disc that you pour warm water on and they expand into a thin cloth sack stuffed with peat moss. If you let it dry completely again you can dump it out of the thin cloth sack and "viola" flocking. 5 pellets worth is a lot of flocking. still using the first batch i made almost a year ago... for a buck!
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Post by DnDPaladin on Oct 2, 2014 5:56:44 GMT
i'm lucky, at my job i have everything... sand, rocks, sawdust, wood, cardboard of all types, foam ! so i have no problem, but finding material is often just a question of imagination. flocking can be anything. including the lichen that the dollar store sells. which is what i used for my bushes !
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Post by pillpeddler on Nov 12, 2014 12:14:00 GMT
Watch for spices at a Dollar store or similar venue.... I picked up a couple of jars different size ground spices that make excellent leaves or assorted detritus on a 28mm scale mini.
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sotf
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Post by sotf on Nov 13, 2014 5:48:33 GMT
One thing you can do rather easily to make it really nice it to buy one of the cheap coffee grinders and drop the wood bits in...just remember that it's not entirely a good idea to then use it for grinding other things again as it's rather difficult to completely clean it out.
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Post by leeinwashington on Feb 5, 2015 18:24:42 GMT
I take my used coffee grounds, spread them out on a large cookie sheet and bake at 200 degrees for about 20 minutes or until totally dry....works good and takes paint well.
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sotf
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Post by sotf on Feb 5, 2015 19:05:39 GMT
Another option if your careful not to spread it everywhere is the leftover foam from a lot of crafting projects. Blue and Pink are easy, there are a few green ones I've seen as well.
Take rough sandpaper on the larger sections and grind it down and it works well, you can even save doing it until you need it almost like the cheese grater things if you want.
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teaman
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Post by teaman on Feb 5, 2015 21:20:44 GMT
I take my teabags and let them dry out for a few days. Then I put the leaves (powder, really) in an old peanut butter jar for later use.
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Post by runningwolf on Feb 6, 2015 17:47:09 GMT
I drink a lot of tea and people are always giving me sample packs of various types of tea. I drink the ones I like and use the rest for flocking. Makes for great rubble strewn pathways and different types of dirt. I occasionally drink tea (gave some to the g/f last night. If I kept the whole lot it would go stale before drinking it)... I might need to ask the g/f to save me some for flocking now
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Post by dungeonmistress on Feb 9, 2015 18:41:23 GMT
I drink a lot of tea and people are always giving me sample packs of various types of tea. I drink the ones I like and use the rest for flocking. Makes for great rubble strewn pathways and different types of dirt. I occasionally drink tea (gave some to the g/f last night. If I kept the whole lot it would go stale before drinking it)... I might need to ask the g/f to save me some for flocking now I drink all kinds of tea, herbal, green, white, black, orange peako, loose leaf and more. They all have different looks to them. Go to a discount store (Big Lots, or a dollar store, for instance) especially around the holidays and you should find all kinds of variety packs of tea. Doesn't matter the quality, you're not going to be drinking it. When you open it at home you should see all kinds of interesting colors and textures for flocking. You can also dry out used tea for a different color and texture. Just open the tea bag and scrape the contents out on to a paper towel, spread it out in a thin layer and set it somewhere warm, but away from any breeze. Stir the tea around every few hours or so, to aerate it and keep it from molding. After a few days, you have flocking! Of course your GF may think you've seriously lost it when you ask her to save her used tea bags for you, but it's a small price to pay for great terrain. LOL!
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Post by runningwolf on Feb 10, 2015 11:56:53 GMT
I occasionally drink tea (gave some to the g/f last night. If I kept the whole lot it would go stale before drinking it)... I might need to ask the g/f to save me some for flocking now I drink all kinds of tea, herbal, green, white, black, orange peako, loose leaf and more. They all have different looks to them. Go to a discount store (Big Lots, or a dollar store, for instance) especially around the holidays and you should find all kinds of variety packs of tea. Doesn't matter the quality, you're not going to be drinking it. When you open it at home you should see all kinds of interesting colors and textures for flocking. You can also dry out used tea for a different color and texture. Just open the tea bag and scrape the contents out on to a paper towel, spread it out in a thin layer and set it somewhere warm, but away from any breeze. Stir the tea around every few hours or so, to aerate it and keep it from molding. After a few days, you have flocking! Of course your GF may think you've seriously lost it when you ask her to save her used tea bags for you, but it's a small price to pay for great terrain. LOL! Hehe, she knows I've lost my mind already .... She games as well as does stuff at a haunted house (old bit about never being with someone more crazy than you are). Until the summer comes I'd be more worried about my cats freaking out with the tea and scattering it all around. Also this thread has got me wondering about coffee grounds for gravel roads and such. Getting sand isn't a problem (it's cheap) but dried coffee grounds might be another type of look... the grounds would be going int a compost pile (if I was allowed to have one) or my garden once the warmer weather hits. Once it starts getting warmer out (a balmy 19F right now) I'm goign to be trying out an idea my father had that might just give some normal cardboard the extra strength I need for it.
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Post by tauster on Feb 10, 2015 18:10:26 GMT
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Post by runningwolf on Feb 10, 2015 20:52:15 GMT
Looks pretty good, nice bigger texture
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Post by daveyjones on Feb 26, 2015 10:59:56 GMT
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Post by daveyjones on Mar 15, 2015 2:22:13 GMT
i just did some experiments with peat moss and the results are pretty good. only the stuff is very soft and absorbent and when i try to seal it in with watered down white glue it ends up looking squashed, the little fibers all end up laying flat ruining the nice texture it had before.
how do you guys seal in your flock?
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Post by DnDPaladin on Mar 15, 2015 4:23:22 GMT
dont soak it too much ! if it flattens up, then you probably have too much water for it to work. and some people, at least for minis i heard of... leave the tile upside down. so that gravity goes by the top instead of flatening everything to the bottom.
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Post by Sleepy Hollow Mike on Apr 24, 2015 21:20:55 GMT
I had a bad experience using coffee grounds a while back. My flocking got moldy!I suppose I should have dried it out better. Lolol
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Post by tauster on Apr 25, 2015 7:01:24 GMT
I leave the coffee grounds on the warm room heating for several days. So far that has done the trick.
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