Lava Rock Asteroids
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Any home improvement store like Home Depot or a landscape supply / nursury sells them. They will come in a large bag, for use in planting beds - probably way more than you will ever need for a gaming table.
Another idea I learned from Pavlov Grenadier is to use a sea sponge. Home Depot, Target , wall mart etc. sell them. Simply rip the sponge into smaller pieces and spray it black or brown and drybrush it a lighter color.
They look great, and are a lot easier to haul around than Rocks! Easier to mount them on a base too if you want them floating above the table.
Another idea I learned from Pavlov Grenadier is to use a sea sponge. Home Depot, Target , wall mart etc. sell them. Simply rip the sponge into smaller pieces and spray it black or brown and drybrush it a lighter color.
They look great, and are a lot easier to haul around than Rocks! Easier to mount them on a base too if you want them floating above the table.
I've never done this myself, but keep an eye open when driving around. You are bound to find some in some flower beds or around the bases of trees and such. You can probably nick yourself a couple handfuls and you won't have to buy the large bag you'll have to buy at a home improvement store.
Right Hand of God
Mongoose
Get some round polysterene balls and spray them, they will melt and become pock marked in a convincing manner and just need to be dry brushed. Do the spraying outside the fumes are fairly harsh
Shadow Queen
Mongoose
places that sell BBQ's
Right Hand of God
Mongoose
I used GW's rough coat, it doesn't eat away as much, I've done loads with them including a planet sized one
Sgt. Brassones
Mongoose
How about here: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=garden&field-keywords=lava%20rock&results-process=default&dispatch=search/ref=pd_sl_ya_tops-1_garden_33479523_1&results-process=default
Rabidchild
Mongoose
The best asteroids I've ever seen were natural sponges (as opposed to synthetic) torn into chunks, sprayed and mounted on flying stands. Cheap and durable.
Arch Lector Petrovski
Mongoose
Yes.
Stonehorse
Mongoose
The strangest thing I have used to make asteroids is Tin foil.
Just scrunch it up into an asteroid shaped piece. Glue it onto a flying base, spray it black, then drybrush the desired colour. Works a charm.
I tend to see asteroids as being gigantic cosmic leftovers from the big band, so I go for a non-spherical look.
I'll post up some pictures when my camera is working.
Just scrunch it up into an asteroid shaped piece. Glue it onto a flying base, spray it black, then drybrush the desired colour. Works a charm.
I tend to see asteroids as being gigantic cosmic leftovers from the big band, so I go for a non-spherical look.
I'll post up some pictures when my camera is working.
far-trader
Mongoose
Soulmage said:
Rock?
Stonehorse
Mongoose
Whoops... spot the school boy error.
I play Industrial/Darkwave/Powernoise/EBM/Electro/Death Metal... it's quite a combination :lol:
I play Industrial/Darkwave/Powernoise/EBM/Electro/Death Metal... it's quite a combination :lol:
THe other week my wife went to the garden centre, and I asked her to pick me up a small bag of stones to use as asteriods. She got me a bag of quartz/marble, with pink veins. We now have the prettiest astroid fields and belts in the galaxy. :lol: Can't put them on stands though,as I don't have a diamond point drill. But they still look good on the table.
Shadow Queen
Mongoose
Soulmage said:
gotta be ROCK music
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